Program Overview
The Kathelen and Dan Amos Medical Student Loan Forgiveness Program: Improving Access to Primary Care in Georgia accepts applications from eligible Emory School of Medicine students who are willing to commit to primary care practice in Georgia.
- Recipients commit to two to five years of primary care practice in Georgia commensurate with the level of assistance they have received.
- For students who train at Emory in primary care disciplines such as geriatric medicine, general internal medicine, family medicine, and general pediatrics, this debt forgiveness program will allow them to practice in these clinical areas without the burden of financial strain that comes with lower-salary career paths.
- Emory will initiate this tuition relief program in a number of ways. Recent School of Medicine graduates in medicine, family medicine, pediatric, or geriatric residencies will be encouraged to remain in or return to Georgia for primary care practice. This approach will allow for a more immediate impact on Georgia’s growing deficit of physicians.
- Additionally, Emory will introduce this incentive to first- through fourth-year medical students who commit to residency training in a primary care field with the goal to return to Georgia for practice.
- Given the pressing need to attract geriatricians to Georgia, this program will also support Emory medical students who have completed geriatrics fellowship programs or graduates of another medical school who are completing or have recently completed the Emory geriatrics fellowship.
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