Fellowship Pathways
Toward the end of their first year, fellows select a focus area for concentration and plan a project with a cooperating faculty member in the area. The final two years of the fellowship are spent following one of two main pathways.
- In the clinical research pathway, the fellow takes classes for a Masters degree and works on a clincial research project.
- In the basic science pathway, the fellow spends the last two years of fellowship taking basic science graduate courses at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati and working in the laboratory.
- In the clinical educator pathway, the fellow earns a Masters in Education.
The goal for each fellow, regardless of the pathway, is to produce two first-author publications during his or her fellowship. The fellow's clinical responsibility in these latter years is limited to weekday night and weekend call (usually one night in four and one weekend in four). In addition to their pathway work, fellows regularly participate in journal clubs and research seminars series.
