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FQHCs and residency training programs share common ground around the importance of service to the community and clinical quality, making this a potentially fruitful relationship for both parties. In this chapter, we review the benefits and challenges of these partnerships along with some potential solutions. We also discuss several FQHC-residency partnerships that have proven to be successful.

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  1. University of Washington, Boise, ID, USA

    Magni Hamso M.D., M.P.H.

  2. Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

    Shwetha Iyer M.D.

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  1. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Lee Bach Lu

  2. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Ernie-Paul Barrette

  3. Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Craig Noronha

  4. University of Vermont, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA

    Halle G. Sobel

  5. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Daniel G. Tobin

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Hamso, M., Iyer, S. (2018). Federally Qualified Health Centers. In: Lu, L., Barrette, EP., Noronha, C., Sobel, H., Tobin, D. (eds) Leading an Academic Medical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68267-9_25

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