National Health Services Corps - Details

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The National Health Service Corps is a government run program designed to provide primary health care to underserved areas, and they offers full-scholarships to medical school as a tool to meet that goal.

For each year the NHSC pays for your education, you must put in one year in a selected NHSC area. These areas can be anywhere in the US and range from rural to urban, or even prisons. Last I checked their website they had over 600 positions, where well over 275 were for FP, and over 30 for IM.

If you do not fulfill your contract (say you decide later not to do primary care and specialize instead), then the fines are pretty heavy.

What additional information do people have on this organization? I know that some people say it is the worst thing they have ever done, but I think that may be because they wanted to break their contract. What are the chances of getting a spot you in an area you want? What does the full-scholarship really mean (tuition, fees, book, supplies, room and board)? I have an interview in June and would appreciate anything you may have on this organization.

Thanks

there's a couple NHSC threads in this forum ....try a search.