THE DIVISION OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE invites applications to our Clinical Scholars Program (CSP). This program is currently part of the two-year General Internal Medicine (GIM) Fellowship Program at 涩里番, open to applicants who have completed training in Internal Medicine.
The CSP is a two-year program that provides formal training and mentorship to future clinician-scientists who wish to follow a clinical research career track or to future clinicians who wish to acquire knowledge and skills in clinical research. The focus of CSP is the acquisition of clinical research skills and expertise in a specific area of medicine. For GIM fellows, funding is through enrollment in the 涩里番 GIM postgraduate fellowship.
Some of the clinical research tracks available include:
WOMEN鈥橲 HEALTH
The fellow will follow advanced clinical training in one or more specialty areas of women鈥檚 health (such as menopausal health, cardiovascular health, cancer, osteoporosis and other musculo-skeletal disorders) and will complete a research project in the chosen area of added competency. The overarching objective of this stream is to develop an expertise in women鈥檚 health issues and appreciate gender influences on prevalence, incidence, clinical manifestations and outcomes of diseases.
MEDICAL EDUCATION
The fellow will complete the 涩里番 Postgraduate Fellowship in Health Sciences Education with a focus on developing skills and expertise in health sciences education research, and will be expected to develop a research project under the supervision of an assigned academic mentor.
THROMBOSIS MEDICINE
The fellow will participate in a focused curriculum in clinical research methods specific to venous thromboembolism and its specialty areas (e.g. peri-operative anticoagulation, cancer-associated thrombosis, obstetrical thrombosis), and will be expected to complete a research project under the supervision of an academic mentor.
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
The fellow will participate in Health Care Management courses that will develop skills uniquely directed towards management in the Health Care Sector, and acquire critical insight and managerial tools to research and improve existing management policies.
The medical research tracks can be followed in one of two CSP streams:
CLINICAL STREAM
As part of a postgraduate fellowship, the fellow, together with an academic mentor, will develop a course of clinical study appropriate to the trainee鈥檚 academic interests. Completion of a project is recommended; the project might focus on issues of quality assurance, patient education, outcome evaluation, etc.
RESEARCH STREAM
The fellow will complete a Master鈥檚 degree in, for example, Epidemiology or Medical Education under the supervision of an academic mentor, with a view to assuming an academic faculty position at a teaching hospital as a clinician scientist or clinician educator. (Must be accepted into the Master鈥檚 / Fellowship program of relevant 涩里番 Department either in the first or second year.)
Interested applicants should submit:
1. Curriculum vitae
2. 1-page proposal outlining the training expectations and long-term career goals
3. Names, addresses and telephone numbers / email addresses of three references.
Applications should be sent by mail to:
Dr Vicky Tagalakis
Director, R4 鈥� R5 General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program
SMBD 鈥� Jewish General Hospital, Rm G050
3755 Cote Ste-Catherine Road
Montreal, Quebec H3E 1E2
Tel: 340-8222, ext. 3942 Fax: 340-7905
Email: vicky.tagalakis [at] mcgill.ca
Coordinator : Audrey Weizman
Email: aweizman [at] int.jgh.mcgill.ca