ST. LOUIS and HINTON, West Virginia, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PracticeLink, the nation’s most trusted physician recruitment resource and home of the most widely used online physician job board, announces its new “First Practice Fund” scholarship program. Designed to alleviate the financial burdens faced by medical students, residents, fellows and advanced practice providers, the initiative will provide essential financial support to help ease the challenges of medical education and training.
The First Practice Fund is a biannual scholarship program that will award $2,500 to one winner in each of the following categories: Internal Medicine, Hospital-based Medicine, Primary Care, Rural Medicine (for participants in ACGME-accredited Rural Training Tracks), Medical Students and Advanced Practice Providers. The $2,500 scholarship can be used for educational costs, living expenses or other essential needs during training, providing recipients with the necessary resources to focus on their future in medicine.
Applications for the scholarship opened March 30, 2025, coinciding with National Doctors' Day, and will remain open until May 15, 2025. Winners will be announced by June 16, 2025.
“PracticeLink is proud to support the next generation of healthcare professionals,” said Ken Allman, PracticeLink CEO and Founder. “We understand the financial obstacles that aspiring physicians face, and our First Practice Fund initiative is one way we can help ease that burden and allow future physicians to concentrate on their studies and career development.”
Eligible applicants can apply for the First Practice Fund by completing the application form here.
Read more about First Practice at FirstPractice.com or by clicking here.
PracticeLink continues to offer its renowned PracticeLink Job Board, which is free for physicians to search and respond to job opportunities from 8,000 hospitals, medical groups and private practices listing more than 40,000 physician job opportunities. For recruiters, PracticeLink offers PracticeLink Recruitment Management System, which provides the ultimate suite of physician recruitment tools for in-house recruiters. PracticeLink also offers PracticeLink Magazine, the free, award-winning career advancement publication for physicians that reaches 95,000 residents through quarterly themed issues. Click here to request your free subscription.
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