Rural Interprofessional Health Professions Summer Preceptorships
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Beth Squires
815.395.5854
esquires@uic.edu
The Rural Interprofessional Health Professions Summer Preceptorships program offers an educational experience for health professions students who want to learn more about healthcare in rural settings.
This opportunity is available to students nationwide. Practice sites are located in Illinois. Participating sites for 2022 are:
- Gibson Area Hospital and Health Services
Gibson City, Illinois
June 1 - July 12, 2022 - Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital
Dixon, Illinois
May 23 - June 30, 2022
Students will be exposed to all aspects of a rural healthcare community including:
- Social and health characteristics, needs, and resources of a specific rural community
- Roles and responsibilities of different healthcare providers in a rural community
- Healthcare provider careers in a rural community and potential locations for future career practice
Students of all health disciplines are encouraged to apply. Students must have completed sophomore year of undergraduate studies by the start of the program.
Preference will be given to students from rural Illinois communities with interest in serving a rural community in the future.
Each student will receive a $1,500 stipend. Host sites arrange housing.
A link to the application is available on the program website.
Applications may be emailed to Beth Squires or mailed to:
Beth Squires, MPH
NCRHP, UIC Health Sciences Campus Rockford
1601 Parkview Avenue
Rockford, IL 61107
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