The Application Process

All applications must be received by October 15, 2008. Finalists will be invited to Philadelphia for a formal interview. The selected Fellow(s) will be announced by early December and will be expected to arrive on campus in early July.

If you are interested in applying to Jefferson’s exciting, challenging Administrative Fellowship Program, please submit the following materials to:

Jennifer Bastian & Andrew Wierzbieniec
Administrative Fellows
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
111 S. 11th Street, Suite 2210
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5098

• Current resume
• Official graduate transcript
• Three letters of recommendation
• Statement describing your Fellowship expectations and what you can contribute to the Jefferson Community
• Optional: One-page response to the prompt below

Situation/Case:

You are the Chief Operating Officer at a 400-bed urban hospital. At a quarterly operations meeting, the Chief Medical Officer reports the intensive care units have experienced a dramatic increase in hospital-acquired infections. Describe, in one page or less, how you would begin to investigate the problem and implement potential solutions.