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Service Scholarships. Brumbaugh is one of the recipients. She will receive tuition, plus an annual stipend of $15,000. For every year she receives the scholarship, she commits to work a year in a rural Mercy community hospital after her residency. The David and Inez Myers Foundation Scholarship offers a similar opportunity for Cleveland State University graduates who agree to work in underserved urban communities in Northeast Ohio. These are just two of the education for service scholarships that NEOMED offers through various partners. Scholarships in general have increased to 615 throughout the school’s comprehensive campaign, called “Shine On,” which started in July 2012 and will run through June 30, 2018.
Nearly 50 percent of NEOMED’s graduates chose careers in primary care. To help, NEOMED’s regional partner Mercy Health System—operating in Cincinnati, Lima, Lorain, Springfield, Toledo and Youngstown, Ohio and Kentucky (mercy.com)—provides qualified students with Mercy Health Education for
THE NEOMED FACTOR AuBree LaForce enjoys much of what makes NEOMED stand apart. Like Brumbaugh, she is a recipient of the Mercy scholarship and is thriving in the RMED Pathway. The Vermillion, Ohio, native is one of three students recently selected by the National Rural Health Association to
DOING THE MATH Commitment is one thing, but student debt is another. NEOMED tuition averages $40,000 a year, including fees and books. Debt can pressure even the most committed students to pursue careers in more lucrative subspecialties instead of rural primary care.