Assistència Sanitària offers 30,000 euros in scholarships for healthcare professionals
Postgraduate students in the health field enrolled in the 2020-21 academic year have some grants available to them that cover 50% of the amount of the enrolment fee, up to a maximum of 1,000 euros.
Assistència Sanitària is renewing, for the thirteenth year running, its commitment to training in the health field and it is convening its scholarship programme for healthcare professionals. In the current emergency situation, profiles dedicated directly or indirectly at the management, care and treatment of Covid-19 are being given special value, and an emphasis is being made on the need for commitment to renewing of knowledge and continuous improvement, in a setting where the advances in research are playing an indisputable leading role in overcoming the pandemic. According to Dr. Ignacio Orce, chairman of Assistència Sanitària, “as an organisation of doctors, we are experiencing the effects of this virus on the front line and we are putting ourselves next to the professional teams so that they can maintain their commitment to excellence.”
Postgraduate students in the health field enrolled in 2020-21 academic year have some grants available to them which, with a total endowment of 30,000 euros, cover 50% of the enrolment fee, up to a maximum of 1,000 euros per person. The deadline for application admissions is the 7th of May, 2021 and the educational offer includes around 500 masters and post-graduate courses in all the Catalan universities and their affiliated centres. The terms and conditions about the procedure to opt for the scholarships are available on the Assistència Sanitària website.
With this initiative, acknowledged by the medical and university communities, Assistència Sanitària wants to contribute to improving the Catalan healthcare system as a whole, and in particular, to guaranteeing the optimum preparation of doctors, nurses and other people who look after citizens’ health and who, with their professional practice make quality healthcare possible. Since the year 2008, at total of 2,945 applications have been received; 369 scholarships have been granted and around 350,000 euros have been awarded.
This is one of the few study scholarship programmes in the health area that is consolidated and completely funded by a private institution around the entire country, although since its beginnings it has earned the gratitude of both universities and the medical community. Born from the desire by Assistència Sanitària to promote scientific progress, it is an instrument to maintain the excellence of the system in a complicated setting.
