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Jonas Salk Fellowship

The JHF Jonas Salk Fellowship is an educational program of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The Fellowship is a unique educational program that brings together students from a diverse array of health-related graduate programs throughout the region to discuss paramount issues confronting health, health care and our society.

This year, the Jonas Salk Fellowship will focus on breaking down the self-reinforcing processes that lead to failures in our healthcare system. Many key inhibitors of quality and value will be examined in depth during the Fellowship: perverse payment systems, lack of consumer engagement, entrenched interests, and a dearth of inspirational and aspirational leadership. 

Participants are provided with the opportunity to interact with leading experts in the areas of the session topics, as well as peers in various healthcare disciplines. Participants review literature on each topic and reflect on quality and value inhibitors in health care. Fellowship sessions are held once a month on Tuesdays from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. starting October 2011 and ending April 2012.  Sessions are held in the Oakland area and dinner is provided.

Fellow's Responsibilities:
Throughout the Fellowship, fellows are expected to:

• Participate actively in all sessions
• Prepare adequately by reading background material on each topic provided
• Challenge speakers and each other from a revolutionary viewpoint
• Maintain an open mind, as well as a tolerant and respectful attitude towards diverse viewpoints and all those involved with the Fellowship
• Contribute to verbal or written evaluations of the Fellowship as requested
• Participate in the final team project

Eligibility:
You must be a new, current, or recent graduate student of a health-related field (including but not limited to: medicine, nursing, pharmacy, occupational and physical therapy, social work, dentistry, health law, health policy, public health and business), complete an application, and submit a resume, personal statement, and one letter of recommendation.

Application:
Download the Salk Fellowship application

More information about the Fellowship:
JHF Jonas Salk Fellowship

For more information on the fellowship program, please contact us.