Pediatric Primary Care Research Training
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ongoing changes in the healthcare system and persistent racial and ethnic disparities in health status underscore the need for highly skilled primary care research faculty who can succeed in an academic environment. Junior faculty often find it difficult to develop the skills to build and sustain a primary care research career. A research-oriented fellowship can prepare individuals to meet this goal, to become active learners throughout their careers, to serve as mentors and collaborators for clinical and community faculty and, ultimately, to move into positions of leadership.
This two- to three-year training program is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. Its goals are to:
- Attract highly qualified candidates who intend to build academic careers focusing on medically underserved populations and high risk groups.
- Guide fellows in developing the skills needed to be independent primary care researchers and prepare them to compare successfully for the resources to develop as leaders in the field.
- Introduce fellows to the techniques needed to be better teachers and to evaluate educational interventions, and
- Guide fellows to secure faculty positions that will promote their continued growth as primary care researchers focused on improving the health of urban, underserved families.
Eligibility
An individual is eligible for the program if s/he has completed residency training in pediatrics or combined internal medicine-pediatrics; is a citizen, non-citizen national or permanent resident alien of the United States; and intends to pursue an academic career as a pediatric primary care researcher in an area of expertise represented in our program's research mentors.
For more information, contact:
Lynette Forrest, Fellowship Coordinator
General Pediatrics
The Johns Hopkins University
200 N. Wolfe Street, Room 2055
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Phone: 410-614-0911