General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship FAQ

Fellows will work with Lee Beers, M.D., and Child Health Advocacy Institute (CHAI) to identify a location to complete their advocacy work that best aligns with their interests. Fellows will commit to at least four hours per week in the first year of the fellowship on their advocacy preceptorship,

During meetings with mentors, trainees will develop individualized learning plans for each focus area (clinical care, education, research and advocacy). They will have monthly individual sessions with mentors in each content area to assess their progress on their planned learning activities. Each fellow is also formally evaluated by their mentors through an electronic evaluation system at least yearly. Fellows will also receive feedback on their progress twice-yearly through an in-person meeting that includes all mentors.

Fellows are expected to satisfactorily demonstrate mastery of key research, education, advocacy and administration skills as determined by fellowship faculty, as well as complete a scholarly research activity resulting in a manuscript submitted for publication to a peer-reviewed journal and/or presentation at a national professional organizational meeting.

This fellowship is designed to train the next generation of general academic pediatric leaders through an innovative three year community-based general academic pediatric fellowship program. Our program will prepare trainees to:

• Conduct clinical research addressing the needs of underserved patients and communities
• Provide excellence in teaching focused on the needs of underserved patients and communities
• Role model commitment to, and skills for, community-based academic pediatrics

Faculty in General Pediatrics and throughout Children’s National are involved in many areas of research that may be of interest to fellows including, but not limited to, quality improvement, obesity, health communication, social media, medical education, asthma and diabetes.

There is currently no seed funding available for fellows, but several potential internal resources are available to apply for funding through our Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Children's Health Board. However, we encourage fellows to identify a project that can be accomplished with limited costs.

Year One

• Monday and Tuesday: Clinic
• Wednesday: Meetings, seminars and coursework
• Thursday: Advocacy preceptorship and research/education project 
• Friday: Research/education project and coursework

Year Two

• Monday and Tuesday: Clinic
• Wednesday: Meetings, seminars and coursework
• Thursday: Clinical admin preceptorship and research/education project 
• Friday: Research/education project and coursework

Year Three

• Monday and Tuesday: Clinic
• Wednesday: Meetings, seminars and coursework
• Thursday: Research/Education project 
• Friday: Research/education project and coursework

• Location, Location, Location. Washington, D.C., is a livable, international city with unique access to advocacy experiences and amazing opportunities to help underserved populations.  
• Community Focus. All clinical time for fellows is done at community-based health centers and fellows are encouraged to choose a research project that focuses on the health of communities.
• Variety of Experiences. Our fellows not only get the opportunity to improve their clinical skills in a community-based setting and work on their own research project, but they also get to spend time doing advocacy work, learning how to be an educator and learning what it takes to be an administrative leader. Because of the variety of opportunities available, we are able to tailor our fellowship to meet your individual interests.

 

Fellows will complete the Children's National fellows’ boot camp at the beginning of their training. Children’s National offers a continuing series of lectures geared towards fellows in all subspecialities, which general academic pediatric fellows are encouraged to attend. In addition, fellows will join the general academic pediatric fellows at Johns Hopkins on Wednesday mornings for a joint conference series.

A Master’s degree is not a required part of the program, but many fellows choose to pursue one. Fellows may take courses at George Washington University with full tuition reimbursement.