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EC grad receives Rural Physicians Scholarship EC'GCMedia rc;>/nilons

MRPSP associate director. The program offers two years of undrrgraduate ac·a– demic em'ichment including MCA1 (Medical College Ad– mission Test) preparation

Caleb Stalliogi.;, a 2015 graduate of Ea.c;t Central Communit). College in De– catw', was recently selected

to participate in the undergraduate por– tion of the :Mi ssisc;;ippl Rural Physicians Scholarship Pro– gram. He is currently a junior at Missis– sippi State Univer–

and a dinieal e~-pcri­ ence in a rum! setting. Upon completion of all medical school admis– sions requirements. students will be ad– mitted to the Univer– sity of .:\Us<;Jssippi School of Medkine through Dire<'t Entry.

sity.

Stallings

"East Central is so

proud of Caleb on his selection for participation in this prestigious c;;cholar!'hip program." said ECCC Presi– dent Dr. Billy Stewru1. "It is a direct reflection on his hard work and dedication to scholarship and iwademic achievement. It jc; nlw a re– flection of the quality in– c;;tructlon pr°'ided by faculty at Em;t Central" Stullin~ is a graduate of Entl'rprist• High School and the son of Cindy Stallin~ of \'o~shurg and thl' late Wal– ter Stallings. Created in 2007, the .\1is– sis!-\ippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Prognun identi– fies up to 20 coUrge sopho– mores "who demonstrate the necessal) commitment and academic achievement to be– come competent. \VCll– trained rural primar~ eare physicians in our state," at'– cording to Jake Donald.

During medical school at th" Univ<.'rsity of Mic;sissippi School of ~ledi­ cine or College of Osteo– pathic Medicine at William Care~· Uniersity, each !lffiPSP scholar is under con ... fderation for S.30,000 per year based on available fundimr. Consistent legisla– tire support of MRPSP trans- la tes to 60 medical students rece1v:mg a total of Sl,S00.000 to support their cduc.ation this full. Addi– tional benefits include per– sonalized mc>ntoring from practklng rural phyc;;icians c und academic :support. c Upon completion of the training, MRPSP Scholars must mter a resid<.'ncy pro– gram in one of fin· primary ('are spccialti<'s: family med– icine. gcneml intemal medi– cine, medicine-pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology or pe– diatrics.

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