Clos­ing date: Thurs­day 23rd March 2017

Intro­duc­tion
The Pol­ish School of Med­i­cine Memo­r­i­al Fund sup­ports a thriv­ing schol­ar­ship pro­gramme which enables suc­cess­ful appli­cants to under­take a peri­od of fur­ther study or research at The Uni­ver­si­ty of Edin­burgh Med­ical School and relat­ed insti­tu­tions.

The Schol­ar­ship
A total of 8 schol­ar­ships are avail­able. The schol­ar­ship will cov­er the cost of the course fee and up to 7 nights’ accom­mo­da­tion at Pol­lock Halls of Res­i­dence on a Bed &breakfast basis.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty
The pro­gramme is open to Pol­ish med­ical sci­en­tists

• in their ear­ly career (usu­al­ly with­in 10 years of their med­ical grad­u­a­tion — MB ChB equiv­a­lent)
• work­ing in Pol­ish Med­ical Academies/Universities and Research Insti­tutes
• with excel­lent mas­tery of Eng­lish and
• com­mit­ted to the fur­ther devel­op­ment of exper­tise in med­ical edu­ca­tion in Poland.

Note: The expec­ta­tion and inten­tion of the founders of the Pol­ish School of Med­i­cine Memo­r­i­al Fund Schol­ar­ship Pro­gramme is that suc­cess­ful appli­cants should return to their units/ depart­ments in Poland on com­ple­tion of their attachment/studies, use their new found skills to fur­ther enhance and devel­op Pol­ish med­i­cine and thus fos­ter aca­d­e­m­ic links between Pol­ish Med­ical Uni­ver­si­ties and Research Insti­tutes and The Uni­ver­si­ty of Edin­burgh.

The Edin­burgh Sum­mer School Clin­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
The Edin­burgh Sum­mer School in Clin­i­cal Edu­ca­tion (ESSCE) is a week long course of inter­ac­tive work­shops to devel­op your skills around teach­ing, learn­ing and assess­ment, with enough the­o­ry to give you the tools and the con­fi­dence to lead change, eval­u­ate devel­op­ments and ensure excel­lence in your future prac­tice.  The course dates for 2017 are 14^th ‑18^th August 2017.

More infor­ma­tion about the sum­mer school can be found at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/summer-school/about or by e‑mail to essce@ed.ac.uk

Call for Appli­ca­tions — Edin­burgh Clin­i­cal Edu­ca­tion Sum­mer School August 2017