Thank you to everyone who applied for the 2019 sessions, we are currently reviewing your submissions. Selected attendees will be contacted in April. We appreciate your patience.
Submissions for 2019 are closed. If you are interested in becoming part of next year’s Scaife Fellowship, check back in early 2020. Applications are typically accepted in January and February.
Students who are accepted into the program participate in an intensive learning experience. Their schedules include:
There will be two three-week sessions in 2019, during the following dates:
Only medical students attending a medical school in the United States will be eligible to participate in this program.
In order to optimize the clinical experience of the participants, only eight students will be accepted for each session.
The Scaife Fellowship provides participants with increased knowledge and skills in the following areas:
Participants will receive a $150 per week stipend and a $200 transportation allowance for a total of $650 for the three weeks. Rooms and some meals are also provided.
Please contact Jessica Williams if you have additional questions about the program. E-mail: jessica@ireta.org.
IRETA has offered the Scaife Medical Student Fellowship for 20 years, and during that time, we have received a great deal of feedback from former students. Below are excerpts from our departing student focus groups:
I couldn’t believe how much I had learned. I came in with a pretty decent baseline of knowledge from what I did in med school, but I’m still so happy with what I got on top of that.
The diverse opportunities to interact with patients really helped open my eyes and enhanced my desire to learn.
I have a better understanding of the addiction treatment system.
Take a look at our blog for posts from former students and a summary of our longitudinal evaluation of the program, which was published in the journal Substance Abuse.
Lessons Learned from IRETA’s Scaife Advanced Medical Student Fellowship program (2012)
Utilizing SBIRT in a Student-Run Free Clinic (2013)
The Scarlet Letter A, This Time for Addiction (2014)
It Works! Annual Summer Program Changes Medical Students’ Views of Addiction (2017)
IRETA has been able to provide more than 120 medical and psychology students from over 50 medical schools with training in substance use and addiction.
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