VA's National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program
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| Web site |
Link to program web site |
| Type |
Fellowship |
| Sponsor |
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Deadline |
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
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| Tagged keywords |
Alabama, California, Financial Aid, Health Care Quality, Iowa, Military Health and Veterans Health, Ohio, Physicians, Tennessee, Vermont |
| Description |
The purpose of VA's National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program (NQSFP) is to provide a fellowship program in healthcare quality improvement for physician scholars. |
| Amount |
Each appointee receives a per annum stipend related as closely as possible to local affiliate fellowship stipend levels. |
| Geographic Coverage |
Birmingham, AL; Cleveland, OH; Iowa City, IA; Nashville, TN; San Francisco, CA; and White River Junction, VT. |
| Eligibility |
All Fellowship participants serve as trainees on a temporary, full-time employment basis at one of the sites for the duration of the appointment period.
Applicants must desire to pursue medical careers in quality improvement and to serve as change agents to help lead VA into the 21st century. They must have the capacity for interactive skills necessary to create changes in institutions and the ability to appreciate and leverage the benefits of coordinated clinical medicine, research, and administration.
Each applicant must have completed an ACGME accredited specialty and subspecialty residency training program and be a board certified or board eligible physician with an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the U.S. Residency training licenses are restricted licenses, so VHA cannot accept them. In addition, any international medical graduate must have an unexpired visa and an Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certificate that is valid indefinitely.
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| Instructions |
To apply, applicants must send a cover letter describing their experiences in quality improvement and a copy of their curriculum vitae to the site(s) of their choice.
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| Contacts |
Carlos A. Estrada, M.D., M.S.
Senior Scholar, VA National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program
Assistant Division Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham VA Medical Center
732 Faculty Office Tower
510 20th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35294-3407
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Last updated July 22, 2010
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