2004 California Physician Corps Applications Now Available
[Posted 03/04/04]

Applications are now available for the 2004 California Physician Corps (CPC) loan repayment program. CPC was created under a 2002 law that was sponsored by CMA.

In addition to earning a salary, physicians selected for the program will be eligible for medical school loan repayment grants of up to $105,000 in exchange for a three-year service commitment in a medically underserved area of the state. The list of "eligible practice settings" has this year been greatly expanded to include not only practices located in official "health professionals shortage areas" (HPSA), but also federally qualified health center look-alikes, community health centers, migrant health centers, and public housing centers.

The law requires that most participants be selected from the specialty areas of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology. Up to 20 percent of the participants may be selected from other specialties.

Applications are due by April 9.

Click here to download an application.

Contact: Patty Frisk, 916/444-5532 or pfrisk@cmanet.org.