2021 RARE Compassion Program – APPLICATION DEADLINE

The RARE Compassion Program is a unique opportunity for medical students to develop relationships with patients and their families experiencing a rare diagnosis, with the goal of developing compassion and awareness for the challenges that patients diagnosed with a rare disease are faced with everyday. Furthermore, this program is committed to address inequities within the medical profession by pairing medical students and patients from underserved communities with the goals of fostering meaningful patient-doctor relationships, improving cultural congruence, and nurturing future advocates in rare disease.

Each year, the program connects U.S based medical students with rare disease patients and families to help foster meaningful doctor-patient relationships, inspire careers in rare disease care and research, and ultimately, through patient-centric listening and interactions, build the next generation of future medical professionals as key advocates for their patients.

If you would like to participate in this program, as either a patient family or a medical student, please apply online by Sunday, February 28th.