The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program introduces health professions students to influential public health professionals and prepares them to be leaders in addressing public health challenges.
Application Deadline: February 8th, 2010
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This unique experience brings 40 to 50 students to Washington, DC to attend a three-day leadership symposium which serves to guide them in their own implementation of a micro-grant funded, community-based health education project. Students will:
Obtain tools to practice the knowledge and skills learned at the symposium through a faculty-mentored project conducted at their community or institution.
Gain a deeper understanding of the complexities and varying perspectives of public health. They will learn methods to effect change in their own community in the areas of:
health
policy, health literacy, project planning, and health care finance and delivery.
Apply:
The application period for the 2010 Scholars class is now open. Application Deadline: February 8th, 2010
Students must have five years of post-secondary education and be actively involved in one of the following areas of study:
Dentistry
Allopathic Medicine
Osteopathic Medicine
Graduate
Nursing
Pharmacy
Graduate Physician Assistant
*Please Note: The program offers introductory public health information; students enrolled in public health programs or with graduate degrees in public health are NOT eligible. Applicant graduating in the spring/summer 2010 are NOT eligible.
The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program is sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)