Mississippi Institute for Improvement of Geographic Minority Health

 

The Professional Portal Track / Rural Scholars Program

The Professional Portal Track (PPT) is a post-baccalaureate degree-granting course of study that seeks to improve health care in

Mississippi by enhancing the academic competitiveness of students most likely to serve in rural, medically underserved areas.  The Rural

Scholars Program (RSP) is envisioned as a component of the PPT. This program targets students from rural parts of the state who fall

short of meeting all of the academic requirements for admission in the professional practitioner programs, such as medicine, dentistry,

and the PhD science programs.  Upon entrance in the Rural Scholars Program, students embark on a two year course of study leading to

a master’s degree in science that strengthens their professional practitioner school application.