Stanford GME offers start dates on July 1, August 1, or January 1.  We encourage you to apply through the application process for the academic year in which you will start with our fellowship program.  For example, if you will be matriculating into the fellowship on 1/1/2024 you would for the 2023-2024 academic year (for ACCM you would enter the SF Match process in the winter of 2021-2022 and for the IM program you would begin your ERAS application in Fall of 2022).  For residents who are completing residency at a Stanford GME program, start dates are more flexible and can be arranged to be in continuity with the finishing date of your residency program.

Thank you for your interest into applying to our program. Stanford has been training EM trainees in CCM prior to the development of the different ABMS board tracks and because of this, our program was developed prior to the formalization process for EM trainees. Therefore, there are more similarities between the pathways than differences. Both programs adhere to their individual ACGME and ABMS requirements. As program directors, your eligibility for board certification is highly important to us and we have adjusted the curriculum and rotation structure within each pathway to meet board eligibility criteria. This results in minor differences between the two pathways and is summarized below. We realize this can be somewhat confusing and encourage you to reach out to us with any questions you may have. Here are some bullet points highlighting the differences in pathways:

• For clarification, you will receive board certification and maintenance of certification through the ABEM. We refer to each program based on who offers your certifying examination. For those that are in the ACCM program, this is offered through the ABA and we refer to this track as the ABA-EM track. For those that enroll through the IM CCM program, your certifying exam is sponsored by the ABIM and we refer to your track as the ABIM-EM track.
  
  
• ABA-EM applicants need to apply 1.5 years in advance through the sfmatch system. ABIM-EM candidates apply in the fall quarter before their intended summer start date. Stanford is unique in that while things are different on paper because they have to be, our programs work together and can easily shift people between programs if needed. We usually advise candidates in EM to apply early through the Anesthesia pathway if you are trying to decide which pathway to pursue. If you find an Anesthesia program you like, wonderful! If you don’t, at Stanford we can have you apply via ERAS but you will not necessarily have to re-interview if you want to defer for IM.
  
  
• The tracks are slightly different. Please review the requirements via the ABA and the ABIM websites. In brief, the ABA-EM track is more clinically structured per the requirements of the ABA. In the ABA track you are required to do a Trauma elective month within the first six months and you will have a mix of medical and surgical rotations for the first six months of training. All ABA-EM electives are clinically structured, and this track resulted in many advanced electives available to all fellows. The two-year ABA-EM curriculum includes 17 core rotations, 7 ICU-related electives, and 2 academic/research electives. Please note, that while the ABIM track allows up to six months of elective and research time, ABIM-EM fellows at Stanford complete a total of 16 core rotations, 6 academic/research electives, and 4 clinical electives.
  
  
• The first year for ABIM is 9 clinical months, 1 elective, and 3 academic months (still taking call). for ABA-EM you have 9 core rotations, 1 research rotation, 1 Anesthesia rotation, 1 Trauma rotation and a clinical elective of your choice (recommended ECHO). Some of your electives are “non-call” months to make it fair. The second year has 2 research months, 7 core rotations, and 4 elective rotations (some non-call). The second year of the ABIM-EM track has 7 core rotations, 1 Neurocritical care, 1 Elective, and 4 rotations for research and/or clinical elective.
  
  
• The ABA-EM track is somewhat more clinically rigorous because it limited the total number of research time you can do in the two-year fellowship. Both fellowships offer mentoring and advising for scholarly activity and both pathways allow fellows to be successful with academic pursuits.

• Fellows interested in spending two training years at Stanford should make sure this is documented in their SOCCA application page. The additional year can be an ACGME fellowship program (such as ACTA, OB, etc., see more at: https://med.stanford.edu/anesthesia/education/fellowships/clinical-fellows.html) or an Advance Clinical Experience (examples: Neurosurgical Anesthesia, Difficult Airway/ENT, Anesthesia Informatics and Media Lab Fellowship, Global Anesthesia, or Management of Perioperative Services see more at: https://med.stanford.edu/anesthesia/education/fellowships/postdoc-fellows1.html
  
  
• We will attempt to coordinate your application and interview process to the best of our abilities between the respective divisions.
  
  
• For those applying to ACTA and ACCM, we have a close coordinated interview process and system as stated above in the application process section.  Please note we will be asking you to submit the supplemental application materials created by SOCCA to further assist in the process (https://socca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ACTA.CCM-supp-questionnaire.pdf).