Faculty training in general internal medicine: a survey of graduates from a research-intensive fellowship program.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the fellowship experiences and career activities of the graduates of a research-intensive general internal medicine fellowship program.


METHODS
In 1997, the authors surveyed all graduates of the Harvard General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, a research-intensive fellowship begun in 1979.


RESULTS
Of 105 surveys delivered to graduates, 103 (98%) were returned. During the fellowship, 82 graduates (80%) presented research findings at regional or national meetings, 89 (86%) published peer-reviewed articles based on their fellowship work, 75 (73%) precepted residents or medical students in the ambulatory setting, and 67 (65%) taught medical students in the preclinical years. At the time of the survey, 100 graduates (97%) held academic appointments: 48 as clinician-investigators, 23 as clinician-administrators, 15 as clinician-educators, and 15 as clinicians.


CONCLUSIONS
Graduates of this research-intensive fellowship pursued academic careers with research, teaching, administration, and clinical activities. Directors of similar fellowship programs should prepare their graduates for all these activities.
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Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA. steven_simon@hms.harvard.edu
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D002321:Career Choice; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012106:Research; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires