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Two Fellowships - one local (Fellow of HiNZ) and one international (Harkness Fellowship) for your information - please do apply if you’re thinking about it!
Fellow of Health Informatics NZ
FHiNZ membership an honour and privilege, Founding Fellows say
Applications for the 2022 intake of the Fellowship of Health Informatics New Zealand Programme (@HiNZ-fellows) are now open, and you can apply here.
Founding Fellow of HiNZ and Healthpoint chief executive Kate Rhind said in a recent eHealth Talk podcast interview that the great strength of FHiNZ is the huge diversity of skills within the programme.
She said it is a great privilege to be part of the FHiNZ community and encourages others to get involved.
Founding Fellow @CJMckenzie, sales and marketing director for Sysmex, has also featured on an eHealth Talk podcast and believes creating the fellowship is one of the greatest things HiNZ has ever done.
“Being a fellow is about the amazing connections you start to make,” he said .
“I often now have conversations with a number of the other fellows that I wouldn’t have collaborated or engaged with in the past and it adds huge value to what we are all trying to achieve for the health system.”
Founding fellow @martin.wilson, clinical leader for IT, Pegasus Health, said on a recent FHiNZ podcast episode that medical informaticians need to be the kind of people who accept rewards in different sorts of ways. Being told he had been chosen as a founding FHINZ member was “worth a lot more than money”.
“It’s about being valued by your colleagues… and gives you access to a network of like-minded people, which you can use to make things better for patients,” he said.
HiNZ announced the programme’s Founding Fellows in eHealthNews.nz in March 2021 and their bios and photos are available on the HiNZ website. Successful applicants to the 2021 intake were announced that August.
Applications for the 2022 intake close on Sunday July 17, 2022. Please contact @charis , HiNZ Sector Engagement Manager) if you have any questions.
Listen to Fellows of HiNZ Martin Wilson and Matt Valentine discuss how they got into clinical informatics, what being a Fellow means to them and advice for others wanting to get into the data and digital health sector, on eHealth Talk, wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen to Fellows of HiNZ Colin McKenzie and Kate Rhind discuss how they got into health informatics, the importance of collaboration, workforce issues and the benefits of being FHINZ members, on eHealth Talk, wherever you get your podcasts.
Harkness Fellowships
The Commonwealth Fund is pleased to announce that the 2023–24 Harkness Fellowship application will open June 1, 2022. We are also pleased to share the news that Singapore has been added to the program, an exciting first step in expanding the fellowship beyond North America, Europe, and Australasia.
We are calling on you — our partners, alumni, and colleagues — to identify qualified applicants from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
Please nominate individuals who show significant promise as policy-oriented health care leaders and would benefit from a year in the United States conducting comparative research, honing their leadership skills, and building a robust network for ongoing exchange and collaboration.
Harkness Fellows are midcareer professionals in government, policy, health services research, clinical practice, health care management, and journalism, among other fields. Applicants must be from one of the participating countries listed above. People belonging to racial or ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the fields of health policy and care delivery are strongly encouraged to apply.
If you have questions about the program or nomination process, email Molly FitzGerald, Program Manager, International Leadership Programs, at mf@cmwf.org.
Thank you, as always, for helping us identify the next generation of leaders from your country.
Sincerely,
Reginald D. Williams II
Vice President, International Health Policy and Practice Innovations
The Commonwealth Fund
For more information about Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice:
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/fellowships/harkness-fellowships-health-care-policy-and-practice