Now introducing ... Jones scholars
A few Native American medical students will soon become the first James G. Jones, M.D., scholars. Here's how.
Jones, of Durham, N.C., has created a charitable remainder trust the AAFP Foundation may begin using for a student program when the trust matures. For now, Jones is making annual contributions to the foundation for various student grants and scholarships, under the umbrella of the James G. Jones Scholars Program.
Jones' first annual contribution, supplemented by two other donors, will send four or five Native American students to the National Congress of Student Members, a way to increase Native Americans' interest in family practice.
Jones, a member of the Lumbee tribe and past president of the Academy and the foundation, has spent most of his professional life working with medical students. The foundation has asked the American Association of Indian Physicians to help select the first Jones scholars. Please welcome them to NCSM.
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