About the position
Total Health Care and The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine are recruiting Urban Primary and Community Health Fellows. This partnership leverages both organizations' commitment to excellence in patient care - especially those in need, with a goal of reducing health disparities and improving the lives of the community we serve. This 18-month non-accredited fellowship is designed to prepare you for a career in academic and community medicine. Fellows will have tailored experience to advance their clinical and career objectives. Fellows will gain skills to teach medical students and residents, enhance clinical expertise, and develop special interests in the practice of urban based Family Medicine. This program will provide trainees with varied clinical exposures, mentorship, leadership development, and guided experience as an educator to learners at both our downtown faculty/resident practice as well as Total Health Care, an established Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
Responsibilities
- Spend approximately 80% time in clinical practice or supervision of residents/medical students; and 20% in fellowship activity, including a mentored scholarly project, administrative experiences, focused mentored supervision.
- Be clinical experts in the care of urban vulnerable populations.
- Gain experience in urban primary care program design and oversight.
- Gain experience in the teaching of medical students and residents in community and academic health center settings.
- Conduct a research project with the guidance of an established researcher/mentor.
- Present scholarly work with local, regional, and national audiences.
- Have mentorship activities with leaders in Academic Medicine FQHC Clinical Administration.
- Teach University medical students and family practice residents at the FQHC & Department of Family and Community Medicine.
- Complete a scholarly project with mentorship from an experienced researcher and/or health care administrator and/or academic physician.
Requirements
- Medical degree from an accredited domestic university (or foreign equivalent).
- Strong commitment to patient care and teaching.
- Ability to work well in a team setting.
- Board certified/eligible in family medicine.
- Eligible for an unrestricted license in the State of Maryland.
- Meet all requirements for appointment in the School of Medicine as Clinical Instructor.
