Student Programs

Working in and having mentors in underserved or international contexts are two of the greatest determinants of whether a physician will practice in those contexts. Rotating with any of our four programs will be a highly impactful experience, and we deeply enjoy providing these rotational experiences. While on the rotation you will be immersed in the communities in which we live and serve. You will gain clinical experience (i.e. not just shadowing!) in outpatient, inpatient, and home settings.

The average day rotating with Cahaba Urban involves clinical experience (hospital and clinic) in the mornings with our residents and faculty and afternoon experiences in community and spiritual health.

Students rotating with Cahaba Rural get a full spectrum experience similar to our residents and many rural physicians. The day begins seeing hospitalized patients then progresses to seeing patients in the clinic, ED, L&D, subspecialty clinic, nursing home, or home visits.

Rotating with Cahaba Frontier is unique in that students have the option to rotate in our Bessemer clinic (the home-base for first-year Frontier residents) and/or in our Marion clinic (home-base for second and third year residents). In either case, students have the opportunity to meet and work with some of our attending physicians, while gaining clinical experience and serving various patient populations.

Rotating with Cahaba-UAB Highlands is an opportunity to experience family medicine in an urban, university-based setting. Students will have the opportunity to meet and work with our attending physicians and other inter-professional providers, while gaining clinical experience serving a diverse patient population.

Learn about the Urban Student Rotation

Learn more about the Rural Student Rotation

Learn more about the Frontier student rotation

Apply for a Student Rotation

2 or 4 week rotations at any track

If you would like to apply for our student rotation program, please fill out and submit this form. M3 & M4 students must also submit USMLE or COMLEX examination results as well as your Medical School Transcript. Official copies by scanned email is sufficient. Please email both documents to brittany.shanks@cahabamedicalcare.com

** At this time, please note that we are only accepting rotation / observership applications from students that are currently enrolled in medical school. **

Application

Name

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Phone

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Gender

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School or Program

Please let us know the medical school, PA school, or residency program where you are enrolled.

What is your current level of training? *

Use the drop down box to select your current level of medical training.

What rotation are you applying for?

We offer 2 week summer exposure rotations (M1s), and sample residency electives (M4s).

When would you like to rotate at Cahaba

Desired Rotation Dates

I am interested in:

Please check all that apply.

Serving in a rural context long term

Serving in an urban context long term

Family Medicine with Obstetrics

Primary Care

International Work

Domestic Medical Care for the Poor

Other

What drives your interest in the above?

How did you hear about us?

What specialty are you pursuing?

Why do you want to do a rotation with us?

Are you interested in providing care to underserved people and communities? Why?

We are a faith based organization, providing quality health care to underserved communities domestically and every ethnē internationally, ministering in the love of Jesus. If this resonates with you please tell us about it.

Are you interested in international work? Why?

We value living in the communities that we care for, which allows us to serve and be served by our patients as their doctor but also as their neighbor and friend. In our rural track, you will be living and serving in a community far from certain amenities (coffee shops, movie theaters, certain retail needs, certain restaurants). In our urban track, you will be living and serving in a community that many, unfortunately, try to avoid. We strongly believe that the joy and the fruit that comes from living intentionally where we are serving greatly outweighs the discomfort these decisions cause, but we understand it is not a choice every physician wishes to make. How does your calling in medicine align with this unique aspect of our residency program?

For our urban track, we request that you live in the neighborhood where our clinic is (unless this creates a hardship which of course we'll understand). We have a guest house cared for by one of our faculty members where you are welcome to stay and experience life in our community. The guest house is in close proximity to our clinic and blocks away from many of our residents and faculty. For our rural track, living in the Centreville community is encouraged but not required. We have guest houses for students located near our clinic at which you are welcome to stay.

Anything else we need to know?

By submitting this application, I understand that all students are expected to be vaccinated
against vaccine-preventable diseases, including influenza and COVID-19.

Student Programs

Apply for a Student Rotation

2 or 4 week rotations at any track

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