Providence to cut sports medicine fellowship, reduce family medicine slots

Family Medicine Residency Spokane (Wash.), part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, plans to cut its sports medicine fellowship next year along with a transitional one-year program for residents, according to a July 24 report from The Spokesman-Review.

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Providence said it intends to fill any gaps in care or any reduction in patient access with the region’s other advanced medical training programs

The one-year family residency program will be reduced to eight slots from a high of 18. It will recruit only four new residents for the class of 2028 instead of 10. The sports medicine fellowship has one position.

The cuts stem from a reduction in Graduate Medical Education funding, according to the report. 

The reductions are expected to save Providence $2 million to $3 million a year. 

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