The Illinois State Medical Society and Illinois Farm Bureau’s Rural Illinois Medical Student Assistance Program (RIMSAP) have helped 800-plus would-be doctors gain admittance to the University of Illinois College of Medicine and/or educational loans. Learn more about RIMSAP here.

Participants must specialize in a primary health field and practice in an approved rural Illinois community for one to five years.

For details on how to apply, visit www.rimsap.com; write Peggy Romba, Manager, Rural Illinois Medical Student Assistance Program, 1701 N. Towanda Ave., Bloomington, IL 61702; call (309) 557-2350 or email promba@ilfb.org. The RIMSAP application should be mailed no later than Oct. 1.

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