Fellowship Education Program
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We are currently only accepting applications for the Maternal Child Health fellowship. All other fellowships are on hold until September 2009. We appreciate inquiries of interest from applicants who are Board Certified or Board Eligible Family Physicians and are eligible to obtain a New York State physician license. We anticipate funding beginning on July 1, 2010.
Program Goal
To collaborate with nationally and internationally renowned faculty mentors in developing educators, researchers, and future academic leaders in Family Medicine.
Fellowship Tuition Benefits
Fellows have the opportunity to enter the Master Educator Program (with the option of obtaining the MS in Medical Management or the MBA from the Simon School of Business) or the Research Training Program (with the option of obtaining the MS in Clinical Investigation Program, the MS in Translational Research, or the MS in Public Health (MPH) from the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine.
Fellows may also pursue the MS in Teaching & Curriculum (with specialization in Health Professions Education) from the Warner School of Education or the MS in Health Promotion, Education, and Technology Program from the School of Nursing.
As a fellow, you:
- Have the option of working at a federally qualified healthcare center
- Learn more about the biopsychosocial model, family-oriented health care, and patient-centeredness.
- Participate in scholarly activities and research projects
- Give presentations at national meetings
- Publish papers
Fellowship Tracks
- Faculty Development (Training in Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry) consists of these fellowship tracks: Behavior Change, Idealized Medical & Micro-team Practice (IMMP), Family Systems Medicine, Health Care Disparities Research, and Patient-Centered Care
- Maternal Child Health Fellowship
- Primary Care Family Psychology Fellowship
- ECRIP (New York State Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program) consists of two tracks: the Patient-Centered Care and Health Care Disparities Research Fellowships.
Rochester Center to Improve Communication in Health Care
The Rochester Center to Improve Communication in Health Care building is home to the fellowship office, a 5000-square-foot building located at 1381 South Avenue in Rochester, NY. The center was founded in 2003 to consolidate research in a variety of areas relating to communication between physicians and patients, among health care professionals, and media influences on the patient-physician relationship.
Highlights of the Family Medicine Research Programs
- Nationally and internationally renowned research faculty include physicians, psychologists, social workers, and statisticians with extensive publications and conference presentation credits. The Family Medicine Program was the third such program established in the U.S in 1967.
- The Department has received multiple funding awards from a variety of federal, state, and local agencies and private foundations, including the NIH, AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, Robert Wood Johnson, and AAFP Foundations
- History of departmental fellowships for almost three decades
- Faculty Development Fellowship has been funded by HRSA for six consecutive three-year cycles
- Home of the biopsychosocial model
- Strong departmental commitment to diversity and inclusion
The University of Rochester Research Environment
The University of Rochester has an ambitious 10-year, $500 million Medical Center research initiative, which began in 1997. This includes two research buildings – costing $110 million and comprising 383,000 square feet (both completed) – as well as the recruitment of 100 research scientists and 500 technicians and support personnel.
Key aspects of the University’s research environment
- In 2003-2004, the University of Rochester received over $333 million in grants and contracts, representing a total of 2,421 awards and 878 Principal Investigators with active awards
- Consistently ranked within the top 30 medical schools in the amount of NIH funds awarded
- In 2003, the University received 439 grants from the NIH alone
- 2004 proposal funding requests totaled $1.3 billion
- Between 1999 and 2002, there was a 60.8 percent increase in research funding at the University
Contact Information:
Fellowship Coordinator
Department of Family Medicine Research & Fellowship Programs
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
1381 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620
Email: fmfellows@urmc.rochester.edu