Development and Evaluation of a Five-Component Toolkit for Internal Medicine Residents Applying for Subspecialty Fellowships.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Subspecialty fellowship is a common career path for internal medicine (IM) residents, but little is published on residency program curricula for guiding residents through the process of applying to subspecialty fellowships. We describe a toolkit to guide IM residents through this process.

Methods

We developed and implemented the Fellowship Application Toolkit for IM residents at the University of California, San Francisco, from 2018 to 2020. Educational strategies included live workshops, written resources, and one-to-one coaching, consisting of five components: fellowship application guidebook, Fellowship Application Information Night, alumni contact list, personal statement resources and coaches, and virtual interview workshop and mock interviews. Residents we

SUBMITTER: Huppert LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8918571 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature