Funding Information for 2008 Grant Year

All SEARCH programs funded through NHSC are experiencing an unprecedented cut in our budgets. The Montana SEARCH program will not be able to provide new students with stipends at this time. However our preceptors are available for rotations and are eager to teach healthcare professional students.

If you are interested in a rotation through August 31, 2008 please complete the application and Mary will contact you regarding site choices.

New student will not be required to complete paperwork due to the stipend cuts.

If you are interested in a rotation in Montana after September 1, 2008, please be aware that program funding has not been secured at this time. We will know more as the year progresses. New students are still invited to apply but understand that the  availability of stipends will be decided upon later this year.

MONTANA NHSC SEARCH IS: funded by the National Health Service Corps, administered by the Montana Primary Care Office in the Dept. of Public Health & Human Services, and operated by the Montana Family Medicine Residency based in Billings.

Designed to facilitate and strengthen community-academic linkages and increase the recruitment and retention of health care professionals in underserved areas of our state by expanding the number of high-quality service-linked training opportunities available in these communities.

Built on a foundation of volunteer community practitioners in the disciplines of medicine, nursing, mental health, and dentistry;

An opportunity for students and residents to train in interdisciplinary teams, nurture the development of culturally competent community responsive primary care providers.

An interdisciplinary statewide partnership sharing and coordinating resources and developing new, creative strategies for providing primary care services for medically underserved populations.

PRECEPTOR HANDBOOK AND INFORMATION
This section is for our preceptors and includes out preceptor handbook along with some helpful links for preceptors.

STUDENT APPLICATION AND INFORMATION
This section is for our students and residents and has our application, brochure and access to our rotation paperwork.

AVAILABLE COMMUNITY SITES
These are all of the rural and underserved sites available to our students for rotations.

CULTURAL COMPETENCY

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

THE MONTANA EXPERIENCE

AFFLIATED ORGANIZATIONS