UA Announces Tuscaloosa Rural Pre-Medical Internship Class Of 2024

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences on Wednesday announced the Tuscaloosa Rural Pre-Medical Internship Class of 2024.

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The prestigious seven-week summer program is for college students in pre-medical studies who are interested in rural primary care. Interns have the chance to learn about the health needs of rural Alabama residents, especially in the fields of family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics to gain a better understanding of the day-to-day life of family medicine doctors.

The program also aims to enhance students' understanding of medical school and increase their competitiveness for medical school admission.

The Tuscaloosa Rural Pre-Medical Internship is part of the college’s Rural Programs and its Rural Health Leaders Pipeline — a sequence of programs from high school through medical school that recruit students from rural Alabama interested in working as future doctors and other health care professionals in rural communities.

“We are excited to welcome our 12 new rural pre-med interns as they look to interact with our CCHS faculty and staff to learn more about the needs of our rural communities in the state,” CCHS Rural Programs Coordinator LaKeshia Whigham said. “We hope the clinical exposure here at the college, intertwined with community experiences, will strengthen their desire to practice rural medicine.”

UA says the interns will spend five weeks at CCHS and two weeks with a primary care physician near their hometown, before completing the internship on July 12.

To be eligible for the internship, students must have completed four semesters of undergraduate

The 2024 Tuscaloosa Rural Pre-Medical Internship class

• Augusta Arnold, of Greensboro
• De’Von Benjamin, of Selma
• Valencia Bryant, of Selma
• Alex Davis, of Wilsonville
• Harrison Dial, of Satsuma
• Erica Doss, of Andalusia
• Nia Jones, of Attalla
• Salil Kumar, of Muscle Shoals
• Matthew Merritt, of Bridgeport
• Caroline Ricks, of Clanton
• Alijyanah Sanders, of Enterprise
• Madilyn Webb, of Ozark

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