Background
A fellowship scheme to facilitate the training of potential clinical academic specialist physicians within Monash Health has been established in collaboration with Monash University including the Department Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences (SCS), Monash University (MU) and School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) as well as Monash Health (MH) Division of Medicine.The program involves supervised training of suitable candidates in three areas relevant to academic physicians:
- Clinical/translational research via a higher degree, preferably PhD.
- Advanced clinical training in internal medicine.
- Supervised clinical teaching experience.
Support Package
The total support package includes a Monash Health fellowship for the value of approximately $7,000 with a University support package based on which department the candidate is in and what teaching component is completed. For those in the SCS this is a total package of $21,500 per annum. For those in the SPHPM and includes the MH fellowship and additional support based on teaching and other activities.
The fellowship will be available annually for up to three years depending on satisfactory progress according to the candidate and supervisors’ progress reports. Preference will be given to candidates not engaged in significant remunerated clinical practice (e.g. hospital sessions, private practice).
Eligibility
The candidate must be a current or recently completed advanced trainee in any specialty of internal medicine with a Part 1 FRACP, FRACP or equivalent qualification.
Application form HERE.