Partners Medical Imaging
Scholarship Program  


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Purpose
The Partners Medical Imaging Scholarship is designed to encourage entry into medical imaging programs, provide support to students while they complete their education and training and fulfill the current and anticipated demand for medical imaging professionals in the Partners HealthCare System. Participating Partners HealthCare facilities are Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Faulkner Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Salem Hospital, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network and Union Hospital.

Scope
This scholarship program is intended to cover tuition, fees and expenses for students currently enrolled in qualified educational programs. The amount to be awarded to each scholarship recipient is up to $5,000 per year for each year of approved program participation. Scholarship recipients may also receive mentoring, academic and clinical support and career counseling to support completion of their coursework and entry into the field.

Eligibility
The Partners Medical Imaging Scholarship Program is open to Partners HealthCare System (PHS) employees and students accepted or enrolled in an accredited medical imaging program who meet Program selection criteria. Priority may be given to students who are assigned to a PHS facility for their clinical practicum; however, other students are also eligible. Participants in approved certification programs such as Ultrasound, MRI, CT and Nuclear Medicine are also eligible.

This scholarship will be awarded without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religion, gender, age, handicap, veteran status or sexual orientation.

Students who become employed by PHS upon completion of their training may also be eligible for sign on bonuses or other programs offered to new technologists at the PHS facility that hires them.

Employee Preference
 Preference will be given to Partners HealthCare employees who are in good standing and meet acceptance criteria.

Priorities
 While priority will be given to PHS employees accepted or currently enrolled in accredited medical imaging programs, applications from students who are otherwise eligible will be prioritized on the following basis:

  1. Students entering their second year training program that apply and are approved by the scholarship committee.

  2. Eligible Students currently assigned an imaging clinical internship at a PHS facility.

  3. Students who have been accepted into the full time or part-time evening Medical Radiography option of Accredited Imaging programs affiliated with Partners including, but not limited to, Bunker Hill Community College, Massachusetts Bay College, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Science, Massasoit Community College, Middlesex Community College, Northshore Community College and Salem State College.

  4. Students who have been accepted into other accredited medical imaging programs affiliated with PHS whom are also assigned their clinical internships at a PHS facility.

  5. Students accepted or enrolled in other accredited imaging programs in New England.

Application Requirements

  1. Complete Partners Medical Imaging Scholarship Application (see attached)

  2. Three Letters of Recommendation from supervisor/instructor/guidance counselors.

  3. Agreement to accept a full-time or authorized benefited position as offered by participating or designated PHS facility on an at-will basis for one year for each year of funding received (based on full time status) following academic program completion or to reimburse the scholarship fund.

  4. Letter of acceptance into a Medical Radiography, Sonography or Nuclear Medicine or MR/CT program accredited by the Joint Review Commission on Education in Radiologic Technology that maintains an affiliation with PHS.

  5. An interview with the Selection Committee Representatives if requested.

Selection Criteria
 The following criteria will be considered in selecting scholarship recipients:

  1. Partners employee status and standing;
  2. Academic performance and assessment;
  3. Clinical performance and aptitude;
  4. Professional demeanor and interpersonal skills;
  5. Quality of recommendations from supervisors and instructors;
  6. Financial need;
  7. Projected participating PHS facility staffing needs; and
  8. Any additional factors deemed appropriate by the scholarship committee.
Students must be in good standing with their academic program and their PHS clinical site each semester to continue to receive funding.

Scholarship Contact
You may direct any questions to:

  • Mary Jane Ryan, Newton-Wellesley Hospital,
    tel: (617) 243-6065, e-mail: mjryan@partners.org

  • Robert Schleipman, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
    tel: (617) 732-6256, e-mail: aschleipman@partners.org

  • Richard Terrass, Massachusetts General Hospital
    tel: (617) 724-7886, e-mail: rterrass@partners.org

Scholarship Committee
A Scholarship Committee made up of technologists, imaging administrators and educators, radiologists and human resources representatives from throughout the Partners HealthCare will award the scholarships. Scholarship applications for the Spring 2003 semester must be received by November 1, 2003. Scholarships will be awarded by December 2003.

Other Terms
 The scholarship may be used by successful candidates to help defray the costs of tuition, fees, and books and expenses at any college or university that offers an accredited program in radiologic sciences. Accredited programs must comply with the guidelines and regulations promulgated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and all of the following that apply:

  • Joint Review Commission on Education in Radiologic Technology
  • Joint Review Commission on Education in Nuclear Medicine Technology
  • Joint Review Commission on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography
  • Massachusetts and the American Societies of Radiologic Technologists.

Successful candidates may attend school on either a full-time or a part-time basis. Continuation in the scholarship program is dependent upon maintaining good academic standing and satisfactory clinical performance. Scholarship disbursements will be made at the beginning of each semester..

The scholarship is an advanced loan that is forgivable upon the awardee’s successful completion of the academic program and 1 year of full-time equivalent employment at a participating Partners HealthCare facility for each year of funding received following the final scholarship disbursement (if employment is offered).

Scholarship recipients will be considered priority placements for employment based on their grades, attendance, interpersonal relations, student evaluations and clinical preparation but there is no guarantee of employment as a Radiologic Technologist in a PHS Radiology department upon completion of a qualified program.