Fellow, Hematology/Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.
Associate Professor, Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, and Associate Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.
MedEdPORTAL. 2022 Mar 14;18:11228. doi: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11228. eCollection 2022.
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.
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 were surveyed both pre- and postintervention to evaluate these resources' use and efficacy.
Survey response rates were 21 of 41 (51%) in 2018, 25 of 41 (61%) in 2019, and 24 of 43 (56%) in 2020. Most respondents indicated the resources were extremely or very effective, including 30 of 36 (83%) who used the guidebook, 31 of 37 (84%) who attended the Fellowship Application Information Night, 10 of 15 (67%) who used the alumni contact list, nine of 10 (90%) who used the personal statement resources, and 12 of 14 (86%) who attended the virtual interview workshop. Respondents strongly or somewhat agreed that the overall efficacy of the residency's fellowship advising improved from pre- to postintervention (four of 17 [24%] in 2018 vs. 17 of 21 [81%] in 2020, < .001).
Our Fellowship Application Toolkit was effective at supporting IM residents applying to fellowships.
专科住院医师培训是内科住院医师（IM）的常见职业道路，但很少有关于指导住院医师申请专科住院医师培训课程的出版物。我们描述了一个工具包，以指导 IM 住院医师完成这个过程。
我们在 2018 年至 2020 年期间在加利福尼亚大学旧金山分校开发并实施了针对 IM 住院医师的 Fellowship Application Toolkit。教育策略包括现场研讨会、书面资源和一对一辅导，包括五个部分：Fellowship Application 指南、Fellowship Application Information Night、校友联系名单、个人陈述资源和指导者，以及虚拟面试研讨会和模拟面试。在干预前后对居民进行调查，以评估这些资源的使用情况和效果。
2018 年的调查回复率为 41 名中的 21 名（51%），2019 年为 41 名中的 25 名（61%），2020 年为 43 名中的 24 名（56%）。大多数受访者表示这些资源非常有效，包括 36 名中使用指南的 30 名（83%），37 名中参加 Fellowship Application Information Night 的 31 名（84%），15 名中使用校友联系名单的 10 名（67%），10 名中使用个人陈述资源的 9 名（90%），以及 14 名中参加虚拟面试研讨会的 12 名（86%）。受访者强烈或有些同意，住院医师的 fellowship 咨询整体效果从干预前到干预后有所提高（2018 年的 17 名中的 4 名[24%]与 2020 年的 21 名中的 17 名[81%]相比，<.001）。
我们的 Fellowship Application Toolkit 有效地支持了申请奖学金的 IM 住院医师。
