Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program

Geisinger believes that the future of medicine lies in robust primary care — care that anticipates and prevents disease, focuses on wellness and recognizes mental health and well-being as fundamental to stronger, more resilient communities. That’s why the Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program focuses on the following specialties: • Family medicine • Internal medicine • Medicine-pediatrics • Psychiatry Our scholars program frees medical students from the financial concerns that often derail their dreams. Abigail Geisinger Scholars will: • Graduate without tuition debt • Receive a $2,000 per month stipend • Become a Geisinger-employed physician in one of the specialties listed above upon completion of residency training. One year of service equals one year of support, with a two-year minimum.

Interested in applying?

Submit an American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) primary application and Geisinger Commonwealth secondary application. • Answer “yes” to the first question on the

Geisinger Commonwealth secondary application regarding interest in applying for the Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program. • Complete the question regarding primary care or psychiatry and provide any updates to your experiences that align with the Abigail

Geisinger Scholars Program. Students are selected to participate in this program based on the following criteria: financial need, merit, diversity and likelihood of staying at Geisinger beyond the service obligation. Students not selected for the Abigail Geisinger Scholars Program will also be considered for regular admission into the MD program.

To learn more, visit geisinger.edu/abigailscholars.

Primary Care 3+3 Accelerated Program

Finish medical school and residency in 6 years

Acceptance into the accelerated three-year MD program comes with a directed pathway into our residency program of your medical school training. Upon meeting the academic and professional standards for graduation from medical school, you’ll be ranked to match into one of the following residency programs through the National Resident Matching Program. If you choose to rank us, you’d be positioned to match at the residency of your medical school training. • Family Medicine Residency at Geisinger

Lewistown Hospital in our West Campus • Kistler Family Medicine Residency at Geisinger

South Wilkes-Barre in our South Campus • Internal Medicine Residency at Geisinger

Wyoming Valley Medical Center in our South

Campus

Overview

• Early immersion/orientation with staff/faculty and our residency programs • Longitudinal Clinical Experience (LCE) at participating residencies early in the curriculum • Scholarly summer immersion program with participating residencies • Longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) during clerkship in either Family Medicine or Internal Medicine

Advantages

• Medical school completion in 3 years • Rigorous programing aimed for time efficiency and robust experiences • Advising and mentoring by primary care physicians and residents • Peer collaboration and fellowship • Direct progression into residency

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center was ranked No. 9 on the Fortune/Merative’s 2022 “25 Top Teaching Hospitals” list.