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what exactly is the fellowship?

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Alina T
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07/29/03 - 12:18 AM

bbb, can you please explain what exactly is the fellowship? I assume that it is a sort of specialization, but this thing is not very clear in my mind. How many years does it take? Please excuse my ignorance, but I feel that I can ask you these "basic" questions, too. You have been a great help, thank you!

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07/29/03 - 08:23 AM

According to ACGME:

Resident - A physician at any level of GME in a program accredited by the ACGME. Participants in accredited subspecialty programs are included. Other uses of the term "resident" require modifiers.

Fellow - A physician in a program of graduate medical education accredited by the ACGME that is beyond the requirements for eligibility for first board certification in the discipline. Such physicians are also termed subspecialty residents. Other uses of the term "fellow" require modifiers for precision and clarity, eg, "research fellow".

Subspecialty Program - Provides advanced GME in a narrow field of study within a medical specialty, e.g., geriatric medicine within the field of internal medicine. Most subspecialty programs are subject to ACGME accreditation actions, policies, and procedures. Completing an ACGME-accredited residency in a particular subspecialty program may qualify the physician to seek certification by the related subspecialty board. Some subspecialty programs are accredited independently of the related general specialty program and are not dependant on a general specialty program. Other subspecialty programs function only in conjunction with an accredited general specialty program, and the subspecialty program's accreditation status is related to the status of the accredited general specialty program. The Residency Review Committee (RRC) determines whether accreditation of a given subspecialty program is dependant on accreditation of the related general specialty program.

How long? Different residency programs are a different number of years

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Alina T
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07/29/03 - 04:11 PM

thank you!

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mery

11/13/03 - 02:22 AM

can a foraging physicion spend flowship courses without passing the usmle courses?

bbb
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11/13/03 - 05:07 AM

Do you mean can you do Fellowship without USMLE?

Nope, you can't - you have to have ECFMG certification.

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oddissy4u
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11/18/03 - 04:47 PM

u mean to try for fellowships ---u have to go thr same steps n ecfmg cert and then wht???can u plz tell me some site wth this info?
thnx.

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11/19/03 - 06:29 AM

"oddissy4u" wrote:
u mean to try for fellowships ---u have to go thr same steps n ecfmg cert and then wht???

You have to do your residency and then complete your fellowship in your subspecialty.

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05/08/04 - 09:30 PM

I´m a new user of this page and I found it really interesting.
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