Oregon Rural Scholars Program 2009-2010

The Oregon Rural Scholars Program is a longitudinal program for Oregon Health & Science (OHSU) students interested in rural medicine. The rotation will combine the 5-week Family Medicine rotation, the 5-week Rural and Community Health rotation and a 4- week elective rotation, giving students a continuous 14-week rotation in a rural community with a family physician. The purpose of the program is to encourage rural practice interest by exposing students to the continuity of care and the life of a family physician in a rural community.

L to R: John Conroy, Austin Lammers, Rachel Seltzer, Geoff Maly, Kathryn Menninger, Mike Oakley, Jenna Donaldson, Jesse Schonau-Taylor, GinaMiller

The program was developed by Lisa Dodson, M.D. through a cooperative effort of the Oregon Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) and the Department of Family Medicine at OHSU and was recently funded by a HRSA Pre Doctural Training Grant. The program pilot will begin with the first rotation, starting July 9-10, 2009. Nine students have signed up for the first year from around the state. Students participating, their rotation site and dates will be:

• Jenna Donaldson – Madras 6/29-9/4/09
• Kate Menninger – Madras 9/7-12/18/09
• John Conroy- Coquille 9/7-12/19/09
• Geoff Maly – John Day 9/7-12/18/09
• Austin Lammers – Burns 11/16 – 3/12/10
• Rachel Seltzer – John Day 11/16-3/12/10
• Jesse Schonau-Taylor – Gold Beach 3/15-5/28/10
• Gina Miller – John Day 3/15-5/28/10
• Michael Oakley – Enterprise 3/15-5/28/10

*AHEC of Southwest Oregon region students are in bold.