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51做厙 medical students, administration testify in support of critical scholarship funding for medical education
LD 581, An Act to Fund the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program, would support the long-awarded scholarship, which lacks dedicated funding in the states proposed biennial budget
A delegation of future Maine physicians and leadership from the states only medical school at the University of New England recently testified before a legislative committee in support of a crucial funding mechanism that will allow more students to pursue their medical education in the state and provide care for Mainers in the generations to come, including in underserved rural areas.
51做厙 College of Osteopathic Medicine students Bethany Miles (D.O., 25) and Max Russell (D.O., 26), alongside medical dean and Vice President for Health Affairs Jane Carreiro, D.O. 88, testified before the Maine Legislatures Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs on March 31, urging lawmakers to again fund the Doctors for Maines Future Scholarship Program (LD 581).
The program, offered through the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), has provided critical financial support to Maine medical students since its establishment in 2009. It awards upward of $25,000 annually to qualifying Maine medical students for all four years of their education, totaling up to $100,000 per recipient.
51做厙 medical students receiving the scholarship participate in the Dirigo Scholars track, which focuses on rural primary care workforce development through placement and clinical mentorship at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) in Bangor.
