Exciting opportunity for fourth-year medical students from Children’s National:<\/p>\n
We are excited to begin accepting applications in January 2015 for the inaugural year of the Minority Senior Scholarship Program (MSSP) at Children\u2019s National Health System in Washington, DC<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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.\u00a0 More details are available on our website www.childrensnational.org\/MSSP<\/a><\/p>\n The Program<\/strong><\/p>\n Annually, 8 URM medical students in their 4th<\/sup> year will be selected to participate in a one-month rotation between July and October.\u00a0 During this time, MSSP will provide exposure to academic pediatrics through:<\/p>\n Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n We feel strongly that there should be no financial barriers to participation in this career guiding experience so MSSP offers:<\/p>\n How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Applying is easy. Applications are due May 1<\/span><\/span> and all application information is available on our website.\u00a0 Selections will be based on merit and placements will be based on rotation availability.\u00a0 Applicants will be notified by email and\/ or phone in late May\/ early June.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please contact us with any questions at <\/strong>MSSP@childrensnational.org<\/strong><\/a> , <\/strong>abdavis@childrensnational.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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