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APPLICATION GUIDELINES
The Bay Area Schweitzer Fellows Program is a one-year interdisciplinary, mentored fellowship program focused on community service and leadership development. Students who are obtaining graduate degrees from any accredited academic institution in the San Francisco Bay Area may apply.
In addition to the goals of the U.S. Schweitzer Fellows Programs, the Bay Area Schweitzer Fellows Program aims to help Fellows:
- improve skills used for working with communities, including: approaches to community work, community outreach, community building, networking, publicity, fundraising, and advocacy
- gain exposure to the impact of health disparities and health policies on local communities
- learn about other health-related professions
- improve overall capabilities for leadership in service
- participate in a voluntary network of over 1,500 Fellows for Life who seek to include service in their personal and professional lives
REQUIRED ACTIVITIES OF FELLOWS
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Orientation & Retreat: |
Fellows must attend an overnight retreat in the Spring of 2009.
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Service Project: |
Each Fellow designs and carries out a health-related community service project of at least 200 hours in collaboration with a local community agency. Health, as defined by the World Health Organization, is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Each Fellow will work under the supervision of a site mentor from the participating agency. The 200 hours is separate from any school course requirement.
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Reports & Evaluations: |
Fellows submit monthly one-page reports about their activities, a written final report, and an evaluation about the Fellowship experience. Each Fellow’s site mentor also must complete a final evaluation.
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Monthly Meetings: |
Fellows are required to attend all monthly meetings. Monthly meetings provide the Fellows with interdisciplinary discussions, time for reflection on community service, and an opportunity to network with professionals in service professions.
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Public Outreach: |
Each Fellow works within a group to organize an outreach activity that may take the form of a public symposium or group service activity.
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Recruitment: |
In the fall of 2008, current and past Fellows will assist in organizing an information session on the Bay Area Schweitzer Fellows Program and present information about their Fellowship experience at their schools.
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Other Fellowship Activities: |
Several times a year, Fellows are invited to ASF events which include Board members, guests from the national office, donors and others. |
The community service projects of Schweitzer Fellows should address an unmet health need and support the nation’s public health agenda, Healthy People 2010. Healthy People 2010 has 28 focus areas and numerous interventions designed to reduce or eliminate illness, disability, and premature death among individuals and communities. For more information on Healthy People 2010, please visit www.healthypeople.gov
Fellows can choose to propose new projects that are of interest to an agency, or to continue an on-going project. Fellows should be specific in their proposal about their exact roles in the projects as they foresee them, their short and long-term goals for the project, and any unique contributions they feel they can bring to an existing project or agency.
ELIGIBILITY
Students enrolled in degree granting programs in a fields such as (but not limited to) medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, acupuncture, education, engineering, law, music, occupational and physical therapy, social work and public policy are eligible to apply. Students must be enrolled from April 2009 - March 20010. While the field of study does not necessarily have to be health related, the focus of the project must be.
APPLICATION
The application deadline for the 2008-2009 Fellowship year has passed. Please check back in the fall of 2008 for updated information.
For More Information, please contact:
Dale Ogar, Program Director
T: (510) 289-8407
daleogar@schweitzerfellowship.org
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