Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP)
The Rural Health Opportunities Program is a cooperative venture between Chadron State College and the University of Nebraska Medical Center aimed at recruiting and educating students from rural Nebraska who plan to return to practice in the rural areas of the state. Persons with a high school diploma or equivalent may apply. Upon selection into the program, students are automatically pre-admitted into the Physician Assistant Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Students are strongly encouraged and expected to return to the rural areas of Nebraska to practice.
Four years of study at Chadron State College resulting in a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Biology is followed by twenty eight months of study in the basic medical sciences and clinical settings at UNMC. The final fifteen months of study at UNMC is spent gaining clinical experience at UNMC in Omaha or various sites in western Nebraska. A Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) degree is awarded by the University of Nebraska Medical Center upon successful completion of the professional curriculum at UNMC.
Up to four positions within each class are reserved for RHOP students. The deadline for RHOP applications is December 1. Further information and applications for the RHOP program may be obtained by writing or calling the Health Professions Office, School of Science and Math, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE 69337. Phone: (308) 432-6278. Information is also available online at: http://www.csc.edu/sci/rhop/physician.csc.
