RSP 741 Oregon AHEC Scholars Program

Credits: 10
The purpose of the Oregon Rural Scholars Program Experience is to provide students who are highly motivated toward rural primary care with an opportunity to experience what their future career path could be. Rural Scholars are competitively admitted into the program during their first year. Each Scholar is matched to a community with which the Scholar will interact throughout his or her training. Depending on the site, students will complete a Core Clinical Experience in a primary care practice during the first 4-weeks (Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, General Surgery, General Pediatrics, or General Psychiatry), followed by an 8-week long RSP elective in the same practice. Students will develop a deep and comprehensive understanding of a primary care specialty practiced within a rural community setting, as well as concepts of community and public health, epidemiology, and resource allocation. Rural Scholars will simultaneously fulfill their continuity clinical experience and rural clinical experience graduation requirements.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit