Hello all!

 

The application for the Eric Eichler ‘57 Fellowship for Healthcare Leaders is now OPEN. This is an excellent opportunity for those of you who are interested in healthcare and service, it also includes mentorship from senior faculty and researchers from the Dartmouth Institute. To learn more, please see the emails below.

 

Sincerely,

Sarah, Nicole, and Rae

 

 

 

 

Dear Campus Partners,

 

The application for the 2023-24 cohort of the Eric Eichler ‘57 Fellowship for Healthcare Leaders is now available for Dartmouth undergraduate students to complete. Please share this announcement with students who might be interested in this opportunity.

 

Thank you,

 

We are pleased to announce that the application for the 2023-24 cohort of the  Eric Eichler ’57 Fellowship for Health Care Leaders is now available for Dartmouth undergraduates to complete.

 

The Eichler ’57 Fellowship is part of the Dartmouth Healthcare Foundations program. In an effort to develop a new method of training future leaders in healthcare, we aim to redefine education and model new appreciation in daily work at the beginning of students’ healthcare training. American healthcare is facing unprecedented challenges that require a different method of developing expertise. The current approach continues to promote a crisis of cynicism and demoralization that begins in the introductory stages of pre-health education. Newly initiated professionals begin their careers having let go of humanity somewhere in the broken process of their education. Through a new approach to prehealth-education, we seek to disrupt this trajectory.

 

Application Requirements:

• You must be in good academic standing with Dartmouth College
• You must be on campus during the fall term and for two terms total during the academic year
• 1-Completed application to the Dartmouth Healthcare Foundations Society for Medical Humanities
• 1-Letter of recommendation
• 3-Essay Questions (Max 1800 characters, approx. 250words each)

 

Fellowship Selection Process

 

As interest in the fellowship has grown, it has become increasingly difficult to make selections across so many excellent candidates. In the spirit of fairness, and as we strive to avoid introducing unnecessary self-doubt, we have intentionally redesigned our selection process this year. With so many outstanding candidates and up to 20 spots available, we have decided that a lottery process is the most equitable way to select our fellowship cohort. All applications will be reviewed for thoroughness and to ensure eligibility for the fellowship prior to the lottery. 

• All applicants will be entered into the lottery unless there is a concern with your application. 
• We’ll be in touch if we have any questions or concerns about your application.

 

All materials must be received no later than August 21, 2023, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. 

 

Following the lottery, students who have been selected for the fellowship must attend a small group information session (via Zoom) prior to accepting the formal offer to join the fellowship. This information session is an opportunity to meet the leadership team, get to know others selected for the fellowship, and ask any questions you may have about the fellowship. 

 

Fellowship Commitments

 

Participating in the Eichler ’57 Fellowship is the equivalent of committing to an additional class throughout the school year. We encourage each applicant to consider their own capacity in committing to the fellowship for this coming academic year. If you decide this is not the right year to participate in the fellowship, we encourage you to become involved in our community in a variety of other ways, including participating in events offered through the Dartmouth Healthcare Foundation Society for Medical Humanities or applying for the fellowship in a different academic year. We would be happy to think through this with you. Please contact our team anytime at [log in to unmask]. 

 

Fellowship Programming

• didactic sessions led by Prof. Carpenter-Song and Dr. Mishra
• facilitated discussions of selected readings
• engagement with speakers, including faculty, clinicians, and community leaders
• training in community engagement methods
• writing workshops to build new skills for personal reflection and connections to healthcare
• participating in a year-long service project (see below)
• presenting work-in-progress updates throughout the year
• presenting a final fellowship project 
• contributing to the planning of fellowship events
• sharing information about fellowship experiences to the broader Dartmouth and healthcare learning community
• participating in student leadership roles 

Click here to download a detailed syllabus of anticipated fellowship activities. Most events will take place on Wednesday during the 12 period or the last Wednesday evening of the month.

 

Fellowship Service Project

 

We envision the fellows learning about lived experiences of illness and experiences navigating healthcare encounters through their work with community partners. 

• Each Fellow will be paired with a community partner. 
• Fellows will meet with their community partner at least once per month during the course of the academic year. 
• Fellows will be trained in community engagement methods.
• Modalities of these meetings will vary based on the transportation needs of the student and the community partner.

If you have any questions, please contact our admissions office at [log in to unmask].

 

Please follow this link https://dartgo.org/fellowship to the Eichler ’57 Fellowship website and application.

 

Best wishes,

 

Elizabeth Carpenter-Song, D’01, PhD
Program Co-Director, Dartmouth Healthcare Foundations
The Dartmouth Institute,
Research Associate Professor, Dartmouth College, Department of Anthropology

 

Manish K. Mishra, MD, MPH
Program Co-Director, Dartmouth Healthcare Foundations
The Dartmouth Institute,
Assistant Professor
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Lisa D. Sharp Grady, MPH
Dartmouth Healthcare Foundations Program Specialist
The Dartmouth Institute

 

Brendan Barth, D’17, MED’24

Dartmouth Healthcare Foundations Administrative Support

The Dartmouth Institute