Health care
BY LIZZY SPANGLER
SHSU, Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare launching new residency
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Residency Program Director Dr. Iqnoor Bains said during the first year, residents will be doing medicine and inpatient psychiatry. In the second year, residents will be exposed to subspecialties, while the third year includes outpatient psychiatry. In the fourth year, the residents will be junior attending physicians. “This is going to be a really positive step and it’s going to have a big impact in helping alleviate the mental health needs in our community,” Bains said.
In July, Sam Houston State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine will launch a new psychiatry residency program, a specialty that COM Dean Dr. Thomas Mohr said is “desperately needed.” The new residency is a partnership between the college, Huntsville Memorial Hospital and Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare, which serves Montgomery, Walker and Liberty counties. TCBH Executive Director Evan Roberson said it will allow residents to train in community psychiatry. “What I’m really interested in seeing is folks who have a passion for the ... work we do, working with these complex individuals and ... in our rural clinics,” Roberson said.
Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare locations
Ratio of psychiatrists Walker County: 2.6 per 100,000
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Montgomery County: 7.4 per 100,000 Liberty County: 2.2 per 100,000
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SHSU-COM psychiatry residency 4-year program
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4 residents per year
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SOURCES: TRI-COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, TEXAS HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESOURCE CENTER/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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