A SURVEY OF STATE FINANCING OF PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY PROGRAMS

With upcoming cuts in graduate medical education funding, it is likely that many psychiatry residencies will be searching for new sources of revenue. State funding of residency programs is one possible avenue. The authors surveyed all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Ed ucation-accredited psychiatry residency programs to assess the present dimensions of state funding. Some programs in both publicly funded an d private settings receive large proportions of their budgets from the state. Service commitments are common. State support of psychiatry re sidency education is currently an important source of funding and coul d become even more important in the near future.