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Steven M. Thompson Special Application Cycle

The Health Professions Education Foundation can help pay for your educational loans so you can focus on caring for California's underserved. Doctors providing direct patient care for a period of three years in a medically underserved area of California can benefit from the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program. A special application cycle is open December 1, 2016 - February 28, 2017. For more information, please visit www.oshpd.ca.gov/HPEF or call (916) 326-3640. Click here to download the flyer.

Physician corps loan repayment program now accepting applications

Applications are now being accepted for the next cycle of the Steven M. Thompson Loan Repayment Program. Award recipients will receive up to $105,000 to repay educational loans in exchange for a three-year service commitment in a medically underserved area of the state. The program was created in 2002 through legislation sponsored by the California Medical Association. Applicants should note that this application cycle closes on February 29, 2016, a month later than usual. According to the Health Professions Education Foundation, the deadline has been extended to allow time for ...