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Program profile · Texas

Psychiatry residency at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple

Last verified July 27, 2026 · Checked against the program's official website

Verified facts

Checked against official sources on July 27, 2026.

Program
Psychiatry Residency Program
Sponsoring institution
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple
Location
Temple, Texas
Program type
General (adult) psychiatry
Training length
Four years (PGY-1 to PGY-4)
Accreditation
ACGME-accredited. See the ACGME ADS finder for the program's current accreditation status and identifier.

Reported by the program

The program describes the following on its official website, reviewed on July 27, 2026.

Program and size
The program describes itself as the Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, psychiatry residency, a four-year ACGME-accredited program that accepts five residents per year. The program administrator listed is Dorothy Winkler; the official page doesn't name a program director, so we don't publish one here.
Training sites
The program reports rotations at the Baylor Scott & White Mental Health Clinic, the Temple VA Mental Health Clinic, community clinics in Temple and Killeen, and Canyon Creek Behavioral Health, with electives including electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and neuromodulation.
Setting
The program notes that Baylor Scott & White is the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas and that its Temple hospital is a 640-bed teaching and research hospital with a Level I trauma center.

shrinkiatry context

Baylor Scott & White's Temple program is a mid-sized academic psychiatry residency in Central Texas that combines a large teaching hospital, a VA clinic, and community sites, giving residents a broad outpatient and inpatient base. It's in Temple, between Austin and Waco.

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Sources

  1. Baylor Scott & White Health, Psychiatry Residency in Temple. https://www.bswhealth.com/medical-professionals/education/graduate-medical-education/temple/psychiatry-residency
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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