National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
MONTANA NHSC SEARCH
Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community Health
From the National Health Service Corps, the Montana Primary Care Office, and the Montana Family Medicine Residency.
MONTANA NHSC SEARCH IS:
o Funded by the National Health Service Corps, administered by the Montana Primary Care Office in the Dept. of Public Health & Human Services, and operated by the Montana Family Medicine Residency based in Billings;
o Designed to facilitate and strengthen community-academic linkages and increase the recruitment and retention of health care professionals in underserved areas of our state by expanding the number of high-quality service-linked training opportunities available in these communities;
o Built on a foundation of volunteer community practitioners in the disciplines of medicine, nursing, mental health, and dentistry;
o An opportunity for students and residents to train interdisciplinary teams, nurture the development of culturally competent community responsive primary care providers; and
o An interdisciplinary statewide partnership sharing and coordinating resources and developing new, creative strategies for providing primary care services for medically underserved populations.
Students and preceptors, for full information visit http://www.mtsearch.info/ or contact Paula Maulolo at (Paula@ycchd) or (406-247-3291).
For information about the Montana Primary Care Office, visit our website at
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/PHSD/Primary-Care/primary-care-index.shtml,
or contact John Schroeck at jschroeck@mt.gov, or (406)444-3934.
