03.04.2020 - By onthewards.org
Elie Matar chats with Abhijit Pal about completing medical fellowships overseas. We specifically look at the highlights, challenges, and logistics to expect when considering taking on such a fellowship.
As a medical student, you will usually undertake a clinical fellowship in the third year of specialty training. It'll be after the completion of two core clinical training years in Australia. A fellowship can be undertaken either in Australia or overseas. It might depend on the nature of the training program.
About fellowships overseas
Overseas fellowships would usually be non-core training. But, check this with your college as there are exceptions.
There are many factors to consider when thinking about a fellowship overseas. For instance, where to go, who to contact, and getting the job. This podcast explores these factors and looks at the highlights, challenges, and logistics. We will also discuss the wealth of experiences you gain by throwing yourself into a new and different healthcare system on an overseas fellowship.
About Dr Elie Matar
Dr Elie Matar is a Neurology Advanced Trainee and a NHMRC postgraduate scholar based in Sydney, Australia. He is a Clinical Lecturer with the University of Sydney and has a strong passion for medical education and clinical research. Having co-founded a hospital clinical redesign committee, Elie believes junior doctors have an important responsibility in pioneering innovation to improve the healthcare systems within which they work.
About Dr Abhijit Pal
Dr Abhijit Pal is a medical oncologist currently completing the second year of his fellowship in drug development and early phase anti-cancer trials at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton in the United Kingdom. In his non-existent spare time, he is completing a part-time Ph.D. through Sydney University in informed consent and clinical ethics during communication with patients with advanced cancer. Abhijit has a strong interest in drug development, clinical trials, communication and also in hospital culture, burnout and doctor welfare.