Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas


September 15, 2016

Two UAMS Medical Students Receive Scholarships for Rural Arkansas Primary Care

Benjamin Waldrum

Sept. 15, 2016 | Two medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have each been awarded a $20,000 Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Primary Care Scholarship, which encourages aspiring physicians to pursue primary care practices in rural Arkansas. Evan Branscum, a senior who grew up in Marshall, and Julie Sherrill,…


September 15, 2015

UAMS Medical Students Receive Scholarships Aimed at Improving Primary Care

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK —The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has awarded each of two senior medical students a $20,000 scholarship funded by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Primary Care Scholarship to encourage aspiring physicians to pursue primary care practices in Arkansas.


August 15, 2014

UAMS Medical Student From Gurdon Awarded $10,000 to Choose Primary Care

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Sarah Franklin of Gurdon, Ark., has been named the first recipient of the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.