Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services Interprofessional Scholars Program

This program is designed to create a team of students from multiple disciplines and academic institutions to serve in an IPE (Interprofessional Education) 6-week summer program within the multi-faceted Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Students will work together on real world projects that focus on a given need of DHHS. Students will be selected from programs at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) such as UB Health Systems Management, UMB Nursing, UMB Pharmacy, UMB Social Work, UMBC Psychology, UMBC Social Work, UMCP Criminology and Criminal Justice, and UMCP Public Health Science. The program will take place from Tuesday, May 30, 2017 to Thursday, July 13, 2017. Over the course of these weeks, there is required, mandatory attendance every Tuesday and Thursday at either USG or DHHS (Rockville, MD). Students will receive $500 payment applied to their student account for the Fall 2017 semester, upon successful completion of the 6-week program. All interested students must submit their application by Monday, April 10, 2017 at 12:00 PM to their Program Director. www.shadygrove.umd.edu/academics/collaborative-learning/cipes/activities/dhhs-scholars