Adolescent Medicine

Fellows complete various clinical rotations at Cincinnati Children’s. Fellows work closely with the interdisciplinary eating disorder team in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Fellows provide outpatient care in a busy primary care practice serving primarily a Medicaid population. They also have the opportunity to work closely with the multidisciplinary transgender team. Fellows complete a rotation in the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC)–certified medicine department of the Hamilton County Juvenile Court Youth Center. Interested fellows are encouraged to seek training in focused areas of clinical interests such as gynecology, psychiatry, endocrinology, and sports medicine.

Transgender Clinical Track

Incoming fellows aspiring to leadership positions focused on transgender medicine may choose the Transgender Clinical Track. Fellows on the Transgender Clinical Track will work closely with Lee Ann Conard, DO, MPH, RPh, and the fellowship director to ensure training to prepare the fellow to run a transgender clinic. Fellows on the Transgender Clinical Track may choose any scholarly work pathway and will focus their scholarly project on identified gaps in transgender medicine.

Fellows enter a well-established curriculum that covers the basics of clinical research design and implementation, biostatistics, ethics in research, grant writing, and scientific writing among other scholarly topics. They also participate in the Divisional Research in Progress seminars and Journal Clubs. Fellows attend the Inter-Divisional Research in Progress session, which is a joint conference with Adolescent Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and General Pediatrics fellows, faculty, and research staff in attendance.

Cincinnati Children’s offers a dizzying array of opportunities for scholarly work. Scholarly work pathways help guide fellows’ efforts so they are well positioned for their post fellowship dream job and a career directed by their passions and interests. Fellows work closely with their mentors and scholarly oversight committee to choose a scholar pathway and to design and conduct a scholarly project(s).

Fellows have many opportunities to participate in scholarly work beyond their main project during their fellowship, for example, co-authoring book chapters and reviews with faculty and participating in ongoing research. Tuition reimbursement for Master’s degrees in Public Health, Medical Education, or Clinical Research is available

Medical Education Pathway

Fellows interested in careers focused on medical education and/or educational research are eligible for this pathway, which includes a master of education degree or a certificate of medical education. In addition to refining their precepting and teaching skills in both outpatient and inpatient clinical settings, fellows will complete a scholarly educational project with mentorship from leaders in the field. They will also have the opportunity to participate in the Advanced Educator and Faculty Development Symposium. Fellows will be encouraged to join the Graduate Medical Education Committee, present their work at the Thomas F. Boat Lectures, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Conference and to participate in the Association of Pediatric Program Directors meetings.

Clinical or Health Services Research Pathway

Cincinnati Children's receives the second-highest amount of funding from the National Institutes of Health awarded to any pediatric institution in the United States. Many opportunities for research are available.

Quality Improvement Pathway

Fellows may apply for a position in the Quality Scholars Program that is part of the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence. The program’s goals include developing faculty to create effective healthcare delivery system interventions that can be disseminated into real-world practice settings, directly resulting in improved health outcomes.

The Division of Adolescent Medicine runs the Adolescent and Transition Medicine Learning Series. Fellows have an active role in organizing and planning the series.

The Graduate Medical Education office of Cincinnati Children’s provides a year-long curriculum that encompasses the ACGME fellowship core competencies as well as the American Board of Pediatrics core curriculum for scholarly activities. It was developed by education specialists at Cincinnati Children’s and is taught by faculty who are noted for their teaching abilities. In addition, attendance is an opportunity to network with fellows from other specialties.