New Minority Senior Scholarship Program at Children’s National for Interested Senior Medical Students
Exciting opportunity for fourth-year medical students from Children’s National:
We are excited to begin accepting applications in January 2015 for the inaugural year of the Minority Senior Scholarship Program (MSSP) at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. The goal of the program is to improve exposure to academic pediatrics for senior medical students from underrepresented minorities (URM) in medicine including Hispanic/ Latino, African-American/ Black, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander per the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and recent literature. More details are available on our website www.childrensnational.org/MSSP
The Program
Annually, 8 URM medical students in their 4th year will be selected to participate in a one-month rotation between July and October. During this time, MSSP will provide exposure to academic pediatrics through:
- Clinical experience in a subspecialty elective or acting internship
- Faculty and resident mentorship both during the rotation and afterward
- Networking opportunities to help participants learn more about careers in academic pediatrics
- Community service opportunities to help encourage an interest in medicine among local minority and disadvantaged children.
Scholarship
We feel strongly that there should be no financial barriers to participation in this career guiding experience so MSSP offers:
- A stipend to offset travel and living expenses (average of $500)
- Complimentary housing for participants from outside of the Washington, DC Metro area
- Waived $75 elective application fee typically charged to students from unaffiliated institutions.
How to Apply
Applying is easy. Applications are due May 1 and all application information is available on our website. Selections will be based on merit and placements will be based on rotation availability. Applicants will be notified by email and/ or phone in late May/ early June.
Please contact us with any questions at MSSP@childrensnational.org , abdavis@childrensnational.org.