28 to enter RHOP this fall

 

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. Graduates of the RHOP program are strongly encouraged and expected to return to the rural areas of Nebraska to practice.

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 21 participants and seven alternates. Often, the alternates become primary participants before their training at CSC is completed.

Following are the selections.

Clinical Laboratory Science

Alternate: Jenae Bischoff, Wauneta, Wauneta-Palisade High School.

Dentistry

Participants: Zachariah Pieper, Gering, Gering High School; Shane Weyrich, Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff High School.

Medicine

Participants: Mitchell Erquiaga, Rushville, Gordon-Rushville High School; Hattie Guzman, Mitchell, Scottsbluff High School; Daniel Regier, Imperial, Chase County High School; Bethany Wacker, Hemingford, Hemingford High School; Cathryn Zentner, Cairo, Centura High School. Alternates: Linz Douglas, Bayard, Bayard High School; Joshua Hall, North Platte, North Platte High School; Katherine "Brooke" Snyder, Mitchell, Morrill High School; Zachary Van Dyke, Gering, Gering High School.

Nursing

Participants: Kameron Heckman, Alliance, Alliance High School; Whitney Lierman, Grand Island, Northwest High School; Andrea Neal, North Platte, North Platte High School; Lauren Reiber, Alliance, Alliance High School; Sydney Van Diest, North Platte, North Platte High School. Alternate: Idaly Espinoza, Mitchell, Scottsbluff High School.

Pharmacy

Participants: Kristine Bond, Lodgepole, Creek Valley High School; Rachel Hosick, Overton, Overton High School; Lane Swedberg, North Platte, North Platte High School. Alternate: Skyler McConville, Indianola, Hershey High School.

Physical Therapy

Participants: Abby Gibson, Springview, Keya Paha County High School; Chris Varney, Mason City, Ansley High School; Kelsey Willnerd, Hastings, Hastings High School.

Physician's Assistant

Participants: Haydon McKenney, Gothenburg, Gothenburg High School; Chelsea Owen, Valentine, Valentine High School.

Radiography

Participant: Natalie Jolliffe, North Platte, North Platte High School.