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UT Health Science Center approves affiliation with Star Regional Hospital to launch rural residency slots
Summary
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center reached an affiliation arrangement with Star Regional Hospital to create new family medicine residency positions and an 18‑bed psychiatry unit; trustees approved the affiliation at the finance and administration committee meeting.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center presented and the committee approved a new affiliation agreement with Star Regional Hospital intended to expand rural graduate medical education and clinical training.
Peter (presenting for UT Health Science Center) described the agreement as a joint effort with college leadership to create new residency positions in family medicine that will leverage training capacity at the Knoxville campus for the first year and provide second‑ and third‑year training at Star Regional. The hospital is a 118‑bed facility that will also offer an 18‑bed general psychiatry unit the presenter said, providing inpatient psychiatry experience for family medicine residents.
The affiliation aligns with the system's rural health strategy and was noted in grant planning: staff said the state recently funded $12,000,000 to create a rural health center, and the Star Regional partnership was in development as part of that work. Trustees moved, seconded and approved the affiliation by voice vote.
Ending: The affiliation creates new residency capacity intended to support rural health workforce development; final program implementation details, slot counts and operational schedules will be carried out by UT Health Science Center and Star Regional under the terms of the agreement.
