The Ohio Department of Higher Education administers a Choose Ohio First Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Scholarship Program for medical and advanced nursing scholars. The program was launched in 2010 as a pilot program to recruit and incentivize students to pursue careers in primary care in Ohio. Scholarship recipients must be Ohio residents pursuing primary care and plan to commit three years of medical service in Ohio (at a site that accepts Medicaid recipients).
Over time, the Ohio Department of Higher Education has made efforts in streamlining the scholarship application and selection process to mirror other scholarships administered within the agency. A best practice of a scholarship selection process is forming an external committee to make final recommendations to the Chancellor on student awards.
As such, the Ohio Department of Higher Education is seeking members who are not affiliated with Ohio medical or nursing schools to review scholarship applications and create final recommendations. The time commitment of this committee would be Monday-Friday, August 13-24, reviewing up to 50 scholarship applications. This review work can be done remotely. Following the review of each application, the reviewers will be asked to complete a brief evaluation tool to be calculated for final recommendations.
The timeline and process for this opportunity is below. Members of both the medical and advanced nursing external review committees would be responsible for Step #3 of the evaluation process.
- Choose Ohio First PCMH Scholarship Program medical/nursing applications open from April 2 through Sunday, June 17, at midnight.
- Choose Ohio First PCMH Scholarship Program medical/nursing institution evaluation tool (Campus Step 1): Campuses will receive blinded applications to review and preference Wednesday, June 20 – Sunday, July 8.
- Choose Ohio First PCMH Scholarship Program medical/nursing institution interview evaluation tool (Campus Step 2): Campuses will interview candidates of their selection Monday, July 16 – Tuesday, August 13.
- Choose Ohio First PCMH Scholarship Program medical/nursing External Review Tool: Two committees of primary care professionals will review selected candidates between August 13-August 24.
- The Chancellor will approve all applicants between Friday, August 24-31.
- All applicants and campuses will be notified of final results by Monday, September 3.
If you would like to sign up to participate as a member of an external committee or have questions regarding the process, please contact Mandie Maxwell or call 614.644.9602.