The Stanford Child and Adolescent Fellowship Program is one of only a very small number of training programs with protected research time during CAP1 year for a six-week ‘Scholarly Rotation’.
During this time, all fellows have the opportunity to engage in a meaningful inquiry into a topic of interest.
Depending on learning goals, this may entail directed reading and mini-review in preparation for an informal presentation, a poster or AACAP symposium submission, or for fellows with more mature/advanced scholarly domains, preparation of a scientific manuscript or project that would continue longitudinally into the CAP2 year.
During their scholarly time, CAP fellows have access to many faculty mentors with a diverse range of expertise spanning medical education, clinical subspecialty care, and translational and clinical research.
Prior examples of projects include: development of teaching modules in a specific pediatric mental health domain, scholarly review of a research topic, development of a cross-cultural psychiatry outreach curriculum, among others.
Fellows write a summary of their project/experience at the conclusion of the rotation, and present their scholarly product in various forums, such as grand rounds, in-service to a clinical team, or in forums geared toward the broader clinical/scientific community, such as AACAP symposia, peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.
