Hi everyone,

Please see below if you're interested in applying for AMSA's End of  
Life Care Fellowship.

Best,
Rhamy

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> 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.
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> 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.
>
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> Angelia Bowman
> AMSA Foundation
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