Learner Initiated Professional Development

The Learner Initiated Professional Development funds support Emory learners (residents, fellows, or students) seeking to engage in professional development activities that will lead to advancements in primary care at Emory. Each Emory learner is limited to $800 in funding per fiscal year. Funding is supplied in the form of reimbursement for expenses paid by the learner.

PCC Funding for LIPD Opportunities are considered on a case-by-case basis.

Learners may apply for $800 per person per academic year for in-person conferences at which they are presenting and $500 per person per academic year for attending an in-person conference as a participant.

Applications to cover registration fees for virtual conferences will also be considered.

Funding Opportunities

The Primary Care Progress Gregg Stracks Leadership Summit attendance
The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program Student Leadership Conference attendance

Determination of funding will assess the degree to which the proposed activity can broadly impact further programming, education, advocacy, or research for primary care advancement in the future. The Emory Primary Care Consortium may choose to fund only a portion of an event.

Applications evaluation criteria

Primary Care Relevance - The degree to which the application convincingly describe the primary care focus
Significance/Impact Emory Benefit - The degree to which Emory benefits by the proposed funded activates. For example, attendance at this conference will help the student to better advocate for primary care and increase student interest in pursuing careers in primary care fields.

Submitting funding requests

All funding requests must be submitted four weeks prior to the date of the event. Submissions should be emailed to pc.consortium@emory.edu with #PCCSponsorship in the subject line.

The SC reviews requests for funding provided under this category, after receipt of a completed LIPD funding request proposal. Every student or group has the right to submit an appeal of the decision of the PCC SC to the Emory Primary Care Consortium Director.

After completion of each LIPD activity/event that is sponsored, the learner is required to submit a completed Emory Primary Care Consortium LIPD Funds Reporting Form.

For all approved conference attendance, the learner is required to submit:

Scholarly abstract
Photo of themselves in front of their poster or title slide.

Communication of events/activities

The Emory Primary Care Consortium will highlight all PCC-sponsored activities/events through communication channels including quarterly PCC newsletters, the PCC website, the PCC Annual Report, and various Emory social media accounts.

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