Clinical Track
Some years, we are able to accept 1-2 fellows into our clinical track, designed to prepare individuals for careers as clinicians, whether in academics or private practice. While the first year of fellowship is identical for all fellows, clinical fellows have 8-9 months of required rotations in their second and third year of fellowship, with 3-4 months/year for electives. Electives may include research or additional clinical training opportunities, such as:
- Additional critical care rotations (e.g., Cardiothoracic ICU)
- Exposure to mechanical circulatory support (e.g., consult rotations for MCS or ECMO)
- Procedural blocks (e.g., echocardiography, right heart catheterization)
- Training in pertinent IM subspecialties (e.g., Palliative Care, Infectious Disease)
- Additional exposure to pulmonary subspecialties.
In addition, clinical fellows have teaching responsibilities and receive coaching and feedback on their teaching activities. Clinical fellows participate in mini-sabbaticals in their first year of fellowship and assemble a mentoring committee to guide their career development. Prior clinical fellows have gone on to additional subspecialty fellowship training, academic positions as clinicians or clinician-educators, and private practice.
Clinician-Educator Track
In addition to training outstanding clinicians and researchers, the University of Washington is home to a premier educational community. We accept one fellow per year into our clinician-educator track, designed to create scholars in medical education.
Clinical
Up to 24 months of clinical time to build a clinical niche
Medical education training
Teaching in a variety of settings with focused feedback
Participation in the Teaching Scholars Program
Scholarship
Fellows participate in education-based scholarly activity
Clinician-educator fellows spend more time on clinical services to develop a clinical niche, and also have ample time for medical education training and scholarship. Most fellows participate in the Teaching Scholars Program, a nine-month certificate program designed to train leaders in medical education. Fellow teaching activities are varied and include small- and large- group teaching with medical students, residents, peers, and faculty. Fellows receive coaching and feedback on their teaching activities. Fellows also establish an academic area of focus and produce scholarship, which may include curriculum development, education research, or development of teaching tools. Fellows participate in monthly Clinician-Educator Workgroup meetings and present their work at the Clinician-Educator Works-in-Progress conference. Finally, clinician-educator fellows provide input on fellowship program curricular activities.
As with physician-scientist track fellows, clinician-educator fellows participate in mini-sabbaticals in the first year and assemble a mentoring committee to guide their career development.
Research Track
Supported by an NIH training grant for over 40 years, our program has produced internationally recognized researchers and leaders in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Fellows receive training and mentoring to ask research questions, develop research plans, write successful grant applications, and produce high-quality scientific writing. With more than 70 faculty across four institutions and nationally recognized leaders throughout the University of Washington, fellows can choose from a tremendous breadth of research possibilities. The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine is committed to providing a fourth year of funding for all research-track fellows and nearly all third- and fourth-year fellows who apply are successful in gaining research funding.
Research opportunities include:
Basic Science Research
- Lung development, repair
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Clinical Research
- ARDS
- Sepsis
- COPD
- Cystic fibrosis
- Lung cancer
- Myobacterial infections
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Interstitial lung disease
- Sleep disorders
Translational Research
- Genomics
- Transcriptomics
- Proteomics
- Metabolomics
- Microbiome
Fellows performing clinical and translational research are supported in earning a degree (Master’s or PhD) from the prestigious University of Washington School of Public Health.
Fellows begin developing their research interests and plans during “mini-sabbaticals” – two one-week long sessions during the first year of fellowship when they are relieved of clinical duties. The purpose of these sessions is to guide fellows as they define their research interests and identify mentors, and to accelerate their development and success in the program.