Overview
A one-year programme teaching the knowledge and skills to plan for and provide care in resource-limited, geographically isolated environments.
The programme
- Focus
- Wilderness medicine
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- Institution policyYale-New Haven GME resident/fellow agreements run for one year beginning 1 July and ending 30 June (YNHH sample contract)
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Residency trained and board certified/qualified in emergency medicine
- International applicants
- Institution policyForeign medical graduates accepted into accredited residencies/fellowships; J-1 requires valid ECFMG certificate and Ministry of Health statement of need
- Visa support
- Institution policyYNHH/YSM GME accepts foreign nationals on J-1 (ECFMG-sponsored), F-1, or H-1B transfers from a current programme
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyHospital obtains a Connecticut Department of Public Health residency training permit on the trainee's behalf (trainee supplies documentation)
How to apply
- Deadline
- 1 September (CV, letter of intent and 3 references to the Fellowship Director)
- Application method
- Submit CV, letter of intent and 3 letters of reference to the fellowship director
Funding
- Funding
- Faculty benefits package, four weeks vacation and competitive salary; 18 clinical hours weekly at Yale New Haven EM sites