Description
The Spinal Cord Injury Medicine (SCIM) Fellowship is a 12- month program which focuses on specialized training on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of traumatic spinal cord injury, and nontraumatic myelopathies.
The SCIM Fellowship Scholarship will include clinical experiences in the initial acute care management, acute rehabilitation and outpatient/chronic management of persons with spinal cord dysfunction. During the various clinical rotations, the fellow will work with physicians in the specialties of physical medicine and rehabilitation, orthopedic surgery, neurological surgery, anesthesiology/ respiratory/ critical care, pediatrics, plastic surgery, urology and neurology. In addition, the clinical experience will involve rotations with other clinical disciplines such as physical therapy, occupational therapy and psychology.
Eligibility
The program is open to persons who have completed an approved residency program in a specialty relevant to SCIM, such as physical medicine and rehabilitation, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, internal medicine, neurological surgery, neurology, orthopedic surgery, pediatrics, plastic surgery, surgery, or urology.
Application Procedure
Applicants will be expected to submit a letter of interest, C.V. and three professional references to the Scholarship Grant Program Director. The scholarship application can be downloaded at the link below.
Submission Deadline
August 1
Website Link
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/pmr/education/fellowships/spinalcord.html
The Spinal Cord Injury Medicine (SCIM) Fellowship is a 12- month program which focuses on specialized training on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of traumatic spinal cord injury, and nontraumatic myelopathies.
The SCIM Fellowship Scholarship will include clinical experiences in the initial acute care management, acute rehabilitation and outpatient/chronic management of persons with spinal cord dysfunction. During the various clinical rotations, the fellow will work with physicians in the specialties of physical medicine and rehabilitation, orthopedic surgery, neurological surgery, anesthesiology/ respiratory/ critical care, pediatrics, plastic surgery, urology and neurology. In addition, the clinical experience will involve rotations with other clinical disciplines such as physical therapy, occupational therapy and psychology.
Eligibility
The program is open to persons who have completed an approved residency program in a specialty relevant to SCIM, such as physical medicine and rehabilitation, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, internal medicine, neurological surgery, neurology, orthopedic surgery, pediatrics, plastic surgery, surgery, or urology.
Application Procedure
Applicants will be expected to submit a letter of interest, C.V. and three professional references to the Scholarship Grant Program Director. The scholarship application can be downloaded at the link below.
Submission Deadline
August 1
Website Link
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/pmr/education/fellowships/spinalcord.html
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