New for 2020: Fellowships in compassion and artificial intelligence

June 11, 2020

How will Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence change the healthcare we provide?

New for 2020, AMS Healthcare is offering ten (10), one-year fellowships of up to $75,000 to early and mid-career academic researchers and regulated health care professionals to study and develop expertise/competence in the impact of DT/AI on compassionate care. At least two of these Fellowships will consider equity for vulnerable populations as an additional dimension of the award. Those interested can click on the links below to access more information about the program and application details.

Click here (PDF opens in new browser) to learn more about Compassionate Care in a Technological World.

LOI submission deadline is 5:00 pm (eastern time) on Monday, July 27, 2020

  • LOI Frequently Asked Questions (available after June 17, 2020)

AMS Healthcare strives to improve the healthcare of all Canadians by innovating education and practice, championing the history of medicine and healthcare, supporting leadership development, and advancing research in the health humanities. In recent years, AMS Healthcare has provided funding for activities that address two key factors of the health care system: Compassionate care; and, artificial intelligence and digital health solutions. AMS Healthcare’s Compassionate Care in a Technological World strategic priority focusses on promoting the integration of digital technology/artificial intelligence (DT/AI) and compassionate care in the delivery of health care services, education of health professionals as well as facilitating the leadership needed to realize the promise of technology.