Overview - The goal of the program is to prepare new physician
faculty for careers in primary care academic medicine. The fellowship
provides training in teaching, research, administration, written communication
and professional academic skills. Since 1979, over 300 physicians have
completed the MSU faculty development fellowship.
The fellows are general internists, family practitioners and general
pediatricians from medical schools and primary care residencies throughout
the U.S. Each year from September through June, the fellows spend five
weeks at MSU participating in workshops, seminars, small group activities,
and practice teaching assignments. At their home institutions, they
complete assignments and a major project. With the assistance of MSU
faculty members and a peer mentor group, fellows design and implement
a curricular development and administrative project or a research project,
which they present at the the Primary Care Research and Development
Conference in June.
The Primary Care Faculty Development Fellowship Program is supported
by grants from the Division of Medicine, Public Health Service. This
program is also supported by the Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics
and Human Development, Family Practice, the Office of Medical Education
Research and Development, and the College of Human Medicine at Michigan
State University.
Program Goals
Upon completion of the fellowship program, participants will be able
to:
• Design, conduct and evaluate instruction in both classroom
and clinical settings
• Critically assess research literature
• Plan and complete a research, curriculum development or administrative
project.
• Write and present a journal article
• Use computers for teaching and research
• Apply principles of administration and management to clinical
and academic settings
• Develop a personal career plan in academic medicine
