Each year since 1978, the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship has selected four New England medical students to spend three months working as Fellows at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambar n , Gabon on clinical rotations. Fellows work as junior physicians, supervised by Schweitzer Hospital medical staff.
Fellows are eligible for pediatrics, medicine, or surgery rotations.
Previous Lambar n Schweitzer Fellows have received academic credit for their experience according to their school's policy. Third-year medical students at New England medical schools are eligible to apply. You must speak French. Because all patient encounters occur in French, a working knowledge of that language is absolutely essential . All Fellows participate in an April 2001 weekend orientation prior to departing, and an April 2002 weekend orientation of new Lambar n Schweitzer Fellows.