Fellowship by assessment

Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners by Assessment

In all the medical Royal Colleges Fellowship is a higher grade than membership of the College, but in the great majority of Royal Colleges Fellowship is awarded by election to a minority of the members who have been judged by the Council of the College, or by a relevant sub-committee, to have achieved professional distinction. This is the arrangement in the Royal Colleges of Physicians, General...

Assessment of the neuroradiology fellowship match: year 3.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE When the fellowship match for trainees entering neuroradiology programs was first proposed in 2001, the program directors in neuroradiology agreed to a 3-year trial utilizing the National Residency Match Program (NRMP) for selecting fellows. A decision as to whether to continue with the neuroradiology fellowship match was to be assessed at the 3-year mark in 2004. METHO...

Hand Surgery Fellowship Selection Criteria: A National Fellowship Director Survey

BACKGROUND Candidate characteristics for hand surgery fellowship training remains unknown, as very little data is available in the literature. This study aims to provide information on the criteria that are employed to select candidates for the hand surgery fellowship match. METHODS A 38-question survey was sent in April 2015 to all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recogni...

Family medicine obstetrics fellowship graduates: training and post-fellowship experience.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family medicine obstetrics and maternal-child health fellowships offer family physicians additional training in pregnancy care. Our objectives were to assess the content of these fellowship programs, the clinical practices of fellowship graduates, and factors associated with inclusion of cesarean delivery in practice after fellowship training. METHODS A survey was se...

The radiology fellowship and fellowship match: current status.