RCSI and Operation ChildLife are working together to support surgical trainees or medical professionals gain additional expertise by participating in paediatric healthcare missions, led by Irish hospital consultants, doctors and nurses who plan and deliver two-week programmes of care, with Operation Childlife in Vietnam, Tanzania, Mongolia and Jordan.

Operation Childlife and RCSI will consider applications and make awards based on the following criteria:

• Complete application form and copy of CV (max 4 pages)
• Evidence of altruism and how this will benefit OCL partners
• Merits of proposed Fellowship in relation to the applicant's learning objectives
• Likely value to the Irish health system

Please note

• Applicants must be >2 years from completing Training or awarding of CSCST to be eligible to apply.
• It may not always be possible for a recipient to join a trip within an intended year due to scheduling in this instance OCL would seek to accommodate the successful recipient on the next available trip on the following year.
  
  

Operation Childlife Clinical Travel Fellowship application form 2023

The applicant must submit the following:

• A completed application form
• Summary CV, no longer than four pages

Please submit a completed application and summary of your CV to cmcguinness@rcsi.ie.

Applications will close on Monday, 2 October 2023.

For more information, click here.

Regards,

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland