In the US, the majority of fellowships are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ("ACGME") or, to a lesser extent, the American Board of Physician Specialties in select states. There are fellowship programs that are not ACGME accredited, yet are well received, given the importance of being a Board-Certified Physician in a primary specialty, where a Fellowship is often more based on demand and research productivity.[1]
Requirementsedit
In general, ACGME accredited programs require completion of ACGME-accredited, RCPSC-accredited or CFPC- accredited residency program, however, exceptions for an ACGME-International- accredited residency programs and non-ACGME-accredited residency programs are possible.[2] International medical graduates must be ECFMG certified. Some fellowship specialties require participation in special matching programs like Specialties Matching Service® (SMS®) or SF Match.[3]
Combined fellowshipsedit
There are a number of programs offering a combined fellowship, training in two or more sub-specialties as part of a single program.
Pulmonary/Critical Care: this type of program is more common than Pulmonary Disease (non-combination) programs. As of 2007, there were 130 ACGME-accredited combined Pulmonary/Critical Care programs while only 25 programs for Pulmonary Disease alone.
Hematology/Oncology: as of 2005, there were 125 ACGME-accredited programs for Hematology-Oncology, while only 12 programs for Hematology alone and 18 for Oncology alone.
Geriatrics/Oncology: the American Board of Internal Medicine approved a 3-year combined fellowship training program in medical oncology and geriatrics. The John A. Hartford Foundation initially funded 10 institutions for this type of training.
fellowship, medicine, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, fellowship, medicine, news, newspapers, books,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Fellowship medicine news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message A fellowship is the period of medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician dentist or veterinarian may undertake after completing a specialty training program residency During this time usually more than one year the physician is known as a fellow Fellows are capable of acting as an attending physician or a consultant physician in the specialist field in which they were trained such as internal medicine or pediatrics After completing a fellowship in the relevant sub specialty the physician is permitted to practice without direct supervision by other physicians in that sub specialty such as cardiology or oncology Contents 1 United States 1 1 Requirements 1 2 Combined fellowships 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksUnited States editIn the US the majority of fellowships are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ACGME or to a lesser extent the American Board of Physician Specialties in select states There are fellowship programs that are not ACGME accredited yet are well received given the importance of being a Board Certified Physician in a primary specialty where a Fellowship is often more based on demand and research productivity 1 Requirements edit In general ACGME accredited programs require completion of ACGME accredited RCPSC accredited or CFPC accredited residency program however exceptions for an ACGME International accredited residency programs and non ACGME accredited residency programs are possible 2 International medical graduates must be ECFMG certified Some fellowship specialties require participation in special matching programs like Specialties Matching Service SMS or SF Match 3 Combined fellowships edit There are a number of programs offering a combined fellowship training in two or more sub specialties as part of a single program Pulmonary Critical Care this type of program is more common than Pulmonary Disease non combination programs As of 2007 there were 130 ACGME accredited combined Pulmonary Critical Care programs while only 25 programs for Pulmonary Disease alone Hematology Oncology as of 2005 there were 125 ACGME accredited programs for Hematology Oncology while only 12 programs for Hematology alone and 18 for Oncology alone Geriatrics Oncology the American Board of Internal Medicine approved a 3 year combined fellowship training program in medical oncology and geriatrics The John A Hartford Foundation initially funded 10 institutions for this type of training See also editMedical intern Medical specialty Physician specialty codes Society of General Internal Medicine Residency medicine Attending physicianReferences edit Residencies amp Fellowships Graduate Medical Education Stanford University School of Medicine med stanford edu Retrieved 2017 12 19 Eligibility Requirements Fellowship Programs Fellowship before residency in the USA External links editGeneral Internal Medicine Fellowship Directory Archived 2012 07 31 at the Wayback Machine from the Society of General Internal Medicine SGIM Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fellowship medicine amp oldid 1193226181, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
