什么是教学保健中心？

像赖特中心这样的教学保健中心是解决美国初级保健面临的危机的办法。

在全国范围内，越来越少的医学院毕业生选择从事初级医疗保健职业，而此时许多在职的初级医疗保健提供者正计划退休。教学保健中心旨在通过在联邦合格保健中心 (FQHC) 和类似地点提供培训，确保为低收入社区培养一支可行的初级保健队伍。

医生带着住院病人走过走廊

研究表明，在 FQHC的住院医师更有可能在医疗服务不足的地区执业，而且他们也更愿意这样做。

许多教学保健中心（包括赖特中心）通过美国卫生资源与服务管理局（HRSA）的教学保健中心研究生医学教育计划获得联邦资金，以支持我们的活动。这一资金来源对于许多教学保健中心项目的继续开展至关重要。

教学保健中心医学研究生教育（THCGME）计划简介：

Source: HRSA, Sept. and Dec. 2025

  • HRSA’s National Center for Health Workforce Analysis projects a shortage of 70,610 primary care physicians—including family medicine, general internal medicine, geriatrics, and pediatrics—in 2038.
  • Last year, THCGME residents treated over 792,000 patients during more than 1.2 million patient encounters, significantly enhancing access to care in primary care in underserved areas. (HRSA, Jan. 2024)
  • Since the THCGME program was established in 2010, there have been 2,721 new primary care physicians and dentists who have completed residencies and entered the workforce.
  • The program funded the training of over 1,228 residents in 82 community-based residency programs in the 2023-24 academic year.

We are proud that an overwhelming amount of our graduates choose to practice in underserved areas, including Northeast Pennsylvania, in the relentless pursuit of our mission.