Fellowship Education Program
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Patient-Centered Care Fellowship
Program Overview
The Department of Family Medicine and the Program on Biopsychosocial Studies offer a unique two-year fellowship devoted to research on the patient-physician relationship. Rochester, the home of the biopsychosocial model, has a long tradition, international recognition and rich resources to support this work. The curriculum is customized to the interests and needs of each fellow.
Goal: This fellowship track links clinical training in patient-physician communication with research skills training to prepare fellows for an academic career devoted to scholarship on the patient-physician relationship.
Research
Training in qualitative and quantitative research methods is offered through the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine and may be coupled with a Masters in Public Health degree. Fellows will choose an area of interest early in the fellowship related to ongoing research in the department, such as patient-physician communication, domestic violence, HIV, somatization, depression, or geriatrics. Fellows will participate in, and learn about, all aspects of the research process, including concept, design, grantwriting, data analysis and publication. Fellows will be paired with a faculty mentor with whom they will meet regularly. Since fellows are expected to complete a substantive project and acquire the research skills to do so, the fellowship will take two years to complete.
Research-related activities will occupy at least 50% of the fellows’ time. Dr. Ronald Epstein, Director of the Patient-Centered Care Fellowship, will oversee fellows’ research projects, and offer expertise on qualitative and quantitative multi-method research.
Clinical
We believe that researchers in doctor-patient relationship must also be excellent practitioners. Weekly interviewing rounds with experienced senior faculty, videotape review sessions and reflection groups will provide opportunities to develop clinical skills and pedagogic expertise in patient-physician communication. Fellows will maintain a continuity primary care practice (20% time) at the Family Medicine Center and will take night and weekend call on a rotating basis. There are opportunities for advanced clinical training with special populations in HIV, hospice, ethics consultation, geriatrics and consultation/liaison psychiatry programs.
Teaching
Fellows will participate in teaching medical students
at all levels, with emphasis on seminars that provide training in patient-physician
communication. They will offer seminars for residents and precept at the Family
Medicine Center 1-2 sessions per week. Teaching assignments will reflect the
fellow’s individual interests.
Collaborative Agreements
Dr. Timothy Quill is Director of the Program for Biopsychosocial Studies, and will act as mentor for interested fellows and offer advanced clinical training. Dr. Susan McDaniel in the Department of Psychiatry will offer expertise in writing, family systems and mental health in primary care. The Department of Community and Preventive Medicine offers courses in biostatistics and epidemiology for clinician-researchers that may lead to a Masters of Public Health degree.
Patient-Centered Care Fellowship Director:
- Ronald M. Epstein, MD, Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry
Faculty:
Family Medicine Center:
- Thomas Campbell, MD, Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry
- Kevin Fiscella, MD, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine
- Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine
- David B. Seaburn, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine
Strong Memorial Hospital Department of Medicine:
- Timothy E. Quill, MD, Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Stipend
Stipend support is commensurate with the previous training and experience of each fellow. Fellows receive malpractice and health insurance.
Eligibility
Candidates should have finished a family practice residency program and be board eligible or certified in family practice. A strong background in the psychosocial aspects of care is desirable.
Application Procedure
For further information, write or call:
Ronald M. Epstein, MD, Director
Patient-Centered Care Fellowship
Department of Family Medicine Research
Programs
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
1381 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620-2399 USA
Phone: (585) 506-9484 ext. 206
Fax: (585) 473-2245
Email: Ronald_Epstein@urmc.rochester.edu