to provide direct clinical and practical experience at a service unit to medical students and residents from USDSM and other medical schools;

to improve the quality of health care for Indians by assuring access to qualified health care professionals; and

to provide academic and scholarly opportunities for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other allied health professionals serving Indian people by identifying and utilizing all academic and scholarly resources of the region.

incorporate a program advisory board composed of representatives from the tribes and communities in the area which will be served by the program; and

shall be designated as an extension of the USDSM campus and program participants shall be under the direct supervision and instruction of qualified medical staff serving at the service unit who shall be members of the USDSM faculty.