{"id":244,"date":"2024-08-22T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:55:25","slug":"rural-medicine-pathway-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/rural-medicine-pathway-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Medicine Pathway Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2024\/08\/Carolina-Covenant-logo-300x73.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2024\/08\/Carolina-Covenant-logo-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2024\/08\/Carolina-Covenant-logo-1024x249.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2024\/08\/Carolina-Covenant-logo-768x187.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2024\/08\/Carolina-Covenant-logo-1536x373.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2024\/08\/Carolina-Covenant-logo-2048x498.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2024\/08\/Carolina-Covenant-logo-600x146.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The undergraduate <strong>Rural Medicine Pathway Program<\/strong> is composed is composed of Carolina Covenant Scholars from rural populations within North Carolina who want to make a lasting impact within their communities. The program is the result of a partnership between the UNC School of Medicine and the <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.unc.edu\/incoming\/what-aid-is-available\/carolina-covenant\/\">Carolina Covenant Scholars Program<\/a> with a goal to increase the number of students from rural NC applying to and pursuing Medical school.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2>Benefits of RMPP<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2025\/01\/SECU-volunteering-\u2013-meeting-needs-for-people-at-UNC-Hospitals-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2025\/01\/SECU-volunteering-\u2013-meeting-needs-for-people-at-UNC-Hospitals-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2025\/01\/SECU-volunteering-\u2013-meeting-needs-for-people-at-UNC-Hospitals-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2025\/01\/SECU-volunteering-\u2013-meeting-needs-for-people-at-UNC-Hospitals-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2025\/01\/SECU-volunteering-\u2013-meeting-needs-for-people-at-UNC-Hospitals-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2025\/01\/SECU-volunteering-\u2013-meeting-needs-for-people-at-UNC-Hospitals-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2025\/01\/SECU-volunteering-\u2013-meeting-needs-for-people-at-UNC-Hospitals-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/curriculum\/pathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1432\/2025\/01\/SECU-volunteering-\u2013-meeting-needs-for-people-at-UNC-Hospitals-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faculty mentor and advising<\/li>\n<li>Build understanding of rural medicine and the application process of applying to medical school.<\/li>\n<li>Partnership work with community provider and\/or\u00a0clinical\u00a0team\u00a0over summer engagement experience during the summer after sophomore year<\/li>\n<li>Cohort-based programming and cohort-based community service opportunities\u00a0to build peer-to-peer relationships<\/li>\n<li>Support for internships and shadowing experiences during academic year<\/li>\n<li>Support for application for nationally recognized UNC-Medical Education Development (MED) program between junior and senior year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:934,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;79967&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-01-14 10:22:55&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2025-01-14 15:22:55&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;Rural Med Pathway: Anon Quotes&quot;,&quot;post_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;publish&quot;,&quot;comment_status&quot;:&quot;open&quot;,&quot;ping_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;post_password&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_name&quot;:&quot;rural-med-pathway-anon-quotes&quot;,&quot;to_ping&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pinged&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_modified&quot;:&quot;2025-01-14 10:24:32&quot;,&quot;post_modified_gmt&quot;:&quot;2025-01-14 15:24:32&quot;,&quot;post_content_filtered&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_parent&quot;:0,&quot;guid&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/md\\\/curriculum\\\/pathways\\\/cell\\\/rural-med-pathway-anon-quotes\\\/&quot;,&quot;menu_order&quot;:0,&quot;post_type&quot;:&quot;somcell&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;}\" cell-meta=\"{&quot;_wpv_contains_gutenberg_views&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;_upd_sortorder&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:[&quot;SingleCellBlocks&quot;],&quot;cellInformation&quot;:[&quot;{\\&quot;singleCellBlocks\\&quot;:{\\&quot;quoteText\\&quot;:\\&quot;\\u201cI loved RMPP. 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