This unique opportunity provides medical students with up to 12 months of
practical training in the fundamentals of journalism, communications, and
global health reporting on a variety of media platforms in order to build a
generation of physician-storytellers who can combat medical misinformation
and shine a light on untold global health stories.
About the Fellowship
In order to overcome medical misinformation and build public trust, the
world needs more physicians who are also versed in journalism and
communication.
This year-long fellowship, the first of its kind in the U.S., teaches
physicians-in-training to use various media channels to advocate and inform
on global health issues. The selected fellow learns how reporting on global
health issues can impact health and human rights efforts, foundation and
government health assistance, and individual health choices.
Through coursework, independent reporting, and a CNN internship, fellows
gain an understanding of how to tell compelling stories and work with
local, national and international media outlets in order to share valuable
medical and global health information with the general public.
*Applications for the 2025-26 fellowship open December 2, 2024 and close
January 21, 2025.*
U.S. medical students, apply now!
<https://stanfordcigh.slideroom.com/#/login/program/82090>
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Program Overview
Each year, one fellow is chosen from a pool of students enrolled in U.S.
medical institutions committed to a career in global health (candidates do
not have to be from Stanford). This opportunity provides medical students
with up to 12 months of practical training in the fundamentals of
journalism, communications, and global health reporting on a variety of
media platforms, including print, online, broadcast, and social and digital
media.
Each fellow participates in three rotations over the course of their
fellowship year. The fellow spends the fall quarter (September through
December) on campus taking courses in Stanford’s Graduate Program in
Journalism <http://journalism.stanford.edu/>. In the winter, the fellow is
embedded at CNN in Atlanta with Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s health reporting team to
learn the fundamentals of health reporting and gain hands-on experience. In
late spring, the fellow conducts a capstone project based on their
interests and focused on developing the skills they most wish to hone to
improve their global health storytelling and mass communication
capabilities.
A modest travel stipend is awarded in addition to the fellowship stipend.
Fellows receive a stipend from CNN during their internship portion.
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Eligibility
This fellowship is available to current allopathic medical and osteopathic
(D.O.) students; the fellowship is not open to residents. Applicants must
be currently enrolled in medical school at an institution in the United
States to be considered. Fourth-year medical students interested in
applying can opt to delay their residency and do a fifth year of medical
school in order to be eligible.
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Timeline
Applications for the 2025-26 fellowship will open December 2, 2024 and the
deadline to apply is January 21, 2025.
Finalists will be contacted and interviewed in mid-late February. A fellow
is typically selected by early-mid March.
The fellowship begins in September and runs through the following July.
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Goals and Objective
We want to grow the audience for global health stories and we want to make
sure the stories that are told are accurate. To help physicians engage with
journalists, we designed this program to teach fellows:
– How journalists and TV medical correspondents select and frame topics,
stories, and issues in the field of global health;
– Techniques to present and write persuasively about global health,
medicine, and science;
– How to access new channels and technologies for persuasive
communication.
Upon completion, the fellow will produce an in-depth article or other
substantive media creation on a global health topic.
The Fellow will return to medical training with the expectation that in
addition to treating patients, conducting research or teaching, she or he
will also become an advocate and spokesperson for global health issues.
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