Health Policy Fellowship Programs

Cardiology fellowship training programs.

SPECIAL REPORTS 139 Pre-existing policy and opinion have suggested that the maldistribution of specialists should be addressed by greatly increasing the number of trainees. Current projections suggest that a substantial excess of cardiologists will develop over the next few decades. Presently, in several sectors of the U.S., a surplus of cardiologists exists. It is our consensus that the traini...

Directory of Residency and Fellowship Programs in Women's Health, 2016.

Mission Statement The mission of the Association of Academic Women's Health Programs (AAWHP) is to improve the health of women through leadership in research, education clinical models, and community partnerships. This mission is carried out through networking, leadership and mentoring collaborative projects, lobbying and advocacy, political and social commentary, education of policy-makers, pa...

Training in cardiology fellowship programs.

The study by Gurvitz et al. (1) provides a measured and reasonable assessment of the workforce of cardiologists to care for adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), the exposure of adult and pediatric cardiology fellows to adult patients with CHD, and several excellent suggestions to augment the workforce. The recommended training for physicians who care for adult patients with CHD h...

Health Affairs Health Policy Fellowship Experience of the Robert Wood Johnson

Global health opportunities within pediatric subspecialty fellowship training programs: surveying the virtual landscape

BACKGROUND There is growing interest in global health among medical trainees. Medical schools and residencies are responding to this trend by offering global health opportunities within their programs. Among United States (US) graduating pediatric residents, 40% choose to subspecialize after residency training. There is limited data, however, regarding global health opportunities within traditi...