Rural Idaho Track Overview
Rural Idaho Track Overview
Track Overview
Welcome to the Idaho Rural Track in Pocatello, where we have a mission to train community centered psychiatrists who will play an integral role in the development of mental health programs and practices in rural or high need communities where they will be able to use their creativity and passion to develop and fill diverse roles as advocates, consultants and leaders in various mental healthcare settings.
Residents will spend the majority of their first two years in Salt Lake City, UT working alongside fellow residents in the Adult Psychiatry program focusing on mastering skills in general medicine as well as completing required inpatient and some subspecialty psychiatric rotations. Some rotations will be completed in Pocatello.
During years three and four, residents will transition to Pocatello, Idaho where they will continue to refine themselves as psychiatric specialists. During residents third year they will primarily focus on outpatient training with fourth year being dedicated to trainee-specific interests, passions and individualization.
Thank you for your interest in rural psychiatric care. We are certain you will leave this program well-prepared to serve patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Message From Our Rural Idaho Track Chief Resident
"We know that choosing a residency program—finding the right environment and place where you can thrive personally and develop into the physician you aspire to be—is a very important decision."
Meet Our Rural Idaho Track Residents
I wanted training that matches where I want to end up, somewhere I genuinely enjoy with mountains, smaller-town pace, and where makes the whole experience feel like actually building the career and life I want. I have found that and more with the Idaho CAP track.
Before medical training, I'd mostly lived in rural communities. This combined track offered something I couldn't find elsewhere: five years of training that begins with three years at a large university (an experience I'd long dreamed of), followed by two years in the kind of community-based setting where I hope to practice. As an NHSC Scholar committed to serving an underserved community after residency, that structure was a major draw. My wife and I have also pictured ourselves exploring Salt Lake City; it balances outdoor access with career opportunities and sits roughly equidistant from our families in Idaho and Colorado.
