Instructions for application.
National, regional or local
radiology societies, universities, or hospitals in or that primarily
serve developing countries are invited to apply to host an international
visiting professor (IVP) team. The host institution will select and
organize visits to hospitals that have active interventional radiology
training programs with the need and potential for educational enrichment
from a international visiting professor team. If desired, the IVP team
will also lecture at the host's national or regional radiology society
meeting.
The host institution is expected to:
- Provide
complimentary hotel accommodations and most meals to the international
visiting professor for the duration of their visit.
- Appoint a
contact who is fluent in English and able to communicate program,
schedule, and hospitality arrangements with the IVP and the SIR staff
contact.
- Complete an evaluation of the visiting professor and the program within four weeks of the IVP visit.
The host hospital is is expected to:
- Appoint
a contact who is fluent in English and able to communicate and act as a
liaison to the visiting professor and SIR staff through the duration of
the program.
- Complete an evaluation of the visiting professor and the program within four weeks of the IVP visit.
Application requirements:
Applications
must be completed and submitted jointly by the national, regional, or
local radiology society, university or host hospital. Along with your
application please include a proposed one to two week schedule for an
IVP visit.
Submitting your application and supporting documentation:
Application and all supporting materials should be submitted electronically to Shams Iqbal drshams241@gmail.com
(If the materials cannot be submitted electronically, please mail a
hard copy to Society of Interventional Radiology, 3975 Fair Ridge Drive,
Ste 400 North, Fairfax, Virginia, 22033, USA.
Learn
more about this program, including eligibility and requirements at this
link
www.sirweb.org/giveback. For questions, contact the SIR Giveback team at
703-460-5574 or email Shams Iqbal
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