WV AHEC Scholars application deadline approaching
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.