DHSS Awards Contracts For Rural Medical Student Clerkships To 5 Organizations
The Missouri Graduate Medical Education Technical Assistance Center named the five organizations that received contract awards through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Rural Medical Student Clerkships initiative.
- Mercy East Community
- Missouri Baptist Hospital Sullivan
- Ozarks Healthcare, West Plains, Mo.
- Parkland Health Center – Farmington
- Western Missouri Medical Center, Warrensburg, Mo.
These contract awards support the expansion of clinical rotation capacity and hands-on clerkships for medical students in rural health facilities across the state.
To address provider shortages in high-need areas, participating health systems will focus clinical placements on state-designated ToRCH Care rural counties, ensuring a minimum of 50% of rotation placements occur in designated rural locations.
The Missouri Hospital Association is a nonprofit association in Jefferson City that represents 138 Missouri hospitals. In addition to representation and advocacy on behalf of its membership, the association offers continuing education programs on current health care topics and seeks to educate the public about health care issues.