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The fellowship is composed of 40% clinical work, 25% education and 35% scholarly work in the first year, designed to focus on an area of the fellow’s interest. Clinical time decreases in second and third years.

Clinical Work

  • Primary care experience in the AltaMed CHLA clinic
    • Two half-days of primary care clinic
    • Two half-days of urgent care clinic
    • Additional urgent care clinic shifts for extra pay
  • Two weeks each year attending on the inpatient setting at CHLA (supervised by a faculty member) or in the newborn nursery at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center

Education

  • Baseline curriculum covering a range of topics within health equity
    • Weekly meetings with fellows from other programs
    • Weekly meetings within the Division of General Pediatrics
    • Weekly health equity lecture series covering a range of topics:
      • Social determinants of health
      • Community-based participatory research
      • Health disparities
      • Racism
      • Immigrant health
      • Healthcare financing
      • Policy development
    • Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities program
      • Developing interdisciplinary leaders in healthcare with the necessary competencies for shaping effective health policies, programs, and outcomes for all children including those from underserved populations, autism spectrum disorder and special health care needs
    • Introductory course in Clinical and Translational Research Study Design
  • CME stipend to cover memberships to professional organizations, licensure and participation in national conferences such as AAP-NCE or PAS
  • Graduate coursework through the Keck School of Medicine
    • Public health
    • Academic medicine
    • Global health
  • One half-day of precepting residents in their continuity clinic
  • Teach in our residents’ Community Pediatrics rotations
  • Local legislative visits as well as an annual trip to Sacramento to advocate to state legislators on child healthcare topics with the American Academy of Pediatrics-California

Scholarly Work

  • We recognize that the ultimate goal of health equity can be addressed in many ways and want to provide our fellows with the flexibility to develop their areas of interest. Therefore, fellows will be allowed to choose from one of three tracks to pursue their personal education and scholarly work.
    • Community advocacy
    • Medical education
    • Health services research
  • Fellows will identify both a general academic mentor and a primary research mentor to help with career guidance and project development, respectively. These individuals will be part of the fellow’s Scholarship Oversight Committee to evaluate the fellow’s progress with regard to scholarly activity.
  • Fellows are expected to submit scholarly work for presentation locally and nationally