John L. McDonald, M.D.
Paramedic Education Scholarship

The McDonald family has established a memorial fund that will pay tribute to Dr. McDonald while helping others, which would have pleased him.  The family decided to establish the John L. McDonald, MD Paramedic Education Scholarship with the Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation to benefit the college’s paramedic certificate program.

The SRJC paramedic certificate program is a three semester training course, which is organized to provide students with knowledge concerning the acute, critical difference in physiology, pathophysiology, or clinical symptoms as they pertain to the pre-hospital emergency medical care. Students acquire clinical experience and practice skills related to the emergency medical care.  The course consists of three components: didactic, clinical, and field internship. Completion of this program meets minimum requirements for state licensure as a paramedic.

The John L. McDonald, MD Paramedic Education Scholarship will benefit students at Santa Rosa Junior College who are enrolled in the paramedic certificate program.  Students enrolled in this program can expect to pay nearly $2,000 in enrollment, materials and insurance fees through the course of the program. Currently, SRJC does not offer a scholarship endowment specific to this program.

In order for the scholarship to become endowed a minimum of $10,000 must be raised.  At this level, the fund will be able to award one $500 scholarship each year, allowing for the fund to grow and eventually have the ability to award additional scholarships. Once the fund is endowed it will exist in perpetuity to assist SRJC paramedic students now and in the future.

There are several ways for you to make a contribution to the John L. McDonald, MD Paramedic Education Scholarship.

John touched countless lives during his own lifetime.  His legacy will continue by helping to train future generations of paramedics and keeping his commitment to providing high quality emergency medical care.