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Louisiana Primary Care Rural Preceptorship Program

Sponsor
Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center
Deadlines
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Contact

Gabrielle Juneau
gabrielle@clahec.org

Purpose

The Primary Care Rural Preceptorship Program (PCRPP) is a hands-on experience designed to expose medical students to primary care medicine in rural and/or medically underserved areas of Louisiana.

Medical students from LSU Health Shreveport, LSU Health New Orleans, and Tulane School of Medicine may participate during their 4 week rotations the summer after their first year of medical school. Students are placed with a physician practicing clinical medicine in a non-metropolitan area in one of the primary care fields:

  • Family Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Pediatrics
Eligibility

First year medical students from from LSU Health Shreveport, LSU Health New Orleans, and Tulane School of Medicine are eligible to apply.

Geographic coverage
Louisiana
Amount of funding

This is an educational opportunity.

Application process

First year medical students should check with their respective medical school in December of each year. Applications are due at the end of January, and rotations take place during the summer following the first year of medical school.

Tagged as
Graduate medical education · Health workforce education and training · Maternal health and prenatal care · Physicians · Primary care · Louisiana

Organizations (1)

  • Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center, view details



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