Grisel Receives 2005 TMLT Memorial Scholarship
Danielle T. Burkett is a third-year medical student at the University of North Texas Health Science Center's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Jesse Lee Even is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Jedidiah J. Grisel is a fourth-year medical student at Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine.
Bradley Lega is a fourth-year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine.
Rodolfo Jose Oviedo is a third-year medical student at the University of Medical School at San Antonio.
Erin K. Shiner is a third-year medical student at Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine.
Rebecca Wald is a third-year medical student at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.
The TMLT Memorial Scholarships were created to recognize academically gifted Texas medical students who are interested in finding creative ways to enhance patient safety. Applicants were asked to communicate their ideas in a short essay.
The $5,000 scholarships were awarded to one student at each Texas medical school that participated in the competition. Scholarship recipients were chosen based on the student's written essay, academic achievement, and financial need. Winning essays will be published on the TMLT web site and in TMLT's bimonthly newsletter, the Reporter.
"We were very lucky to receive so many outstanding applications. The TMLT Board of Governors had a difficult time selecting the scholarship recipients because all the candidates were impressive," says Tom Cotten, president and CEO of TMLT. "The essays demonstrated that Texas medical students are not only familiar with the issue of patient safety, but that they have given considerable thought to how they will address it when they practice medicine," says Cotten.
Texas Medical Liability Trust is a physician-owned, health care liability claim trust offering medical liability insurance products to Texas physicians. Created in 1979 by Texas Medical Association, TMLT currently protects more than 12,000 doctors in all specialties practicing in all areas of the state.
