Medical Career Design Fellowship

The following is a fellowship opportunity for pre-med students interested in taking gap years to conduct clinical research and medical scribing. MCD fellow applicants will be completing a BA/BS degree, pre-medical and commit for two gap years between college and med school. The student must be in good academic standing and have an interest in pursuing a career in Orthopaedic Surgery. The successful applicant will be responsible, motivated, intellectually curious and independent. An MCAT score, biostatistics training, and research experience are strongly valued, but not mandatory.

The Division of Orthopaedics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) funds a select number of Medical Career Design (MCD) Fellowships to allow recent college graduates the opportunity to explore many aspects of a medical career — research, clinical practice, education, advocacy, and leadership. Each MCD fellow spends two years as an essential member of our research and clinical teams, mentored by our thought-leading faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

The central aspect of the MCD fellow’s work will be
coordinating and facilitating clinical research, including:

• Subject recruitment
• IRB submissions and renewals
• Data analysis/manuscript preparation
• Monitoring/maintaining data for study group databases and multicenter registries

This will include training in research ethics, research subject protections, clinical science study design, methodology, data analytics, and statistical methodology.

Successful MCD fellows will have opportunities to co-author medical journal submissions and are encouraged to present results at regional and national meetings. Through this immersive experience, the MCD fellow will learn how to initiate, design, complete, and communicate clinical research.

Each week, MCD fellows will work in our clinics as a scribe, helping our attending physicians with patient visits by populating medical records. The scribe role offers the MCD fellow a unique front-line physician shadowing role in performing a history and physical exam, interpreting image and lab data, and formulating clinical decisions.

Each fellow will be provided an annual stipend of $40,000 in year one and $45,000 in year two, and will be provided with up to $5,000 of travel support annually to attend and participate in scientific presentations as regional and national meetings. A minimum two-year commitment is required. Fellows will also receive 12 vacation days per year in addition to CHOP-designated national holidays.

To apply, please submit the following:

• Cover letter
• Undergraduate transcript
• Curriculum vitae
• MCAT score (if applicable)
• Your earliest available start date

Applications should be emailed to: Research Manager Divya Talwar, PhD.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis through March 15, 2022.

Interviews will be required as part of the selection process.

See the program flyer and brochure below: