Fellowship Program
in
General Internal Medicine
A National Capitol Area Consortium Program
Our Fellowship
Fellowship graduates have assumed key leadership roles in Academic
Medicine in the DOD in pursuit of a common goal---
excellence in primary care internal medicine.
Fellowship Graduates seek to promote:
Excellence in the teaching of medical students, residents and fellows in all settings.
Excellence in clinical research.
Excellence in patient care.
Excellence in health policy.
Our staff are actively engaged in faculty development and clinical education, including:
Faculty Development workshops DOD-wide.
Curriculum development.
USUHS 3rd and 4th year Medicine clerkships.
USUHS Medical school, MPH and DrPH courses.
Medical Executive Training Program.
Clinical Education Research.
Our fellows have a myriad of opportunities to hone their teaching skills.
Educational laboratories: nclude:
Fellowship graduates are an integral part of residency education at the Army teaching facilities and have served as Medicine Service and Department Chiefs as well as Residency Program Directors. Their skill is reflected by the numerous teaching awards they have received.
Excellence in Research...Our faculty are actively engaged in a broad range of research, including
...assessing clinical competency
...generalist vs specialist practices
...quality and outcomes of care
...mental disorders and physical symptoms
...the doctor-patient relationship
...patient satisfaction
...educational interventions
Under the caring tutelage of our faculty, Fellows learn all facets of research, including idea development, study design, human consent, data collection and analysis, and medical writing. Fellows are consistently selected to present findings at the National Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) meeting and have received accolades for research, including the Emma Bockman Award (USUHS), the Milton Hamolsky Award (SGIM), as well as the Bailey K. Ashford Award (WRAMC). Fellows have over 150 peer-reviewed publications, including recent ones in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Annals of Internal Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The Curriculum... The Fellowship in General Internal Medicine is a 2-year program, interweaving course work towards a Masters in Public Health with workshops, seminars and mentored experiences.Our core curriculum includes:
Advanced Analytic TechniquesMasters in Public Health
Faculty Development Seminars
Ambulatory Precepting Seminars
Mentored Attending Experiences
Principles of Lecturing /Audiovisuals
Critical Literature Appraisal
Competency Assessment
Remediation Techniques
Mentored Research Experiences
Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Study Design
Outcome Assessment
Meta-analysis
Survival Analysis
Multivariate Regression
Decision Analysis
Risk Adjustment
Military -Unique Database Methods
ADS, CHCS, CEIS, RCMAS
Grant-writing
Research Ethics
Here
's how to find out more...
If you love the breadth of General Internal Medicine and see yourself as a future leader in clinical education or research, then the Fellowship in General Internal Medicine is your path to a future in Academic Medicine. Please feel free to contact me at:
LTC Kent J. DeZee, MD MPH FACP
Program Director, General Medicine Fellowship
Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University
4301 Jones Bridge Rd. - EDP
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 319-2369
kent.dezee@usuhs.edu
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