Surgery Visiting Elective Scholarships

The UCSF Fresno Surgery Visiting Elective Scholarship is intended to provide unique opportunities and support for medical students from a disadvantaged background who wish to complete a month- long sub-internship in Surgery at UCSF Fresno. All interested medical students are welcome to apply. Available sub-internship rotations are:

Advanced General Surgery/ACS
General Surgery Oncology (breast, colorectal, endocrine, hepatobiliary)
Advanced Surgical ICU
Advanced Trauma Surgery
Advanced Vascular Surgery
BURN Surgery

Christian Campat Dr. Campat is a general surgery resident at UCSF Fresno. He studied Biochemistry at UC Santa Barbara in California. He then went on to complete his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Kansas City University.

Rolling Admissions
Surgery Visiting Elective Scholarship Stipend Opportunity

Contact:
[email protected]

Eligibility Requirements

Entering your final year of medical school and in good standing
Planning to pursue a residency in General Surgery
Must meet all course pre-requisites as outlined on our website
Medical students from a disadvantaged background

Application Requirements

DiM Surgery Sub-I application (On-line fillable form)
Personal Statement, not to exceed 1,000 words (attach to application)
1. What experiences have shaped your desire to become a surgeon? How have those experiences shaped your career goals in General Surgery?
2. What is your specific interest in Fresno and UCSF Fresno General Surgery’s sub-internship? Why do you want to rotate with us?
3. Please share any further information about yourself, your background, and future that could help us understand how you will make the most of this stipend.
Current CV (attach to application)
Medical School transcript (attach to application)
USMLE score report (attach to application)

FAQs

Q: Is there a cost for attending the surgical sub-internship?

DiM surgery sub-I recipients are awarded a stipend.

Q: Is there a stipend?

A stipend is awarded to cover travel, housing, life expenses incurred by the rotation, the Visiting Student Learning Opportunity, VSLO, and UCSF Fresno application fees and tuition.

UCSF Fresno Visiting Student Requirements

Q: What do grant recipients receive

Priority in scheduling rotations
Mentorship: at least 6 weeks before the start of their rotation, the student is paired with an interested faculty member and resident. The mentors reach out to the student prior to the rotation and meets with them during the rotation. It is hoped that this mentor-mentee relationship extends after the rotation. may form a mentoring connection that can extend beyond the rotation.
Stipend consideration based on acceptance to the sub-internship.

Support the DiM Surgery Sub-Internship

Donations to the DiM Surgery Sub-Internship will allow minoritized students to participate in a general surgery rotation with UCSF Fresno, General Surgery Program.

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