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Good News for Primary Health Care Students

Scholarships are now available from the National Health Service Corps. You may be eligible if you are a special kind of person:

• Pursuing a career in primary care where you can make a lasting difference:
• Interested in joining others who share a commitment to improving health care:

We are currently seeking applicants for our scholarship program who share our commitment to improving health care in medically underserved communities.

Scholarships cover the costs of tuition and other expenses and include a monthly stipend.

Upon completion of their training, students practice primary care in communities where the needs are the greatest in return for the scholarship support they received.

Need more info? Check out our Web site: http:// www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/ nhsc/scholarad/

HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE

The 15th Annual HIV/AIDS on the Front Line Conference will take place on March 27, 2002 at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa, California. This conference has a reputation for excellence and is designed to meet the needs of health care professionals, including health educators and social workers. A quality faculty includes Robert Gallo, M.D., who will discuss immunology; Donald Francis, M.D. who will address the latest information regarding vaccines; and state of the art medical practice will be covered by Eric Daar, M.D.

Breakout session topics will include prevention, women's issues, Hepatitis C co-infection, resistance geno/pheno typing, nursing and psycho-social topics and many more. Details can be found on the web site at: http://www.HIVconference.org

This is an opportunity to meet with colleagues and ask questions of the experts.

The Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center at the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine and the Orange County Health Care Agency sponsor the conference and continuing education units are available for many disciplines.

For more information call (714) 537-2570 or visit the web site.

The brochure can be downloaded in English, Spanish and Vietnamese

AGING PARENTS

Seminars are offered by the Orange County Council on Aging.Covering topics ranging from Crisis, Distance Caregiving to Surviving the Stresses of Parental Care. Seminars will be held on consecutive Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

March 5 - April 9 at Sea Country Senior and Community Center, Laguna Niguel
May 7 -June 11 at Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, Mission Viejo
July 2 - August 6 at Council on Aging, 1200 South Grand Avenue, Santa Ana.

Cost: $25 each person for one or all sessions. Reservations required. To reserve, please call Penni McRoberts at (714) 479-0107, extension 23 or Email: pmcroberts@coaoc.org

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