Faculty in the Division of Adolescent Medicine are recognized for their clinical and academic expertise in reproductive and sexual health, care delivery for transgender youth, patients with eating disorders, adolescent men, and incarcerated youth.
Fellows have many opportunities during fellowship to work closely with faculty in clinical and research projects to prepare for their career as leaders in adolescent medicine.
Fellows complete training in the following outpatient clinical settings within the Division of Adolescent Medicine.
Examples of elective rotations that fellows may complete during their scholarly time include the following. These are in addition to the required clinics in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine as noted above.
The inpatient rotation consists of assessment and management of medically unstable patients with eating disorders while working closely with the interdisciplinary eating disorder team. Additionally, the inpatient on-call fellow and attending provide inpatient consultations to other specialties throughout the hospital.
Fellows complete a curriculum addressing clinical research design and implementation, biostatistics, ethics in research, grant writing, quality improvement, and scientific writing among other scholarly topics. Additional training in quality improvement is available through the internationally recognized Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence. Fellows also participate in the Divisional Research in Progress seminars and Journal Clubs. Fellows work closely with their mentors and scholarly oversight committee to choose a scholarly pathway and to design and conduct a scholarly project(s).
Recent fellows’ scholarly work has focused on the epidemiology of HPV in young men, evaluation of interventions in the treatment of eating disorders, quality improvement for asthma management, evaluation of a resident education program for depression, and assessment of transgender clinic services.
Fellows have many opportunities to participate in academic work beyond their main project during their fellowship, for example, co-authoring book chapters and reviews with faculty and participating in ongoing research.
Scholarly work pathways within the fellowship help guide fellows’ didactic and scholarly work topics and methodologies, so they are well positioned for a post-fellowship job and a career directed by their passions and interests. Applicants do not have to know or decide what pathway they are interested in. Our faculty enjoy helping fellows learn about the career possibilities that open with each pathway and helping fellows identify which pathway they will enjoy the most. Fellows work closely with their mentors and scholarly oversight committee to choose a scholarly pathway, design and conduct a scholarly project(s), and engage in learning opportunities to support the fellow’s scholarly work. Examples of scholarly work pathways include the following areas:
Medical Education Scholarly Pathway
Clinical Research Scholarly Pathway
Fellows play an active role in organizing and planning the Adolescent Medicine Learning Series. The Adolescent Medicine learning series include weekly lectures that includes adolescent medicine core curriculum topics and board review. Didactics are further enhanced through our participation in the Fellows in Adolescent Medicine Learning Initiative (FAMLI) which includes 18 adolescent medicine fellowship programs across the country.
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.
Fellows can choose to attain additional training in support of their scholarly work and career development through selected coursework and established masters’ programs, including a Master of Education, Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Research, and Master of Public Health. Tuition reimbursement is available.
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