Hi everyone, Please see below if you're interested in applying for AMSA's End of Life Care Fellowship. Best, Rhamy Begin forwarded message: > > > The End of Life Education Fellowship Program is a six-week summer > experience designed to introduce fourteen to sixteen medical > students to end of life care issues. Offered in Chicago, IL and > Fort Lauderdale, FL, the End of Life Education Fellowship Program > combines an orientation to end of life care with weekly seminars > and field placements at local hospices, nursing homes, and > inpatient units. This year’s program will take place from June 23- > August 1, 2008. > > At both program sites, fellows will spend one to two days per week > in seminar sessions and three to four days a week rotating through > placement sites where they will work with various preceptors to > gain the broadest exposure to a variety of EOL care settings. While > at their program sites, Fellows will also be expected to develop > end of life curricula to be implemented at their medical schools > and to be shared on the web with medical schools across the nation. > Although students will have to secure their own housing for the > program (with assistance from their program site in identifying > potential neighborhoods), a stipend will be provided to assist in > covering most living expenses. > > As an EOL Fellow, students will: > --Develop and practice basic interviewing and communication skills > essential to EOL care > --Understand the psychological, sociological, cultural and > spiritual aspects of death and dying > --Understand the pathophysiology and management of common symptoms > at the end of life > --Recognize and respond to cultural, linguistic, and spiritual > diversity > --Design and develop a plan for integrating EOL education into the > curricula of the students' medical schools and residency programs. > > In order to be eligible, applicants must have completed their first > year of medical school by June 2008. Women and minorities are > encouraged to apply. For more information and the application, > please visit www.amsa.org/eol. Applications are due Monday, March > 24, 2008. > > ________________________________ > Angelia Bowman > AMSA Foundation > 1902 Association Drive > Reston, VA 20191 > 703.620.6600 ext 216 > 703.620.5873 (fax) > [log in to unmask] > www.amsafoundation.org > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to med_officers as: [log in to unmask] > > To unsubscribe click here: http://amsaweb01.rd.net:81/u? > id=2624159.af450d9bbe98b6af354ed387cb74193a&n=T&l=med_officers&o=51869 > 7 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > broken) > > or send a blank email to > [log in to unmask] >