University of Kansas School of Medicine-CHCSEK Pittsburg Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 15, 2026

University of Kansas School of Medicine-CHCSEK Pittsburg Program

University of Kansas School of Medicine-CHCSEK Pittsburg Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Pittsburg, Kansas, directed by Bethany N. Enoch, MD and coordinated by Addison Brown. The program accepts applications through December 1, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Initial. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at abrown@chcsek.org or (620) 231-9873. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

This is a new, unopposed rural Family Medicine residency built around a Federally Qualified Health Center (CHC/SEK) and Mercy Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas, explicitly designed to produce physicians for rural underserved southeast Kansas. Residents get PGY1 exposure to high-acuity rotations at the KU academic medical center in Kansas City before returning to the primary FQHC-based continuity clinic, giving a hybrid rural/urban-academic training arc. The FQHC structure offers on-site multidisciplinary integration (behavioral health, addiction treatment, dental, HIV care, community health workers) and unopposed procedural/rotational access with close faculty attention rather than a research infrastructure. Career orientation is squarely full-scope rural primary care practice, not fellowship or academic medicine, and the program values cultural competence and commitment to underserved, complex-care populations.

Who it fits

An applicant with demonstrated ties to or clear intent toward rural/underserved primary care practice, whose ERAS narrative reflects community health, full-scope generalist medicine, and comfort training in a small, low-competition clinical environment rather than a subspecialty or research trajectory.

Research intensity

Low - no research infrastructure described; curriculum and mission are oriented entirely toward clinical rural practice.

Career orientation

Primary Care

Important

The program emphasizes mission alignment with training physicians committed to practicing in rural underserved areas, particularly southeast Kansas, and screens for cultural competence in addressing rural health disparities.

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Family Medicine

Deadline 12/01/2026

57 days left

Accreditation Status Initial

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PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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