What is SEARCH?

Program Description

Tennessee SEARCH provides health professions students with community-oriented, primary care rotations in medically underserved health professional shortage areas and other areas of need in Tennessee.

Over 450 students and over 300 preceptors have participated in Tennessee’s SEARCH program since its inception in 1995.

Tennessee SEARCH is funded by the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and awarded through a government contract to the Tennessee Primary Care Association.

The MAIN GOAL of the program is to provide opportunities for health professions students and residents to serve in interdisciplinary primary health care teams within underserved communities.

The OBJECTIVES of the SEARCH program are to:

1) facilitate and strengthen community-academic linkages; and
2) increase the recruitment and the retention of health care professionals in health professional shortage areas and others areas of need by expanding the number of high-quality service-linked training opportunities in these communities.

Frequently Asked Questions about SEARCH

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Site Overview

Student/Participant Information (includes application, program requirements, stipend information, etc.)

Preceptor Information (includes eligibility, preceptor tools, availability form, etc.)

Rotation Site Information (includes site availability form, site stipend information, etc.)

SEARCH Partners Information (includes list of SEARCH Advisory Committee, NHSC Ambassadors, etc.)

NHSC Information (provides links to information on loan repayment, scholarships, and other NHSC programs and services)