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The Alden March Bioethics Institute houses the department of Bioethics Education and Research at Albany Medical College. It was founded in 1993 to support medical ethics education, develop an ethics consultation service at Albany Medical Center, and promote high quality scholarly work in bioethics. AMBI’s programs include required coursework in medical ethics for Albany Medical College students, a master’s and doctoral program in bioethics, and a full-time ethics consultation service at Albany Medical Center. Additional information about the Alden March Bioethics Institute can be found at www.amc.edu/bioethics.

Our two-year fellowship is designed for those seeking a bioethics career in academic institutions, healthcare settings, and professional or government agencies. Prior clinical bioethics experience may be helpful but is not strictly required.

For a list of recent fellows and job placements, see:

https://www.amc.edu/academic/bioethics/clinical_ethics_former_fellows.cfm

At the end of the fellowship, graduates will have developed advanced skills in:

• Performing clinical ethics consultation throughout the hospital clinical setting in accordance with the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) core competencies
• Teaching and facilitating educational sessions in bioethics and related topics to medical students, bioethics graduate students, and healthcare professionals
• Conducting research, both individually and collaboratively, on topics in bioethics, leading to publications in academic journals
• Participating as an ethics representative on an interdisciplinary team of hospital experts reviewing complex cases
• Attending institutional ethics review committee meetings

Application Requirements: 

To apply, please email the following materials to ambifellowship@amc.edu:

• A letter of application that should discuss the candidate's:

(1) preparation for the fellowship 

(2) professional goals

• A current curriculum vitae
• A writing sample

• Two letters of recommendation  

For full consideration, submit your application by December 10, 2022; however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The start date for the fellowship is July 1st, 2023.

Terminal degree in a discipline that interfaces with bioethics. This may include philosophy, law, social sciences, social work, nursing, and medicine.

About Alden March Bioethics Institute

The Alden March Bioethics Institute (AMBI) of Albany Medical College offers a Graduate Certificate in clinical ethics, a Master of Science in Bioethics, and a Doctorate of Professional Studies in Bioethics with concentrations in both clinical ethics and health ethics and policy. AMBI is an internationally recognized leader in the growing field of bioethics. The multidisciplinary center focuses on education, research and clinical consultation. In addition to professors, physicians and other experienced clinicians affiliated with Albany Medical Center and Albany Medical College, our faculty includes professors from Albany Law School and other experts in the Capital Region community. The Institute is named for Alden March, M.D., who founded Albany Medical College in 1839. Dr. March was a distinguished 19th century surgeon and innovative professor of anatomy, who also co-founded the American Medical Association. The Institute was established in 1993 as the Center for Medical Ethics Education and Research. Under the direction of John Balint M.D., over the next decade, medical school classes in ethics, clinical consultations and several research programs emerged. Today, we offer... graduating medical students a distinction in bioethics, have expanded our clinical consultations, offer ongoing resources to graduate resident education, and continue with research in the field of bioethics.

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