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Curriculum—ACGME Medical Fellowship
ACGME Medical Fellows participate in the LEAH Core Curriculum (LINK). Fellows are highly encouraged to pursue a Masters of Public Health (MPH). The Division is supportive of fellows pursuing their MPH by providing tuition benefits and dedicated time for course work. For trainees who have an interest in child advocacy they have a unique opportunity to participate in Pediatric Links to the Community, a nationally recognized program in Advocacy Education.
Education
- Educational experiences include informal and formal learning opportunities in a variety of clinical and classroom settings
- Weekly research seminars are scheduled throughout the fellowship; formal class work is based in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine
- Short-term rotations through several specialties (e.g. Cardiology, Endocrinology, Dermatology, Gynecology, and Sports Medicine) provide an opportunity to learn about adolescent health issues from the perspective of sub-specialists
In their second and third year of training, fellows serve as an adolescent medicine consultant to a continuity clinic team. Thus, fellows are taught about adolescent medicine at the same time that they are becoming teachers of adolescent medicine.
Research
During their first year, fellows identify a research topic, select a mentor, and formulate a research plan. A scholarship oversight committee is selected and consists of experts in the research field who guide and monitor the research endeavor. Fellows have opportunity to perform research with the Adolescent Medicine Faculty, General Pediatrics Faculty , and the Department of Community and Preventative Medicine on a variety of topics including: obesity, smoking cessation, adolescent immunization, health disparities, and asthma. Our Faculty have and continue to hold national leader positions involving these initiatives.
Fellows will gain extensive experience in clinical or health science research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. By the end of the second year, the trainee is adept at research techniques, well versed in the scientific method, able to critically read the scientific literature, and has a research project well underway.
By the end of the third year, the project should be completed and a manuscript prepared. Fellows are expected to present their research at a national meeting (s) and to submit for publication in a peer reviewed journal such as the Journal of Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics and /or Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. The trainee should be comfortable with study design and execution and thereby ready to embark on a career as an independent physician scientist.
Patient Care
- Fellows have on-service duties, 2-4 months per year at the Golisano Children's Hospital which houses 158 pediatric beds including a 22-bed Adolescent Inpatient Unit.
- Outpatient hospital based experiences include busy primary care clinics at Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong and Rochester General Hospital.
- The Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders ( CCCED ) is the Center for Excellence in Western New York and provides clinic experiences for fellows to work with adolescents with eating disorders. In addition , fellows will receive subspecialty training working with patients who have obesity, chronic illness and complex psychosocial issues.
- Community rotations provide experience with underserved youth include Threshold Center for Youth (a multi service agency for youth 13 to 25 years old), State School at Industry Detention Center and school based health clinics. Fellows serve as consultants with faculty supervision.
Adolescent Medicine Fellowship
Adolescent Medicine