2024 Rural and Underserved Clinical Rotations Grants

Eligible Applicants

Additional Requirements

Exclusive - see details: Specific types of clinical training programs • Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Program o Must be accredited as a master’s, doctoral, or postgraduate level advanced practice registered nursing program by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education or by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing or present a credible plan as a candidate for accreditation. • Dental Program o Must be a dental education program or dental residency training program currently accredited by the accrediting body or present a credible plan as a candidate for accreditation. o Expanded training must include rotations in primary care settings such as community clinics, hospitals, health maintenance organizations, or practices in rural communities. • Dental Therapy Education Program or Advanced Dental Therapy Education Program o Must be approved by the Minnesota Board of Dentistry, or currently accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. • Mental Health Professional Program o Must be accredited and listed as a mental health professional program by the appropriate accrediting body for clinical social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or licensed professional clinical counseling, or present a credible plan as a candidate for accreditation. o A mental health professional is defined as an individual providing clinical services in the treatment of mental illness who meets one of the qualifications under MN Statutes Sec. 245I.04, subdivision 2. • Pharmacy Program o Must be accredited as a Doctor of Pharmacy program by the Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education. • Physician Residency Training Program o Must be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or appropriate accrediting body or present a credible plan as a candidate for accreditation. 2 0 24 RURAL AND UNDERSERVED CLINICAL ROTATIONS 5 o Expanded training must include rotations in primary care settings such as community clinics, hospitals, health maintenance organizations, or practices in rural communities. • Physician Assistant Program o Must be accredited as a physician assistant program by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or present a credible plan as a candidate for accreditation.

Geographic Eligibility

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