To participate, a physician must have a full and unrestricted license in any 1 state, and be willing to spend a minimum of 2 weeks in a rural area. Locations Project USA participants have served at locations from Alaska to Arizona and from Florida to the state of Washington. IHS sites are primarily in the Dakotas, Montana, Oklahoma, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. Schedule Assignments are for a minimum of 2 weeks. There are many that run 4 weeks or even longer.
Vacancies occur the year-round.
Project USA will make every effort to match your requests. Indicate the months during which you will be available, and we will attempt to find an opening suitable to your schedule. A physician is not required to be licensed in the state in which the IHS hospital is located, because these are federal facilities. Therefore, a fully licensed physician taking part in Project USA is covered for professional liability insurance under the Federal Torts Claims Act. Transportation and housing Project USA provides reimbursement for round-trip coach airfare, or the equivalent if traveleing by car.