Brown University Global EM Fellowship - Please Forward to Residents

From: Jessica Smith [mailto:jessicasmithmd@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 11:31 AM
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Cc: Adam Levine
Subject: Brown University Global EM Fellowship - Please Forward to Residents

 

Brown University is proud to announce that we are now accepting applications for our 2015-2017 Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship! Sponsored by the University Emergency Medicine Foundation (UEMF) and affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and its School of Public Health, this two-year academic fellowship boasts a wealth of research mentoring opportunities, robust interdepartmental collaboration, and a rich clinical and teaching experience, both domestically and abroad. Fellowship applications are due no later than midnight on September 14, 2014.

As part of our fellowship, you can:

-       Obtain mentorship and support from our entire academic Division of International Emergency Medicine, with over 10 faculty and fellows actively engaged in international emergency medicine development, training, research and humanitarian relief.

-       Choose to earn either a Masters of Public Health (MPH) or Masters of Science in Clinical and Translational Research (MSc) from Brown University or a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) at an outside institution, depending on your own long-term interests and career goals.

-       Participate in a dedicated humanitarian emergency/disaster certification course, such as the ICRC Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) course.

-       Rotate through one or more established international experiences, including projects in Rwanda, Nicaragua, American Samoa, Bangladesh, Haiti, and Turkey in areas such as post-conflict development, EM curricula design and training, acute humanitarian and disaster response, and global EM research.

-       Benefit from additional global health opportunities at Brown University through its Global Health Initiative, the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI), or the Brown Residency International/Global Health Training (BRIGHT) program.

Comprehensive fellowship benefits include:

-           Competitive starting salary at about $90,000 per year

-           Full benefits, including health, dental, disability, & malpractice insurance

-           $5000 per year for CME and international travel

-           Additional departmental seed grants available for research projects

-           Additional support for evacuation insurance and housing at field sites 

Apply Now!

Submit your application online through the IEM Fellowship Consortium website at http://www.iemfellowships.com/prog_main.php?id=89. Include in your application a letter of intent, an updated copy of your CV, and three letters of reference. The deadline for submitting applications for our Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship will be September 14. High quality applicants will be invited to interview with us in Providence, RI on October 6. We will be offering interview spots on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early in order to secure an interview spot.

Adam C. Levine, MD, MPH, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Brown University Alpert Medical School

 

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