The Geriatrics Scholarship Award Summit: Getting Interns and Residents Excited about Academic Geriatrics
Awardees and Faculty at the 2011Scholarship Summit I am excited to announce the third annual Bechtel Geriatrics Scholarship Award Summit open to interns and residents in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine. The goal of the award is to stimulate interest in a career in academic geriatrics by recognizing residents’ scholarly or research achievements in aging or geriatrics. Each award carries with it a cash prize of $500 plus a stipend to cover travel and lodging in San Francisco to present their work at a special award summit. To be eligible, applicants must have worked on a scholarly or research project during their medical training (i.e. medical school, masters program, and/or residency training) defined as: Scholarly Projects : projects may include but are not limited to: curricular design project; community, clinical or educational program development; quality improvement projects; leadership projects; or public policy projects
Research Projects : projects may have bee