Deadline: 1 February 2016
The Joanna Briggs Foundation (JBI) is currently inviting applications from health professionals from developing countries to undertake the JBI Clinical Fellowship program 2016.
The JBI Evidence-Based Clinical Fellowship Program is a six-month work place, evidence-based, implementation program involving 2 x ten-day intensive training workshops in the Joanna Briggs Institute in Adelaide, and conducting a work place evidence implementation project in the intervening months. Clinical Fellowship Program offers participants an opportunity to learn how to:
- Develop and engage in processes to further develop their leadership skills and strengths.
- Discuss and describe the effectiveness of current approaches to the implementation of evidence based practice.
- Critique current evidence implementation strategies.
- Act as an agent of change, conduct clinical audits and develop and implement strategies to implement evidence based practice.
- Preparation of a publication and submission to a peer reviewed journal.
Benefits
This grant will cover travel to and from Adelaide for both the first and second weeks of the Clinical Fellowship Program and the provision of basic meals and accommodation in the Royal Adelaide Hospital Residential facility.
Past project examples
Past projects have included topics such as:
- Improving management of primary postpartum hemorrhage in birthing women.
- Hand hygiene practice among healthcare workers in the acute hospital setting.
- Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children under five years of age.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants can be from Developing countries.
- Applicants from Nepal, Myanmar and Cambodia are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Applicants must possess good English skills (spoken and written), and be prepared to give presentations regarding their project to sponsors and academic staff.
- The Program will be supported by a JBI Research Fellow who will act as a facilitator over the 6 months of the program.
- Applicants must be a health professional or working in health and have access to a clinical setting.
How to Apply
To apply, please fill out the attached application form and send it via email.
For more information, please visit Clinical fellowship program.
