Medical Student Research Office
Outside OpportunitiesDetailsSponsoring Agency: AMSA Managed Care FellowshipCategory: Research Fellowship/Scholarship Description: The American Medical Student Association Foundation is pleased to announce its new Managed Care Fellowship Program. It is an eight-week summer program designed to introduce physicians-in-training to managed care issues, particularly as they relate to providing health services to underserved populations. The program combines an in-depth orientation to managed care and health services administration with weekly seminars and field placements in managed care plans in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Students will be expected to develop and research a paper on a topic of interest to themselves and their placement site. A stipend to cover living expenses will be provided to fellows. Eleven students participated in the 1998 program. They were placed in managed care organizations and community health centers to work on such topics as provision of care to underserved populations, utilization review, Medicaid and Medicare managed care, delivery of preventive services, practice guideline development and outcomes measurement. Additional keywords: HMO Contact for more info: Ms. Yvonne Fulbright. Phone: (703) 620-6600, ext. 204; email: ykf@www.amsa.org Web link: [www.amsa.org/programs/mcfp/mcfp.html] Click the 'Back' button on your browser to return to the list of opportunities. |