Northern Maine Medical Center is a modern, fully accredited, 49-bed hospital offering complete obstetric, surgical, pediatric and general medical services. It also provides a state-of-the-art, six-bed intensive care unit for critically ill patients and offers the only child, adolescent and adult inpatient psychiatric units in northern Maine. The center belongs to the 15,000 people in the hospital’s service area, the Upper St. John Valley and neighboring communities.
Interested students should be high performing and uniquely motivated to provide care for patients and families in rural communities. Ideal candidates should be self-motivated and willing to actively participate and collaborate in their education in unique situations. Successful students will be integral in helping to make this an impactful experience in collaboration with their clerkship directors and preceptors.
Students are provided the opportunity to live in a recently renovated home, conveniently located adjacent to the hospital grounds.