Rural Medical & Science Scholars

The Rural Medical & Science Scholars program helps rising high school seniors determine if they want to pursue health-related careers and shapes students’ interest and understanding of medicine, health-related disciplines, and other STEM fields. The program aims to ensure a strong and passionate workforce for the long-term goals of improving Mississippi’s economy and increasing access to healthcare.

Thinking about a health or science career?

Sonya Shipley-- Puckett, Rankin County

Ben Rushing-- Silver Creek, Lawrence County

The Scholars participate in a 4 week summer program at Mississippi State University. They take two college-level courses (Introduction to Health Professions and Applied Public Health Sciences), spend a few afternoons, “shadowing physicians, dentists, and other health care professionals” in a hospital or clinical setting, tour a major medical facility, and attend practical learning workshops that are relevant to a career in health or science. To help launch their career, a study skills and communication/critical thinking workshop kicks-off the program.

For a sneak preview of the exciting things to experience from the Rural Medical & Science Scholars program, check out the YouTube “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words—The RMS Scholars Class of 2018.”

Publications

Publication Number: M1917

Rural Medical & Science Scholars

Publication Number: M0980

Rural Medical & Science Scholars brochure

Publication Number: M1343

Rural Medical & Science Scholars Flyer - High School Poster

News

Young man strains to handle a bale of hay at the back of a farm utility vehicle in a pasture with black and white dairy heifers clustered behind and watching.

Grant reveals concerns for agricultural families

Filed Under: Agriculture, Farming, Farm Safety, Food and Health, Rural Health November 6, 2018

A million-dollar grant acknowledges that farmers and families living in rural areas battle many of the same mental health challenges as urban residents face.

National drug disposal event set for Saturday

Filed Under: Health, Rural Health October 24, 2018

Mississippians can do their part to combat the national opioid crisis and protect their home environments by dropping off unused medications at take-back sites around the state on Oct. 27.

A medical doctor holds a vile of medication and talks to a young man in the Rural Medical and Science Scholars program.

Explore Healthcare and Science Careers with Extension Program

Filed Under: STEM – Science Technology Engineering and Math, Food and Health, Rural Health March 16, 2018

Do you know a high school student interested in working in the medical field or a related science career one day?
The Rural Medical and Science Scholars program could be for them.
(Photo by Kevin Hudson)

A teenage girl looks on as a doctor explains a chart in his hands.

Program opens recruitment for medical, science scholars

Filed Under: Rural Health February 9, 2018

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi's critical need for medical professionals is the reason for a special summer program hosted at Mississippi State University.

Free workshops cater to private well owners

Filed Under: Rural Health, Mississippi Well Owner Network August 25, 2017

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi homeowners with private wells have three opportunities to learn how to enhance the quality of their drinking water sources.

The Mississippi Well Owner Network, a program of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, will hold workshops at the Extension offices in Wayne County Sept. 26, Pearl River County Oct. 24 and Tate County Jan. 25, 2018. Each workshop begins at 6 p.m.

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What’s New

About Extension, Beef, Marketing and Business Planning, Rural Development, Food, Food Safety, Health, Nutrition, Rural Health
Volume 4 Number 3

http://extension.msstate.edu/blogGreg Chambers is one Mississippi producer who’s focused on innovating. Whether he’s growing soybeans and wheat on his Prentiss County property or raising cattle and goats on other acres, Chambers is always looking for a better, more efficient way of doing things.

A little girl in a white chef’s hat stands beside her mother

Tried and True

Food, Rural Health
Volume 3 Number 4

For anyone relying on Pinterest, Facebook, or other online recipe sites to plan healthy meals, Marilyn Lunsford is encouraging those home cooks to look in a different, more local place.