We are pleased to announce the winners of the AMEE Grant for Medical Educators working in Resource Constrained Settings (MERCS Grant) for 2023.
This prestigious grant provides financial support to health professions education (HPE) scholars working in emerging, disadvantaged, and resource-constrained settings, fostering opportunities for impactful research in regions affected by conflict, poverty, and limited access to healthcare.
This grant has been awarded to an outstanding project titled “Leadership development in medical students through self-sustainable Collaborative Network of Student (NEST) Leaders”. Led by Principal Investigator Sumita Sethi, with Co-Investigators Renu Garg and Ruchi Agarwal, the research team from BPS Government Medical College for Women in Sonepat, Haryana, India.
The research team plans to address the emerging need for an effective and sustainable leadership development model for medical students by creating a collaborative learning NEtwork of STudent (NEST) leaders.
Their vision is leadership training and development in medical students through an integrated three-tier extracurricular approach. With time, as the NEST evolves and the student leadership executive team takes over the administration, a systematic, iterative cycle of learning-performing-networking will be developed by building peer and mentor relationships around shared learning experiences.
Congratulations to the winners for their dedication and commitment to enhancing medical education in resource-constrained environments. Their work exemplifies the spirit of the MERCS Grant, contributing to the advancement of health professions education globally.
