29 Nebraskans to enter RHOP at CSC

The selections were based on college entrance examination scores, academic success and leadership exhibited in high school and personal interviews.

The RHOP program began in 1990 as a joint venture between CSC and the University of Nebraska Medical Center to help counter the shortage of medical professionals in rural Nebraska.

Students selected as participants in the program take pre-professional training at CSC before transferring to one of the UNMC sites. The dental and dental hygiene students will take advanced training at Lincoln, the nursing students at Scottsbluff and the others in Omaha.

The selections consist of 23 participants and six alternates. Often, the alternates become primary participants before their training at CSC is completed.

Dental Hygiene

Participant: Tory Winters, Gordon, Gordon-Rushville High. Alternate: Stephanie Metzger, Kearney, Kearney Catholic High.

Dentistry

Participants: Brooklynn Barelmann, Chambers, Chambers High; Megan Eitemiller, Chadron, Chadron High. Alternates: Robert Freeze, Alliance, Alliance High; Randi Hughes, Gering, Scottsbluff High.

Medicine

Participants: Dylan Helberg, McCook, Southwest High; Allyn Leick, Broken Bow, Broken Bow High;  Katherine Phelps, Ayr, Adams Central High; Karyssa Stein, Chadron, Chadron High;  Beth Wroblewski, St. Paul, St. Paul High; Alternates: Brooke Fairhead, Gordon, Gordon-Rushville High, Brianna Lee, Fairbury, Fairbury High.

Nursing

Participants: Sara Absalon, Crawford, Crawford High; Elizabeth Andres, Cozad, Cozad High; Heather Hammond, Plainview, Randolph High; Adrian Jochum, Sutherland, Sutherland High; Emily O’Boyle, Gering, Gering High; Kaelee Stuchlik, Pierce, Pierce High.

Pharmacy

Participants: Amanda Bown, Sidney, Sidney High; Corey Paz, Indianola, McCook High; Jocelyn Utecht, Hastings, Doniphan-Trumbull High.

Physical Therapy

Participants: Dalton Boden, Ord, Ord High; Megan Cullers, Ord, Ord High; Karly Watson, Phillips, Aurora High. Alternate: Logan Simonson, Palmer, Palmer High.

Physician’s Assistant

Participants: Phillip Berger, Blue Hill, Blue Hill Community High; Nicole Carlson, Minatare, Scottsbluff High; Sydney Jundt, Norfolk, Norfolk Catholic High.