Medical Excellence Scholarship

Sponsored by Citizens Memorial Healthcare Foundation

OVERVIEW

The Medical Excellence Scholarship was established in 1990 by Citizens Memorial Healthcare – Foundation. This scholarship was designed to help residents of our service area to achieve their dreams of working in a career in healthcare.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

To be eligible for a Medical Excellence Scholarship, you must:

• Show evidence of acceptance to an academic program defined as a program of study leading to eligibility for licensure or registration from a duly accredited and licensed institution of higher learning in an allied health care field or in a two- or four-year clinical laboratory program
• Live within and have the ability to (return or) remain in the CMH service area following education and fulfill the work repayment requirement
• Complete all required application information, including references and official school transcripts, by the application deadline
• Show a minimum of a 2.5 non-weighted grade point average on a 4.0 scale for high school or post-secondary educational coursework

Eligible professions include the following:

• Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
• Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)
• Clinical Social Worker
• Medical Technologist (M.T.)
• Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
• Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Occupational Therapist (O.T. or OTR)
• Pharmacist (Pharm.D.)
• Physical Therapist (P.T.)
• Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
• Radiologic Technologist (R.T)
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
• Speech Therapist (S.T.)
• Other licensed and/or registered profession as approved