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YOUR GUIDE TO LOAN REPAYMENT
Medical school involves a significant investment of time and money. For many students, their desire to help others is tempered by the need to pay back students loans.
Medical students who may be strongly interested in careers in primary care specialties – family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics – often shy away from these specialties because they fear not making enough money to pay off their student loans. When this happens, communities go without care, and new physicians may find that their hearts remain in primary care even as they practice a higher paying specialty.
Loan repayment options offer a way for medical students to have qualifying loan debt paid off while serving communities who need their services. And while such may be most attractive to those working in primary care, there are loan repayment options available for all specialties.
The primary loan repayment options available to medical graduates in the United States include the following:
Indian Health Services
National Health Services Corps (NHSC)
NHSC Student to Service
NHSC Scholarship
State Loan Repayment Programs (SLRP)
Independent State Programs
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Community-based or Hospital/Healthcare System-based Programs
Military Programs
United States Public Health Service (USPHS)
To learn more about these programs, including eligibility requirements, visit the Loan Repayment page of the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network. This page provides links to each of the above programs, information, as well as downloadable guide to loan repayment programs.
Please note, the University of Health Sciences Antigua (UHSA) does not administer any loan forgiveness programs, nor does UHSA play a role in determining eligibility of students or graduates for such. Students and graduates should do their own research on eligibility for loan forgiveness programs.
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If you are ready to make your dream of becoming a doctor reality, then UHSA is right for you. We have been producing physicians for over thirty-eight years (1982), and know what it takes to succeed. We offer three programs to help you live your dream.
Accelerated Premedical Program
This program gives you all of the credits you need to enter our MD program, and it will do it in the shortest time possible. Our premedical program is taught using problem-based learning, and is focused on medical issues, so that you are highly prepared for medical school.
If you already have the prerequisites for admission to medical school, then the traditional program is for you. Taught using innovative problem-based learning methods, clinical vignettes, and a highly-experienced international faculty, this is a great way to live your dream of becoming a practicing doctor. We offer three start dates per year, including January, May, and September.
Combined MD/Masters of Public Health (MPH) Program
You can now earn your MD and your MPH at the same time! Our innovative dual degree program is perfect for those who want an internationally recognized qualification that will better their chances of being accepted to residency programs, as well a valuable qualification for working in international health, public health, or preventative medicine.
Contact our Admissions Team to begin living your dream!
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