title: Dermatology hospital fellowships: present and future.
abstract: The question of what makes a successful dermatology hospitalist has risen to the forefront due to the rapidly increasing number of these providers. Inpatient dermatology fellowships have formed as a direct consequence. Though mostly in their infancy, these programs have primary or secondary goals to train providers in the dermatologic care of the hospitalized patient. This article presents a brief synopsis of the history of traditional hospitalist fellowships and extrapolates these findings to existing hospitalist dermatology fellowships. As more of these programs arise, these fellowships are poised to revolutionize dermatologic inpatient care from a systems perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. nataliezsun@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Natalie Z
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Lindy P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003880:Dermatology / Q000193:education*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D064416:Hospital Medicine / Q000193:education*; D020445:Hospitalists / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans
keywords: academic; fellowship; hospitalist; inpatient dermatology