Scholarships, Loans, and Loan Repayment for Rural Health Professions – Resources

Access, Health, and Wealth: The Impact of the National Health Service Corps in Rural America, 1970-2000
Examines 30 years of the National Health Service Corps' (NHSC) operation and its impact on rural America. Provides a detailed breakdown of healthcare professional providers who participated in the program, and includes information on mortality rates and self-reported health status for people living in rural Health Professional Shortage Area counties that were staffed with NHSC physicians. Also provides data on the economic impact for communities with NHSC personnel for selected states.
Author(s): George Fryer, Jessica McCann, Martey Dodoo, et al.
Date: 09/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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PubMed Search: Training Support for Rural Healthcare Providers
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the topic of training support for the rural health workforce.
Type: Literature Search
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Bureau of Health Workforce Clinician Dashboards
Offers data tools and information on retention and distribution of participants who have completed their training or service in Bureau of Health Workforce programs from 2012-2022. Shows retention rates for National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps alumni and includes filters for various clinician, program, location, and site characteristics. Features statistics with breakdowns by percentages of clinicians currently working in Health Professional Shortage Areas or working in rural communities.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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PubMed Search: Training Support for Rural Health
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on topics related to financial support for the training of rural healthcare providers, including fellowships, scholarships, and loans.
Type: Literature Search
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Loan Repayment/Forgiveness/Scholarship and Other Programs
Provides detailed information about state and federal loan repayment, loan, and scholarship programs available to medical and other health professions students.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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National Health Service Corps Stories
Videos highlighting the communities served by the National Health Service Corps and the NHSC clinicians providing care.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Health Service Corps
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State Primary Care Offices Directory
Contact information for state Primary Care Offices (PCOs). These offices can provide shortage designation application help and shortage information, as well as information on the Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver program, loan repayment programs, and recruitment and retention.
Type: Directory
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Health Workforce
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State Loan Repayment Program Contacts
Lists state contacts for states that receive matching funds from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) to operate their own loan repayment programs for primary care health professionals providing services in Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Type: Directory
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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