SEARCH Information For Health Centers:
Program Objectives
- Build a pipeline of primary care health care professionals interested in working within HPSAs and MUAs in Massachusetts through various first-rate, service linked multidisciplinary training opportunities in MA communities
- Retain community health center primary care providers by providing career/faculty development opportunities
- Increase and improve teaching capacity at Massachusetts community health centers
- Facilitate and strengthen partnerships between communities and academic institutions (community-academic linkages)
Eligibility
All Massachusetts community health centers are invited to apply for participation in the SEARCH program. Interested sites will be evaluated prior to approval as student/resident training sites.
Primary Care preceptors/mentors from the following disciplines are eligible to participate in SEARCH:
- Allopathic and Osteopathic Physicians
- Family Medicine
- General Internal Medicine
- General Pediatrics
- Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Psychiatry
- Dentists and Dental Hygienists
- Clinical Psychologists; Clinical Social Workers; Psychiatric Nurse Specialists; and Marriage and Family Therapists
- Family/Primary Care Nurse Practitioners; Primary Care Physician Assistants; and Certified Nurse-Midwives
Benefits of Participation
- Faculty development program for designated site preceptors
- Compensation based on the number of students/residents trained
- Pipeline of health care professionals for potential employment
Application Materials
- Program Information for Health Centers
- Site Intake Application - Please send completed application to Leslie Bailey.
