Dział Współ­pra­cy Zagra­nicz­nej zawia­da­mia o moż­li­wo­ści ubie­ga­nia się o nastę­pu­je sty­pen­dia:

Polish Scho­ol of Medi­ci­ne Memo­rial Fund Scho­lar­ships
Call for Appli­ca­tions – Edin­burgh Cli­ni­cal Edu­ca­tion Sum­mer Scho­ol August 2017

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 toessce@ed.ac.uk

How to apply: See page 2.

Address to which appli­ca­tions sho­uld be sent: maria.graham@ed.ac.uk

PLEASE NOTE: The clo­sing date: Thurs­day 23rd March 2017
Late Appli­ca­tions will NOT be con­si­de­red

 

Appli­ca­tion Pro­ce­du­re:
Can­di­da­tes sho­uld sup­ply the fol­lo­wing letters/ docu­ments in sup­port of the­ir appli­ca­tion:

• an up to date Cur­ri­cu­lum Vitae in English giving suf­fi­cient infor­ma­tion abo­ut the the­ir achie­ve­ments and par­ti­cu­lar­ly the­ir teaching expe­rien­ce to date so that an infor­med deci­sion abo­ut the­ir suita­bi­li­ty can be made. A list mere­ly giving dates, hospi­tal names and job titles is not accep­ta­ble;

• veri­fied* copy of the diplo­ma issu­ed by the Uni­ver­si­ty or other body gran­ting the applicant’s medi­cal quali­fi­ca­tion;

• veri­fied* copy of the IELTS cer­ti­fi­ca­te or other cer­ti­fi­ca­te being sub­mit­ted as evi­den­ce of satis­fac­to­ry maste­ry of the English lan­gu­age. Lan­gu­age skills may be asses­sed by inte­rview for tho­se who are flu­ent in English but do not have a cer­ti­fi­ca­te to sub­mit as evi­den­ce;.

• a per­so­nal sta­te­ment of no more than 500 words indi­ca­ting why they wish to apply for this scho­lar­ship and the like­ly bene­fit to them and the­ir medi­cal uni­ver­si­ty sho­uld they be suc­cess­ful with the­ir appli­ca­tion;

• a let­ter of sup­port pre­fe­ra­bly writ­ten in English from the Rec­tor /Vi­ce-Rek­tor of the applicant’s Medi­cal Uni­ver­si­ty /Research Insti­tu­te in Poland.

* “veri­fied” means that the copy of the docu­ment is a true copy of the ori­gi­nal. Con­fir­ma­tion from the­ir Dean or Rektor’s Offi­ce will be accep­ted.

Polish Docu­ments do not requ­ire to be trans­la­ted into English in this instan­ce.

For enqu­iries abo­ut apply­ing for the scho­lar­ship, 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