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FELLOWSHIPS The Division accepts application for two research training positions each year. The fellowships begin on July 1 and applications are accepted through March 15th of the previous year. GENERAL INFORMATION: The Faculty Development and Fellowship Program in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies at Harvard Medical School accepts applicants for three-year academic research fellowships in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies. The Program offers each Fellow an appointment at Harvard Medical School and one of its affiliated hospitals. All fellows participate in the intensive summer program in Clinical Effectiveness at the Harvard School of Public Health. Fellows qualifying for acceptance to the Harvard School of Public Health pursue a rigorous curriculum that could lead to a Master of Science or Master of Public Health degree. The Program also includes structured experiences to improve teaching skills and supervised clinical activities under the direction of experienced faculty in general internal medicine, and complementary and integrative medicine. Each Fellow is expected to design, conduct, present, and publish an original investigative project. This fellowship in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies is funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and was the first of its kind in the United States. The Program is administered by the Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies. THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM: The program begins each July 1 with a seven-week summer core curriculum taught by Program faculty in collaboration with faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health (Clinical Effectiveness Program). The 15-credit core curriculum includes required courses in biostatistics, epidemiology, and elective courses in health policy, health services research, decision sciences, quality improvement, and public health ethics. The intensive summer experience includes about six hours per day of classroom time and about four hours per night of assignments, including two required class presentations. After completion of the summer core curriculum, Fellows accepted into the Master’s Program may continue to take advanced courses at the Harvard School of Public Health and, upon earning 40 academic credits, can obtain a Master of Science or Master of Public Health degree. Although the degree itself is optional, Fellows are strongly encouraged to take specific advanced course work that will help develop the investigative skills required for their original research projects. FELLOWSHIP SEMINARS: Fellows also attend weekly seminars or research conferences addressing research in progress, and study design. These sessions, which bring together Fellows within the program, reinforce the skills learned in the classroom. Seminars in the Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies at Harvard Medical School also provide a forum to present and discuss ongoing research, and a journal club provides opportunities to review recently published research in complementary and alternative medicine. CLINICAL PROGRAM: Beginning at the end of the summer core curriculum of the first fellowship year, each Fellow provides care for patients seen at an affiliated primary care integrative practice. Fellows will also work with complementary medicine providers, observing their practices. An integrated practice site is under development at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and will serve as the primary clinical site in the future. THE TEACHING PROGRAM: Each Fellow participates in a series of "teaching how to teach" seminars and colloquia under the direction of clinicians who are recognized as outstanding teachers. In addition, each Fellow has opportunities to serve as a teacher of medical students and internal medicine house staff in the ambulatory practice of affiliated sites, and to teach undergraduate courses and continuing medical education programs in complementary medicine at Harvard Medical School. THE RESEARCH PROGRAM: Each Fellow works in close collaboration with a faculty mentor and initiates a research project during the first year of the fellowship. The project may utilize any or all of the methodologic disciplines that are included in the academic curriculum and will focus on complementary and integrative medicine and may include a variety of methodologies and topics that include: clinical epidemiology, clinical trials, decision analysis, patient outcomes, health services research, health policy, practice variation, technology assessment, access and equity in health care, education, quality improvement, disease prevention, substance abuse, health promotion, ethics, and informatics. Fellows present their plans and research in progress at seminars within the program. They are encouraged and expected to present their findings at regional and national meetings of organizations such as the Society of General Internal Medicine, the American Federation for Medical Research, and the Society for Medical Decision Making. They will also be invited to present their work at CME courses directed by the Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Medical Therapies. PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Requests for applications should be directed to: Faculty Development and Fellowship Program Voice (617)-384-8550 |
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