Integrated Behavioral Medicine
The Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency offers education with a strong emphasis on behavioral medicine. Our Behaviorists are PhD psychologists with prescriptive authority, a scope of practice available in only two states in the US. Our psychologists are an integral part of our hospital team and are present on daily hospital rounds. The residents work closely with the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Postdoctoral Masters in Psychopharmacology program and provide much of the teaching in physical assessment and pathophysiology for psychologists enrolled in that program. We also collaborate closely with the NMSU School of Counseling and Psychology and their Masters and PhD students rotate through our FM clinic giving our residents a widely varied experience in behavioral medicine in the primary care setting.