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A three-year track is available for those interested in a career in clinical research or scholarly practice.
This track is designed to augment a physician's clinical training by providing new skills and perspectives necessary to achieve future leadership positions. The program stresses training in the quantitative and qualitative sciences underlying the essential aspects of improving health care delivery and medical care systems.
The broader goal of the Clinical Scholar Track is to expand the body of knowledge related to gastrointestinal and hepatologic diseases and develop effective therapeutic interventions.
This program includes one year of research and two years of hands-on clinical experience.
A Representative Clinical Scholars Curriculum
Year 1 |
Colonoscopy |
1 month |
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) |
1 month |
Liver Transplant Service |
1 month |
Esophageal Clinic |
.25 month |
Colorectal Neoplasia Clinic |
.25 month |
Pancreas Clinic |
.25 month |
Hepatobiliary Clinic |
1 month |
Motility Clinic |
.75 month |
Miscellaneous GI testing |
.25 month |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic |
1 month |
GI Diagnostic Clinic |
1 month |
Hospital consults |
2.5 months |
Hospital |
1 month |
Nutrition |
.50 month |
Proctology Clinic |
.25 month |
Total: |
12 months |
Year 2 |
Research |
12 months |
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Year 3 |
Colonoscopy |
1 month |
Bleeding Team |
2 months |
Complex endoscopy |
1-1.5 months |
ERCP |
1 month |
Hospital Primary Service |
1.5-2 months |
Liver Transplant Service |
.5-1 month |
Hospital consults |
.5-1 months |
Hepatobiliary Clinic |
1 month |
Electives* |
2.5 months |
Total: |
12 months |
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Total Months: |
36 months |
* Scheduling of elective times will vary for each fellow. The actual curriculum may vary slightly among fellows and often changes from year-to-year based on feedback from faculty and fellows. |
Research
Fellows in the clinical track are not expected to formally participate in major research projects until the second year, but they are encouraged to conduct small projects and participate in existing protocols throughout the program.
In addition to extensive input from a mentorship committee, the associate chair of Research and the program director, a daylong research symposium is held in the fall of the first year to help fellows select research projects. By the end of the first year, you will develop a research proposal and choose a preceptor to assist with your second-year research project.
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