The deadline to apply for the WV AHEC: Rural Community Health Scholars, a national recognized two-year program available to WVU’s health professions students, is Oct. 1. RCH Scholars highlights health care in rural or medically underserved communities.
The program emphasizes interprofessional team-based education through clinical, didactic and community-based lenses and emphasizes how each Scholar can create change and reshape the status quo for health care in their community.
As a Scholar, students will:
Receive a participation award of $1,300
Become leaders in their professions and communities
Receive supplemental training and education from experts in rural healthcare
Develop an astute understanding of how to best implement health care services in rural or underserved areas
Learn how to work as part of an interprofessional team
Provide meaningful patient care in the field and gain hands-on experience
Find more information on the RHC Scholars.
For questions, contact RCH_Scholars@hsc.wvu.edu.