Webinar: Designing Fellowships that Truly Matter: Clinical, Equitable, and Impactful

This webinar aimed to highlight the essential elements that define a high-impact and ethical fellowship experience. Drawing on the WFSA Fellowship Committee’s global experience in evaluating fellowship applications and outcomes, the session benefits prospective fellows, programme directors, national societies, and educators involved in designing or supporting fellowship programmes. As international mobility and skill-building become increasingly vital, the webinar prompted reflection on how to build fellowships that are not only clinically rich, but also equitable, sustainable, and career-advancing.

FACULTY:

Chair:

Dr. Balavenkatasubramanian Jagannathan, WFSA’s Secretary, Senior Consultant & Academic Director at the Department of Anaesthesia & Perioperative Care, Ganga Medical Centre in Coimbatore, President of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists, Programme Head for the WFSA Ganga Hospital Regional Anaesthesia Fellowship, India

Speakers:

1. Dr. Vanda Abi Raad, MD, MHPE, EMBA, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Development, Clinical Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanon

2. Dr. Sonia Akrimi, WFSA’s Chair of Education Committee, University Hospitals Sussex, UK

3. Dr. Ekta Rai, Professor & Head, Department of Anaesthesia, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

4. Dr. Liana Valeanu, Past simulation fellow, University of San Franscisco, Romania

5. Dr. Mauricio Vasco, Anaesthesia and Intensive care MD, Professor of clinical anaesthesia, Universidad CES Medellín, Colombia

6. Dr. Amos Zacharia, Past simulation fellow, University of San Franscisco, Tanzania