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Fellowship
The Division of General Medical Sciences of the Department of Medicine offers advanced fellowship training to general internists or specialists who seek to prepare themselves for a career in academic medicine. The training program is focused primarily on the development of clinical and health services research skills. Successful graduates of the program will be attractive candidates for appointment as junior faculty (assistant professor or the equivalent) at major academic centers. Prerequisites Most fellows hold a Doctor of Medicine degree and have completed residency training in internal medicine or another clinical specialty. Resources For each fellow, the program provides salary and benefits, office space, access to library and computer services, and shared secretarial support. Each fellow has access to special funds for research, travel, and other educational activities. One faculty member, working in a field of interest to the fellow, is assigned as an advisor (mentor). Fellows have access to the full clinical resources of the Department of Medicine and may undertake collaborative efforts with other departments. Curriculum The curriculum for fellows is individualized in consultation
with the program director and the fellow’s advisor (faculty mentor).
All fellows participate in a weekly fellows’ seminar (journal club
and fellows’ research-in-progress) and a bi-weekly seminar on division
research activities. Fellows may also participate in a series of courses
on professional development (bedside teaching, oral presentation, preparing
written material, quality management, medical informatics, use of electronic
resources, librarianship, career development). Fellows have clinical assignments tailored to their
educational needs. Most fellows serve as attending physicians on the inpatient
or clinic services of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and maintain a continuity
outpatient practice at Washington University Medical Center. The major educational activity for each fellow is a research or other academic project. Working closely with a mentor, each fellow designs and completes a project suitable for publication. Typically, fellows state a research question, design a study, prepare a protocol, negotiate approval, collect and analyze data, present the results locally and off campus and prepare a written report suitable for publication. Projects need not be research oriented. Some fellows choose to develop a new curriculum, medical software, a book, or some other academic product. Successful projects are of interest and value to the academic medical community. Fellows typically serve full time for two years, but other arrangements are possible. Evaluation Fellows meet frequently with their advisors and at least quarterly with the program director to assess their progress and plans. Written evaluations of the fellow are provided twice yearly. Fellows are expected to evaluate the program on a similar frequency. Core Faculty Robert Culverhouse, PhD W. Claiborne Dunagan, MD Seth A. Eisen, MD, MSc Bradley A. Evanoff, MD,
MPH Brian Gage, MD Jane Garbutt, MB ChB, FRCP Stephen S. Lefrak, MD Jay F. Piccirillo, MD William Shannon, PhD Walton Sumner, MD Amy Waterman, PhD Alison Whelan, MD Application Procedure Please contact: Brian Gage, MD, MSc
Division of General Medical Sciences
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