PracticeMatch establishes physician scholarship targeted at medical school debt

Healthcare staffing company PracticeMatch unveiled the Empowered Physicians Scholarship award.

Here are three things to know.

1. Physicians have about $183,000 in medical school debt, on average, when they start their careers, according to a PracticeMatch release, citing information from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

2. The $2,000 scholarship is designed to ease this medical school debt, according to the release.

3. In the release, PracticeMatch said the scholarship will be awarded based on an essay contest which runs through Dec. 1, 2017. The company is expected to reveal the winner on January 5, 2018.

 

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