First-year College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) student Dawson Turcotte has been awarded Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowships (MSARF) by the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER), a non-profit organization aimed at advancing medicine through education and research in anesthesiology.
The program provides funding to support medical students focusing on anesthesiology research, training in scientific methods and techniques, and learning how to incorporate research into a medical career. The fellowship also allows for clinical experiences and mentorship.
Student Doctor Turcotte has been assigned to Dartmouth Hitchcock to conduct research on Pre-operative shared decision making for older elective surgery patients” with Stacie Deiner, MD, MS, Professor of Anesthesiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth.
The FAER student fellowship has been primarily an allopathic fellowship. COM graduate, Catherine Bixby, D.O.,’18, was the first osteopathic student to be selected by FAER for this award and UNE COM has remained strong in attaining this student fellowship.
FAER supports the career development of future academic anesthesiologists through grants and programs encompassing education and research.