Apply Today | Operation Childlife Travel Fellowship | Closing 29 November 2024

Applications for Operation Childlife Travel Fellowship have been extended and will close on Friday, 29 November 2024 

RCSI and Operation Childlife are working together to support surgical trainees or medical professionals to 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. 

Who can apply?

The Operation Childlife Clinical Travel Fellowship is open to RCSI Surgical and Emergency Medicine Trainees, RCSI Medical, Nursing and Physician Associate Graduates and other Irish-based practising healthcare professionals in the area of care of the child. 

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.
  
  

APPLICATION FORM 2025

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 simongeaney@rcsi.ie.

Applications will close on 29 November 2024.

For more information, visit: https://www.rcsi.com/surgery/training/fellowship-opportunities/operation-childlife-clinical-travel-fellowship

Regards,

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland