Church Health ‘gap year’ helps scholars become doctors
Heaven Newson, top, works with a patient in the Church Health Optometry Clinic Sept. 25. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The Church Health Scholars program bridges the gap between undergraduate education and medical school for high-performing college graduates with fewer resources and connections.
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Church Health doctors health careAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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