The program helps train an average of 8 third and fourth year medical students each year during one month block rotations. The program takes 2 first year students from the KU School of Medicine as part of an innovative summer clinical experience supported by the National Health Service Corps Health Professional Educational Linkage Program. Sally Anne Leger, marriage and family therapist is employed by the residency. She helps coordinate behavioral science training, serves as a resource for patient care problems and provides on-site counseling. Marriage and family therapy Ph.D. students from Kansas State University and Friends University utilize Smoky Hill as an internship training site.
Residents work with a full time nurse practitioner.
The program also serves as a training site for nurse practitioner students. Area college students frequently have clinical observation experiences with Smoky Hill residents.