MPCA created this page to serve as a resource for clinicians within the community health center arena. If there is something that you would like to see available in this section, please send us an email.

Currently, we offer:

• Information about teaching opportunities

• Preceptor Newsletter

• Events in Maine offering CME credits and CEU credits

• Job listings of current opportunities among Maine’s community health centers
  

In the News

• In early June 2010, the AARP featured an article addressing the isolation that can occur for some clinicians practicing in a small town. To read the article titled, "Lonesome Doc: Practicing Medicine in a Small, Small Town", click here.
• For those with an interest in working and living in a small town, click here to read an article published in Social Science & Medicine regarding, "Why Doctors Choose Small Towns: A Developmental Model of Rural Physician Recruitment and Retention.
• Unique Opportunities featured an article written by Tim Skinner, M.S.Ed., Executive Director, National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network, in the Fall of 2008. The article looks at the opportunities presented by branching out to a rural practice, including a great overall experience, quality of life, and financial benefits... Click here to read the article as it was published.