WVSOM Student from Huntington Wins Health Science Scholarship
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Lewisburg, WV (HNN) -- WVSOM fourth year medical student Misty R. Shoemaker of Huntington, WVis a recipient of the 2007-2008 Health Sciences Scholarship which is awarded by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.
The Health Science Scholarship program was authorized by the West Virginia Legislature in 1995.The program provides a scholarship incentive for students to complete their training in primary care and practice in underserved rural areas of the stat
The monetary value of the award is $20,000 and requires a two year commitment from the recipient to practice medicine in underserved rural areas of West Virginia upon graduation and completion of a four year post-graduate primary care residency program.
Shoemaker will graduate from WVSOMon May 31, 2008. She has been accepted into the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program at Marshall University in Huntington.
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