The Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics (CFAB) is a two-year, full-time program designed to train the next generation of leaders in the field of bioethics. Applications will be considered from professionals with terminal post-graduate degrees in medicine, philosophy, nursing, social work, religious studies, law, and other fields related to the practice of clinical and academic bioethics. Completed applications must be submitted by December 15, 2009.
CFAB represents an educational partnership among five premier institutions in Cleveland: Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), MetroHealth Medical Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Hospital. The Fellowship is supported by a generous grant through the Cleveland Foundation. Through a solid history of collaboration in training students in the CWRU Master of Arts Program in Bioethics, and working together to provide educational opportunities for colleagues at area hospitals and universities, these institutions have cemented the relationships that ensure fellows access to broad resources in the field. Each partner organization offers the following:
- The Cleveland Clinic Department of Bioethics, one of the oldest and most well-established departments of its kind in the country, serves as the organizational home for the program.
- The CWRU Department of Bioethics has world-renowned faculty, rich graduate and undergraduate bioethics programs, and strong collaborative relationships with bioethics centers in other countries.
- University Hospitals' Case Medical Center, with one of the region's most active Ethics Consultation Services, offers a broad array of training experiences both on the Main Campus and through its relationships with community hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation facilities.
- MetroHealth Medical Center, Center for Biomedical Ethics provides education, service and research regarding the ethical dimensions of the delivery and practice of health care in support of MetroHealth Medical Center, Cuyahoga County's primary hospital and de facto safety-net for the region's poor.
- Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center - providing health services and education for Northeast Ohio veterans.
