Commonwealth Medical
Fellowships (Enhancing Clinical Skills) are offered to doctors and dentists
from developing Commonwealth countries to enable them to spend between three
and six months at a UK hospital undertaking a programme designed to enhance
their clinical skills. These fellowships are funded by the UK Department forInternational Development (DFID).
Purpose
and tenure
The primary aims of
Commonwealth Medical Fellowships are for Medical Fellows to learn a
new medical or dental skill, to practise the new medical or dental skill,
and to network with others in the same and related specialties. The
secondary aims are for Medical Fellows to participate in the academic activities
of the host organisation, and to conduct small-scale research projects.
Awards are tenable
at any approved UK university hospital, for between three months and six months.
A minimum of 4 months is recommended.
Nominations
Nominations for
Commonwealth Medical Fellowships are invited from specific developing country
universities. These universities are responsible for advertising the
fellowships to their staff and selecting candidates to be nominated to the CSC.
Each year, the CSC
invites each nominating university to forward a specific number of nominations.
Each nominating university is responsible for its own selection process and in
most cases they will set their own closing date, which will be before the CSC’s
deadline for nominations (17 December 2014).
Terms
and conditions and eligibility
- Commonwealth Medical Fellowships 2015 prospectus – includes full terms and
conditions (please note in particular the eligibility criteria)
Applications are
considered according to the following selection criteria:
- Academic
merit of the candidate - Quality
of the application - Likely
impact of the work on the development of the candidate’s home country
See Selection criteria for 2015 Commonwealth Medical Fellowships for further
details.
You may also find
the Feedback for unsuccessful candidates in 2014 useful.
How
to apply
All applications must be made
through a nominating
university in your home country. You must check with them in
the first instance for specific advice on how to make an application and for
their own closing date.
All Commonwealth
Medical Fellowship candidates must submit their application form using our
Electronic Application System (EAS).
Full help on how to
apply using the EAS is provided in our guides, which should be read in full
before making any attempt to use the EAS.
The EAS will close
to all
applicants on 3
December 2014 and no further applications can be submitted
after that date.
Please note that all enquiries
about these fellowships should be directed to the nominating university in your
home country.
