Helping Students from Under Resourced 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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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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Becoming a Student Doctor

The Building a Student Doctor course provides an in-depth dive to help aspiring healthcare providers discover their professional mission.
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Advising Services

HPSA offers a variety of advising services to help students achieve their dreams of becoming healthcare professionals.
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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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HPSA Opens $2,500 Scholarship for Under-Resourced Prehealth Students

Building on the success of its inaugural prehealth scholarship, the Health Professional Student Association (HPSA) today announced the 2026 Student Doctor Network (SDN) Prehealth Scholarship. The...
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HPSA Launches SDN Review, Open-Access Journal on Health Professions Admissions

The Health Professional Student Association (HPSA) today announced the launch of SDN Review, the first open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to health professional school admissions research....
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HPSA Profile of the Admitted Applicant 2025 Report Reveals Factors that Support Applicant Success as Future Professionals

Executive Summary In “Profile of the Admitted Applicant 2025,” new research from the Health Professional Student Association reveals that while health professions admissions achieve...
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HPSA Highlights Scholarship Access to Becoming a Student Doctor

The Health Professional Student Association (HPSA) is renewing its call for students to take advantage of scholarships that provide free access to its Becoming a Student Doctor course. Made possible...
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HPSA Student Advisory Council Expands Advisor of the Year Program with 2025 Awards

Three advisors selected for annual honor for outstanding student advising The Health Professional Student Association Student Advisory Council today announced that three advisors have been selected as...
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Student Doctor Network Launches Prehealth Scholarship Fund Campaign to Empower Future Healthcare Leaders

The Student Doctor Network (SDN) is proud to announce the launch of its inaugural Prehealth Scholarship Fund Campaign, a bold initiative to raise $100,000 and support a decade of scholarships for...
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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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