Katherine Timm named to Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program

2015 Jul 21

Katherine Timm, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior majoring in Health and Human Performance and Sport Management, was recently selected to participate in the undergraduate portion of the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program (MRPSP).

Timm, now living in Little Rock, is the daughter of William Lyn Evans and Lisa Beard of New Albany, Miss.

Created in 2007, MRPSP identifies up to 20 college sophomores who demonstrate the necessary commitment and academic achievement to become competent, well-trained rural primary care physicians.

The program offers two years of undergraduate academic enrichment including MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) preparation and a clinical experience in a rural setting. Upon completion of all medical school admissions requirements, the student will be admitted to the University of Mississippi School of Medicine through Direct Entry.

During medical school, each MRPSP scholar is under consideration for $30,000 per year based on available funding. Upon completion, scholars must enter a residency program in one of five primary care specialties: family medicine, general internal medicine, medicine-pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology or pediatrics. The scholar must provide four years of service in a clinic-based practice in an approved Mississippi community of 20,000 or fewer population located more than 20 miles from a medically served area.