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Purpose of the Glenn P. Clifford Memorial Scholarship Endowment: The Glenn P. Clifford Memorial Scholarship Endowment is a fund created to support additional training in areas of Family Medicine education. The endowment fund is intended to generate a minimum of a $1000 annual award applied for in the spring of the first or second year, and awarded in November to a resident in the second or third year of training. Funds may be used at the discretion of the recipient, but are intended to support the housing and travel expenses associated with resident pursuit of supplemental training in the United States or abroad while enrolled in any Wisconsin Family Medicine residency training program. Funds will be held by the program director until the resident returns from the training experience.
Background: Dr. Clifford was a Milwaukee native who completed his undergraduate training at Carroll College in Waukesha, and graduated from the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University in 1994. He was a 1997 graduate of the UW Appleton Family Medicine residency program. He practiced urgent care in the Fox Valley following his graduation from residency, and lived with his wife and three children in the area. He was an avid hunter, and valued the diverse life experiences of family and travel. Just four years into practice, he died of an aggressive cancer at age 38. Family, friends, fellow physicians, and coworkers have sponsored this scholarship in his memory as a tribute to his enthusiasm for life.
Award Requirements: The requirements of the scholarship award are that the resident be in satisfactory academic standing at the time of application, the training be primarily clinical in nature and at least two weeks in duration, and that the additional training is based at least 30 miles from the residency site. The training experience must meet the approval of the residency program director.
The training experience may be in any of the following areas relating to oncology or Dr. Clifford’s areas of special interest including the following:
- Cancer prevention, diagnosis, or treatment
- Complications of cancer related care or surgery
- End-of-Life Care including palliative and hospice medicine experience
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Pain assessment and therapy
- Nutritional therapy
- Urgent care
- Substance abuse training
- Cultural diversity training
- Wilderness medicine
- Other affiliated specialties as appropriate
Application process: Applications should include a description of the planned educational activity and a statement from the residency program director that the resident is in good standing.
Review and selection process: Applications will be reviewed by the selection committee and awarded based upon the number of applications received, and the description of the experiential training. The selection committee may create and amend criteria from time to time.
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