Applicants must submit a biographical statement.  Biographical statements must be typed, dated and signed and must provide, at a minimum, information regarding:

1. Student or work experience with medically underserved populations (e.g., community or migrant health centers, free clinics, public health departments, and rural health clinics) during or after the applicant’s health professions training. The statement should include:
   • Location
   • Start and end dates for each student/work experience
   • Number of hours per week spent on the student/work experience
   • Brief description of the experience
   • The knowledge, skills, or abilities gained from the experience
   • Community effort which lead to improved delivery of health services to underserved populations
   • Total number of years/months as a clinician providing primary care to underserved populations
   • Published primary care articles
   • Awards for primary care community efforts
2. Language skills (including level of proficiency), if any, that the applicant uses or will use to provide services to the patient population of the NHSC community site.
3. Awareness of the values, beliefs, and practices as they relate to the health of the population served by the NHSC community site. Include any knowledge, skills, and abilities that will be incorporated into practice to improve the delivery of health services to the population of the community site.

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