GI Fellowship Curriculum

OVERVIEW

Our fellowship includes extensive training in patient care, GI procedures, research and teaching.

We take pride in tailoring the curriculum to enable each individual fellow reach to achieve their academic goals.

We offer three internal tracks:

Career Scientist Track
Translational and Patient Oriented Research Track
Clinician Educator Track

Career Tracks and Training

Career Scientist Track

Designed for fellows pursuing a physician scientist career, this track consists of 18 months of clinical training and 24-30 months of research.

A sample schedule of this fellowship training track is shown below:

Year	Career Scientist Track Training	Clinical	Research
1	SHC/VA/SCVMC Inpatient GI/Liver Service x 11 months Outpatient Endoscopy x 1 week Research x 1 week Continuity Clinic: General GI	12 months	1 week
2	SHC/VA/SCVMC Inpatient GI/Liver Service x 4 weeks Outpatient Endoscopy x 10-12 weeks Liver Clinic/Consults x 4-6 weeks Jr. Attending Inpatient GI/Liver Service x 1-2 weeks Electives x 4 weeks Research x 24 weeks Continuity Clinic: Subspecialty Clinic	6 months	6 months
3	Research Continuity Clinic: Subspecialty Clinic	0 months	12 months
4	Research Option to continue as Instructor	0 months	6-12 months
Total		18 months	24 - 30 months

Translational & Patient-Oriented Research Track

Designed for fellows pursuing a clinical research scientist career, this track consists of 18 months of clinical training and 18 months of research.

A sample schedule of this fellowship training track is shown below:

Year	Translational & Patient-Oriented Research Track Training	Clinical	Research
1	SHC/VA/SCVMC Inpatient GI/Liver Service x 11 months Outpatient Endoscopy x 1 week Research x 1 week Continuity Clinic: General GI	12 months	1 week
2	SHC/VA/SCVMC Inpatient GI/Liver Service x 4 weeks Outpatient Endoscopy x 5-6 weeks Liver Clinic/Consults x 4-6 weeks Research x 34-36 weeks Continuity Clinic: Subspecialty Clinic	3 months	9 months
3	Outpatient endoscopy x 6 weeks Jr. Attending Inpatient GI/Liver Service x 2 weeks Electives 4-6 weeks Research x 36-38 weeks Continuity Clinic: Subspecialty Clinic	3 months	9 months
Total		18 months	18 months

Clinician Educator Track

Designed for fellows pursuing a career in clinical practice and clinical research and education, this track consists of 24 months of clinical training and 12 months of research.

A sample schedule of this fellowship training track is shown below:

Year	Clinician Educator Track Training	Clinical	Research
1	SHC/VA/SCVMC Inpatient GI/Liver Service x 11 months Outpatient Endoscopy x 1 week Research x 1 week Continuity Clinic: General GI	11 months	1 week
2	SHC/VA/SCVMC Inpatient GI/Liver Service x 4-6 weeks Outpatient Endoscopy x 8-9 weeks Liver Clinic/Consults x 3 weeks Research x 33-34 weeks Continuity Clinic: Subspecialty Clinic	4 months	8.5 months
3	Outpatient Endoscopy x 9-11 weeks Liver Clinic/Consults x 3 weeks Electives x 18 weeks Jr. Attending Inpatient GI/Liver Service x 6 weeks Research x 12-14 weeks Continuity Clinic: Subspecialty Clinic	9 months	3.5 months
Total		24 months	12 months