Helping Students from Underserved Communities
About Us

Health Professional Student Association helps students from healthcare gap regions to become providers in their communities.

> Identifying students from health workforce shortage areas

> Helping those students through college and into health professional school

> Guiding medical students into residency programs committed to serving healthcare shortage areas

> Encouraging residents to join practices and clinics in Health Professional Shortage Areas

> Encouraging students to take positions with the Indian Health Service and National Health Service Corps

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Programs

Our donor-supported resources are designed to help students from healthcare gap regions become physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and other health care providers in their communities.

Student Doctor Network

SDN is a nonprofit service that provides free advising resources, tools, and a peer-support forum community to students.
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Premed Planner App

Plan your path to medical school by tracking your progress from your first day of college all the way to medical school all within this free app.
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StudySchedule

Using your test date, study availability, and test prep materials, StudySchedule creates a customized and adaptive study plan or the MCAT.
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Confidential Expert Advice

Students can get their questions answered by our vetted experts to assist their progression through college and into health professional school.
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Impact “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela
  • 40
    years of service
  • 5318
    questions answered by experts
  • 1.27MM
    community discussions
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News

HPSA Awards Inaugural SDN Prehealth Scholarships to Three Aspiring Healthcare Leaders

The Health Professional Student Association is thrilled to announce the awardees of the 2025 SDN Prehealth Scholarship. This year, the scholarship committee has chosen to award $2,500 scholarships to...
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HPSA Generative AI Survey Accepted into AAMC’s Inaugural AI Resource Collection

Emil Chuck, PhD, Director of Advising Services at HPSA, recently had a submission entitled “Generative AI Learners Survey” accepted by the AAMC’s Advancing AI across Academic Medicine Resource...
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NBME Awards Grant to HPSA for Online Course Innovation

The Health Professional Student Association (HPSA) has received a $5,000 Materials and Resource Grant from the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), in partnership with the Association of STEMM...
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SDN Celebrates 25 Years of Supporting Future Healthcare Leaders

The Student Doctor Network (SDN) today celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding on December 1, 1999. Published by the Health Professional Student Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational...
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Events

Dr. Emil Chuck Presenting on Health Professional School Admissions at Upcoming Conferences

Emil Chuck, Ph.D., Director of Advising Services for the Health Professional Student Association, will be sharing his expertise on health professional school admissions at the following upcoming...
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HPSA adds New Post-Bacc Program Selection Guide

The Health Professional Student Association (HPSA) recently published a new Student Doctor Network (SDN) guide aimed at students considering post-baccalaureate coursework on their path to becoming...
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get involved Want to join our mission of helping students from healthcare gap regions become doctors?

There are many ways you can be involved, from individual giving and partnering with us as an organization to serving on our student advisory council. We invite you to join with us as we work to improve healthcare in gap regions.


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