WVU Rural Health Day

The ninth annual WVU Rural Health Day is
April 5, 2025 at the WVU Health Sciences Center in Morgantown, WV. 

The purpose of WVU Rural Health Day is to give pre-health students interested in rural healthcare the opportunity to hear about and participate in activities that will enhance, impassion, and provide support in the sometimes daunting path to applying to medical school, dental school or, graduate programs in healthcare. Undergraduate students will participate in workshops consisting of suturing, diagnostic ultrasound, intubation and behavioral medicine. There will also be a rural health panel discussion with rural clinicians from across the state and a student-lead panel discussion. 

We invite undergraduate students at four-year colleges and universities or at community colleges completing pre-requisites for entry into a four-year college or university from West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee to register for this opportunity. 

Please note that the application opens on January 31, 2025. We will select the first 80 students that apply. The slots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. We will accept registrants past 80 just in case a participant may have to decline. 

If you have any questions or would like additional information about WVU Rural Health Day, contact Christie Zachary, MA, Program Manager for Student Outreach and Marketing for the WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health by e-mail. 

WVU Rural Health Day is jointly sponsored by the WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health, Pre-Health Professional Development Office, School of Medicine and Rural Track Programs and, WV AHEC.

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