Maine Primary Care Association offers a number of opportunities through our SEARCH Program (Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health) for students and residents to experience medicine in an underserved primary care setting in Maine. Our host sites can be found throughout the state and offer placements for the following primary care disciplines:

• Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Nurse Practitioners
• Dentists
• Dental Hygienists
• Psychiatry/Mental Health

Our placements provide students and residents the opportunity to:

• Train in culturally/socioeconomically diverse communities
• Work with patients and communities to help them reach beneficial health decisions
• Learn about culturally competent, community-responsive health care
• Gain skills in delivering primary health care services by working with mentors

For more information about the placements we offer, click on one of the links provided below:

• Summer SEARCH
• Clinical Rotations (including Dental)
• Resident Rotations

To read stories and experiences of student placements in Maine as told by the students themselves, click here and download the latest edition of the Bruit Rurale.

For more information, about clinical rotations, contact:

James R. Dowling, MS
Workforce Development Manager
Maine Primary Care Association
73 Winthrop Street
Augusta, ME 04330
Tel: 207-621-0677 Ext. 203
Fax: 207-621-0577
E-mail: jrdowling@mepca.org

Greta Doe
Program Coordinator
Maine Primary Care Association
73 Winthrop Street
Augusta, ME 04330
Tel: 207-621-0677 Ext. 201
Fax: 207-621-0577
E-mail: gdoe@mepca.org