Medical Education

Graduate Medical Education (GME) is commonly referred to as residency and is the final step of education of physicians in their preparation for clinical practice. Residencies can last for 4-7 years, depending on the medical discipline.

Need for Residencies

While Texas is the second largest state in the nation, it ranks 47th in terms of primary care doctors per capita. Last year, Texas gained more new residents than any other state, increasing its population to 29 million and exacerbating the state’s physician shortage.

One of the driving factors of the physician shortage is the shortage of residency training programs for graduating medical students. Medical students from Texas often must leave the state to obtain residency experience, decreasing the likelihood they will return to the area to practice. With the opening of the Texas Christian University and University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine this July, Fort Worth will be home to two schools of medicine graduating a combined 300 students a year. This development creates a timely opportunity for Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical School to address the residency and physician shortages throughout our service areas and the state.

Impact on the Community

Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth aims to address the residency and physician shortages by developing and implementing a comprehensive Graduate Medical Education program to train and retain exceptional young doctors to become the next generation of physicians for Fort Worth and Texas. Our residency program will allow new physicians to have a strong scholarly environment that is devoted to excellence in education, medical care and research. A comprehensive feasibility assessment concluded that Baylor Scott & White All Saints has the academic, operational and economic requirements to support a residency program. Our application for accreditation by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education was approved.

The first class of Internal Medicine residents was welcomed in July 2021.  One year later, Baylor Scott & White All Saints is welcoming residents in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Transitional Year programs.  The plan is to grow to 150 residents by 2026.

To read more about Graduate Medical Education from our Compass Magazine, click here.

For more information on supporting Medical Education, contact:

Amy Adkins, President
Amy.Adkins@BSWHealth.org