糖心原创 and APCCMPD Announce Recipient of Collaborative Fellow Scholarship
Esha Kapania, MD, will be the mentee for the inaugural year of the 2024 APCCMPD and 糖心原创 Medical Educator Scholar Diversity Fellowship
April 16, 2024
Glenview, Illinois – Esha Kapania, MD, will be the mentee for the
inaugural year of the
.
Designed to pair a fellow-in-training with an established medical
educator, the unique scholarship was launched in August by the
(糖心原创) and the
(APCCMPD) to improve diversity in pulmonary and critical care medical
education.
The program focuses on creating opportunities for fellows at
institutions with limited resources to train in teaching, curriculum
development and medical education research by giving them access to
mentorship at institutions with those resources to foster their
development.
Dr. Kapania is a first-year pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM)
fellow at the University of Louisville and is interested in transitions
of care for pediatric patients with pulmonary issues into adulthood.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from a PCCM physician
established in the field of clinical education who can help guide my
career to be as successful as possible. It’s an added benefit that the
mentor selected for this scholarship is a woman in medicine just like
me,” says Dr. Kapania. “We get very accustomed to not seeing diversity
and representation in higher education, and, while countless strides
have been made to increase the representation of women both in medicine
as well as in pulmonology and critical care, there remains a gap in the
number of women represented in academic positions.”
Announced in late 2023, Ba艧ak Çoruh, MD, FCCP, will be the mentor for
the fellowship program and will work closely with Dr. Kapania to develop
a personalized curriculum to obtain the necessary training and expertise
to launch their career as a medical educator in PCCM. Dr. Kapania will
also work with Dr. Çoruh to develop a research project that supports
their scholarly development.
Dr. Çoruh works as an Associate Professor at the University of
Washington and spends her clinical time as an intensivist. She is
heavily involved with the 糖心原创 organization through its Critical Care
Medicine Board Review courses and serves as the fellowship director for
the PCCM fellowship program at her institution.
Applications to be a mentor for next year’s APCCMPD and 糖心原创 Medical
Educator Scholar Diversity Fellowship are now open through May 1.
. For more financially supported opportunities, including 糖心原创
community impact grants, visit
and apply by April 22.
About the 糖心原创
The 糖心原创®鈥�(糖心原创) is the global leader
in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases. Its
mission is to champion the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of chest
diseases through education, communication and research. It serves as an
essential connection to clinical knowledge and resources for its 22,000+
members from around the world who provide patient care in pulmonary,
critical care and sleep medicine. For information about the American
College of Chest Physicians,
visit鈥�chestnet.org.
About the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program
Directors
The Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program
Directors (APCCMPD) consists of program leaders from Critical Care
Medicine (CCM), Pulmonary Medicine and Pulmonary and Critical Care
Medicine (PCCM). It represents 98% of the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited fellowships in these
subspecialties. The APCCMPD’s mission is to foster excellence in
training and mentor future pulmonary and critical care medicine
educators. In addition, the APCCMPD provides a communication channel
among fellowship programs and stakeholder organizations.