Opportunities:
Fellowship and Awards

The Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
offers a Fellowship in Palliative Medicine

Doctors with post graduate qualifications/MBBS degrees who wish to participate in advanced palliative care development in India are invited to apply for a one year, full time, residential course that will cover the clinical, psychosocial and ethical aspects of palliative care; as well as teaching and leadership skills. The Fellowship is accredited by the Christian Medical College, Vellore. Candidates will gain clinical experience in a 2000 bedded teaching hospital, in-patient hospice and home care. The application forms will be available by 15 th January 2007. Accommodation and stipend will be provided.

For further information please write to Prof. Reena George palcare@cmcvellore.ac.in

The Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care is pleased to announce the second year of The Golda Fine Memorial Academic Award. The Family of the late Golda Fine established this award to further the academic development of palliative care in Canada.

The Golda Fine Memorial Academic Award allows a health care professional or health administrator involved in palliative care to come to the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care (TLCPC) as a scholar in residence for a total of 2 – 3 months. The time spent can be in separate blocks. The recipients external to the TLCPC will be asked to develop projects/and or pursue an academic area of interest in palliative care that will be of benefit to the TLCPC, to their own program and to academic palliative care in general. It is hoped through this process that we will develop academic partnerships with other palliative care centres in Canada and internationally.

The topics for the course of study can relate to patient care issues such as physical symptom control, psychosocial and spiritual care. Educational program development, research project development in palliative care or health services research and standards development are also possible areas for study.

Eligibility requirements for the award are as follows:

1. Applicant should have demonstrated an interest and/or have experience in palliative and end-of-life care.

2. Applicant must be a member of a recognized health profession or be a health administrator.

3. Preferably, but not an absolute requirement, applicant should have an academic appointment at a university recognized by the World Health Organization.

AWARD AMOUNT

Two awards for $18,000 each APPLICATION

DEADLINE

February 28, 2007

For further inquiries please contact:

Barbara Martin
Education Administrative Assistant

Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care
Mount Sinai Hospital
60 Murray Street
4 th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5T 3L9

Phone: 416-586-4800 x1532
Fax: 416-586-4804
Email: barbara.martin@tlcpc.org