>Just what the doctor ordered: Help with medical education loans
Claudia Clarke, an aspiring pediatric MD, will be loaded down with $210,000 in loans when she graduates this June from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with plans to practice medicine in depressed areas where doctors are scare.
“I don’t think that where you live should determine what kind of medical care you get,” she said.
Clarke’s idealism is getting some financial affirmation from the federal government. Clarke is one of 77 medical students nationwide — and the only student in New Jersey — chosen in this year’s round of grants from the National Health Service Corps, which provides incentives to increase the number of primary care doctors serving communities in need. (Fitzgerald, NJ Spotlight)
