- Joined
- Aug 7, 2009
- Messages
- 37
- Reaction score
- 0
I have been told since I was a medical student by scholars to "look for sites early". I started that process and some sites seem interested in offering contracts early as well, since they can only have one scholar per site. However, the people I have talked to at the NHSC say it is not possible to sign a contract early because we don't know the HPSA scores until the year of and if a site will qualify for a given scholar.
Did any of you sign before your last year of residency? If so, did you sign with sites that had HPSAs significantly higher than what was required and just hope it would still be eligible when you started your repayment? Or write into your contract that it was only binding if the HPSA scores continued to qualify?
Just trying to figure out how to resolve these two competing ideas of having to wait until my final year and getting an early start on placement. I appreciate any input you might have!
Did any of you sign before your last year of residency? If so, did you sign with sites that had HPSAs significantly higher than what was required and just hope it would still be eligible when you started your repayment? Or write into your contract that it was only binding if the HPSA scores continued to qualify?
Just trying to figure out how to resolve these two competing ideas of having to wait until my final year and getting an early start on placement. I appreciate any input you might have!