The Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health offers a unique, customizable Career Development Fellowship designed to help you launch (or shift) your family medicine career. This fellowship is co-designed with you, the fellow, to build the skills and experiences you need to achieve your career goals. Applicants must be board eligible or board certified in Family Medicine.

 

Duration: 1 year (extension available)

Overview: The Duke Family Medicine and Community Health Career Development Fellowship offers a unique, customizable experience designed to help you launch (or shift) your family medicine career. This fellowship is co-designed with you, the fellow, to build the skills and experiences you need to achieve your career goals.

Structure:

  • Clinical Work: 5 half days per week
    • Fellows are credentialed as attendings and work independently.
  • Career Development: 5 half days per week
    • Dedicated to your personalized career development goals.

Focus Areas: Past fellows have concentrated on various areas, including:

  • Reproductive Health
  • Maternity Care
  • Community Health
  • Breastfeeding Medicine
  • Health Equity

Co-Design Process: The co-design process typically begins in the fall to plan for a fellowship starting the following summer. Fellows identify a primary mentor who helps them develop their content area, curriculum and experiences. Fellows are receive a clinical faculty appointment and are paid on the Duke GME stipend rates.

Contact Information: For more information, please contact Jacinda Strombeck at jacinda.strombeck@duke.edu.