What is the NHSC Ambassador Program?
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Ambassador Program is a membership organization comprised of a dedicated group of volunteers on campuses and in communities across the Nation. These volunteers, or “Ambassadors,” work in partnership with the NHSC to improve the health of the Nation’s underserved. Ambassadors self-identify as either Campus-based, Community-based, or both. Together, these Ambassadors provide a “Continuum of Support” for students and clinicians who are dedicated to providing uncompromised healthcare services to areas across the country that lack an adequate number of healthcare providers. The common denominator of the Ambassadors, whether Campus or Community-based, is that they are passionate about promoting primary care careers in service to the underserved and understand what it takes to both enter into this field and to sustain a career in it. The efforts of this coalition of volunteers are invaluable to the NHSC mission of improving the health of the Nation’s u
