Community Psychiatry Workforce Expansion (CPWE)

The CPWE provides full-time psychiatrists to serve as academic medical directors at facilities operated by community mental health providers and new psychiatric resident rotation positions at the facilities.
  • Collaborate with local mental health authorities to expand patient access to mental health care clinicians
  • Develop training opportunities for residents.
  • Increase the number of Texas-trained psychiatry fellows/residents who have experience working in a public mental health system upon completion of their residencies.

Community Psychiatry Workforce Expansion (CPWE)

Contact

Ivette Torres
GME Residency Program Coordinator
Ivette.Torres@utrgv.edu
(956) 296-1547