Polish Scho­ol of Medi­ci­ne Memo­rial Fund
Scho­lar­ship Pro­gram­mes 2018/2019

Clo­sing Date for Appli­ca­tions:
17.00hrs Mon­day Janu­ary 14th 2019

Call for Scho­lar­ship Appli­ca­tions
1. Edin­burgh Tho­ra­cic CT cour­se 2nd &3rd April 2019 and
2. Edin­burgh Level 2 Car­diac CT cour­se 1st ‑5th April 2019

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 Cour­ses: The Edin­burgh Level 2 Car­diac and the Edin­burgh Tho­ra­cic CT cour­ses are deli­ve­red by experts in the field and are high­ly popu­lar. Feed­back from pre­vio­us par­ti­ci­pants is very posi­ti­ve. Pla­ces on the cour­se will be limi­ted. For fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the cour­ses go to: https://www.ct-academy.org/

The Scho­lar­ships: A total of 4 scho­lar­ships, 2 for each cour­se, will be ava­ila­ble. The Cour­se fee will be paid at the tra­inee rate and accom­mo­da­tion (see below for each cour­se) will be arran­ged by the Coor­di­na­tor and will be on a sin­gle room bed and bre­ak­fast basis at Pol­lock Halls of Resi­den­ce. The­se scho­lar­ships do not cover tra­vel to and from Poland.

Edin­burgh Tho­ra­cic CT cour­se 2nd & 3rd April 2019
Accom­mo­da­tion will be pro­vi­ded for up to 4 nights, from Sun­day 31st March/ Mon­day 1st April 2019 to the mor­ning of Thursday4th /Friday 5th April 2019.

Edin­burgh Level 2 Car­diac CT cour­se 1st 5th April 2019
Accom­mo­da­tion for up to 8 nights, that is from Sun­day 31st March 2019– to the mor­ning of Sunday7th April 2019.

Eli­gi­bi­li­ty
The­se scho­lar­ships are open to Polish medi­cal doctors in tra­ining invo­lved in car­dio­va­scu­lar ima­ging who are:

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

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants are:
• expec­ted to meet the gene­ral cri­te­ria for the award of the­se scho­lar­ships;
• attend the full cour­se, not arri­ve late and/or depart ear­ly;
• sub­mit a short report of the­ir expe­rien­ce on the cour­se by e‑mail to the Scho­lar­ships Coor­di­na­tor within one month of its com­ple­tion

The expec­ta­tion and inten­tion of the foun­ders of both The Polish Scho­ol of Medi­ci­ne Memo­rial Fund and the Boloz-Kule­sza Trust Fund Scho­lar­ship Pro­gram­mes are that suc­cess­ful appli­cants will 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 inc­lu­ding medi­cal rese­arch and thus foster aca­de­mic links betwe­en Polish Medi­cal Uni­ver­si­ties and Rese­arch Insti­tu­tes and The Uni­ver­si­ty of Edin­burgh.

Clo­sing date for scho­lar­ship appli­ca­tions: 17.00hrs Mon­day 28th Janu­ary 2019
Late appli­ca­tions will not be con­si­de­red

Ple­ase note: The­re is a sepa­ra­te appli­ca­tion pro­cess for the cour­se itself appli­cants will be given the rele­vant infor­ma­tion if the­ir scho­lar­ship appli­ca­tion is suc­cess­ful.

How to Apply
1. Appli­ca­tions sho­uld be sent elec­tro­ni­cal­ly to the Scho­lar­ship Coor­di­na­tor, Dr Maria Dlu­go­lec­ka-Gra­ham MBE (e‑mail:maria.graham@ed.ac.uk) by the clo­sing date (28th Janu­ary 2019). Late appli­ca­tions will NOT be con­si­de­red
2. Appli­cants must sub­mit the fol­lo­wing docu­ments in sup­port of the­ir appli­ca­tion:

• An up-to-date CV giving ade­qu­ate infor­ma­tion abo­ut the­ir exper­ti­se and tra­ining in car­dio­lo­gy to date. A list of dates and posts held will not suf­fi­ce;
• A let­ter of sup­port from the­ir Rek­tor or vice- rec­tor;
• Docu­men­ta­ry evi­den­ce of having an ade­qu­ate maste­ry of English. Whe­re no exter­nal­ly vali­da­ted cer­ti­fi­ca­te ( eg IELTS, TOEFL or Cam­brid­ge Advan­ced or Pro­fi­cien­cy Cer­ti­fi­ca­te or equ­iva­lent is ava­ila­ble, appli­cants will be requ­ired to under­go a Sky­pe or tele­pho­ne inte­rview to esta­blish the level of the­ir English lan­gu­age skills Appli­cants must indi­ca­te that they agree to this asses­sment in the­ir scho­lar­ship appli­ca­tion..
• A sta­te­ment (of no more than 500 words) of why they wish to be con­si­de­red for a scho­lar­ship and how they per­so­nal­ly and the­ir depart­ment are like­ly to bene­fit from the­ir par­ti­ci­pa­tion in the cour­se
• A signed sta­te­ment agre­eing that they will wri­te a short report of the­ir expe­rien­ce on the cour­se and sub­mit it, by e‑mail, to the scho­lar­ship coor­di­na­tor within 1 month of com­ple­ting the cour­se.
• Note: A tem­pla­te for pre­pa­ring the report is ava­ila­ble but scho­lars are not obli­ged to use it.

Clo­sing date for appli­ca­tions: 17.00hrs Mon­day 28th Janu­ary 2019

For enqu­iries abo­ut apply­ing for the­se scho­lar­ships, ple­ase con­tact:

Dr Maria Dlu­go­lec­ka-Gra­ham MBE
Polish Scho­ol of Medi­ci­ne Coor­di­na­tor for The Uni­ver­si­ty of Edin­burgh
Col­le­ge of Medi­ci­ne & Vete­ri­na­ry Medi­ci­ne The Uni­ver­si­ty of Edin­burgh,
Room SU205, Chan­cel­lors Buil­ding
49 Lit­tle Fran­ce Cre­scent
Edin­burgh EH16 4SB UK
e‑mail: maria.graham@ed.ac.uk