Professor James C Petrie Scholarship

The Professor James C Petrie Scholarship supports a delegate from any country listed as lower to lower middle income by the World Bank[1] to attend the RCPE Course in Acute and General Internal Medicine.

This course is aimed at physicians at consultant and senior trainee level who wish to enhance their acute and general medicine knowledge. It will be of great interest to clinicians from around the world who encounter patients with general medical conditions and gives an ideal opportunity for physicians from other countries to network with others working in acute and general internal medicine.

The scholarship covers
Travel costs (economy class travel)
Accommodation (in College)
Course fee
Reception and Scottish Evening (Thursday night)
Visa fee (the applicant will be responsible for obtaining the visa).
Eligibility
Must be presently based and working within any country listed as lower or lower middle income by the World Bank.[1]
Must be self-funding (i.e. funded by yourself or your family). Applicants who are able to get funding from another source (i.e. an employer, industry or government sponsor, charity or third-party organisation) to enable them to attend the course are not self-funding
Must be a fully qualified Medical Practitioner
Must be able to describe how attendance at this course will benefit the delivery of care to patients within their own clinical service and/or country
Must not have previously been the recipient of this scholarship the Brian Chapman Scholarship award