CON Medical Mission in Central Appalachia
Dates & Deadlines
Trip details for the next Central Appalachia Medical Mission are currently being finalized. More information will be available soon.
Program Description
The medical immersion experience provides a rich, rewarding, and diverse clinical opportunity for students in the College of Nursing. A team of 12 undergraduate and 2 graduate nursing students, 3 nursing faculty and onsite healthcare providers collaborate to provide care in rural southwest Virginia. This is a large medical mission drawing thousands of patients and is housed in tents, set up and designed to care for the whole person. The nursing-led team travels to southwest Virginia in the summer semester for a total of 5 days, creating an opportunity for nursing students to complete clinical credit hours in an immersive rural setting.
Nursing Students
- Undergraduate students who apply to the Central Appalachia clinical immersion must be rising senior students
- DNP/FNP hybrid students who apply to Central Appalachia clinical immersion should have completed the first primary care course
Hotel (double occupancy) in Wise, VA area.
All meals are provided and included as part of the program fee. You are responsible for your own snacks if desired.
Alexandra Harreys
Program Manager
Center for Healthcare Education, 3rd Floor CON Suite
203-371-7715
harreysa@sacredheart.edu