Fellow Responsibilities

• Patient Care Responsibilities

  Will function as an attending and see patients and bill at the discretion of the hiring department. Accredited as a licensed independent practitioner, with permanent licensure (not trainee licensure). Functions as junior attending physician with staff privileges and responsibility for clinical care. Exact clinical responsibilities to be determined by department of hire. Expected to perform clinical duties for 0.5 of FTE. Salary will be aligned as appropriate to clinical duties and requirements. Fellow should expect to be paid a minimum of 50% of the national 25th percentile salary for specialty.

• Educational Responsibilities

  The remainder of 0.5 FTE will be protected in order to participate in the didactic curriculum. The didactic curriculum will be constructed on the flipped classroom model, i.e. blended learning. The curriculum and its content material for this fellowship program will be the responsibility of the core faculty, created for the purpose of supporting this fellowship program and broader faculty development needs.
  

  • Fellows will be expected to complete online work in advance through modules and key reference materials that introduce the concepts. Some materials will be published as iBooks or within the faculty online resource (Faculty Development for Me or FD4ME).
    
    
  • Face-to-face class time will be utilized to provide fellows within a cohort to apply concepts, build and practice skills and receive feedback from peers and fellowship faculty. In general, class time will occur two to three times per month.
    
    
  • Opportunities to practice curriculum design, small group teaching, large group teaching, clinical teaching, one-on-one teaching, simulations, feedback and assessment will be offered throughout the year with feedback. OSTE (observed standardized teaching experiences) will be utilized to provide opportunities for direct observation and practice.
    
    
  • Specific teaching opportunities include:
    • Teaching residents or students in clinical settings while on inpatient teaching service or outpatient clinic
    • Large group resident lecture
    • Small group student teaching
    • One-on-one med mentors experience
    • Simulation instruction

• Research Responsibilities

  Fellows will identify and work with a faculty mentor, identified to meet the fellows chosen area of teaching or research focus.

  • Fellows will identify a clinician educator research mentor(s) from the supporting department or from the fellowship mentor team
  • Fellows will be required to complete a scholarly project during the year with the help of their chosen or assigned mentor
  • Required project presentation and submission by June 1st

• Trainee Supervisory Responsibilities

  Will function at attending level, with appointment of clinical instructor, within the sponsoring department with appropriate supervisory role over residents and fellows when on clinical teaching services, as determined by previous clinical training and board certification (residency, fellowship and specialty board certification).

• Clinical Procedure Requirement

  As is appropriate for entry-level faculty of the hiring department and based upon previous training. All requirements will be at the discretion of the hiring department.

• Additional Opportunities

  The program and opportunities may vary depending on the goals of the individual applying but must include all formal curricular elements. Experimental elements may be added as approved by the fellowship director.

  • Other optional elements might include FAME (Faculty Advancement, Mentoring and Engagement) leadership academy, QI training, participation in Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM) QI program or academic leadership academy.