Careers

Application

The Palliative Medicine Fellowship application process is solely through ERAS Fellowships, a program of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Written/paper applications will not be accepted.

To be eligible for admission to the fellowship, applicants must:

1. Anticipate successful completion or have successfully completed an ACGME-accredited residency in family medicine, internal medicine or emergency medicine.
2. Be fully licensable as a physician-in-training in the state of Iowa.
3. Complete the necessary application materials through ERAS fellowhips.
4. Provide 3 letters of recommendation, including a letter from the program director of the ACGME-accredited residency where you completed or will complete your primary training. The program director letter must verify anticipated successful completion or successful completion of the residency.
5. Provide complete copies of board scores (USMLE or COMLEX).

Upon receipt of an application, we will review the materials before inviting the applicant for an interview. Interviews are scheduled on a day mutually agreeable to the fellowship and the applicant. On your interview day, we try to provide a comprehensive yet relaxed experience. We encourage you to bring your spouse or significant other.

The schedule includes interactions with faculty and hospice and palliative medicine colleagues. You will have opportunities to address special interests or needs you may have. You also have the opportunity to explore the hospital, hospice inpatient unit, skilled nursing unit, and also our community.  Interviewees and their families will receive one night’s stay at a selected hotel.

For further information contact:

W. David Clark, MD
Program Director
clarkw@mercyhealth.com
641-422-7951

Anne Zook
Palliative Care Nurse Coordinator
zooka@mercyhealth.com
641-422-7951