Information on Post-Residency FellowshipsAccording to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), a surgical fellow is defined as a physician in a program of graduate medical education accredited by the ACGME, that is beyond the requirements for eligibility for initial board certification in a surgical discipline. Fellowships are available for those who wish to attain additional training after the completion of a residency program in one of the surgical specialties and are designed for the postgraduate board eligible/certified surgeon. The experience can expose participants to techniques and training which may not have been covered at great length during residency training and encourage the pursuit of research activities. Meant to build upon and broaden competency in a surgical specialty/subspecialty gained during residency, accredited fellowships must be affiliated with and under the supervision of an approved residency training program. Therefore, to enter most fellowship programs, applicants must have satisfactorily completed residency training in a United States program that is approved by the Residency Review Committee in the surgical specialty they intend to pursue and is accredited by the ACGME, or in a Canadian program approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Fellowships offer a method of passage between school and patient
care—combining classroom learning with clinical experience–but
the similarities between fellowship training programs may end
there. Programs can differ with regard to minimum hiring requirements,
salary, malpractice and health insurance offerings, the provision
of fees for attendance at medical meetings, specific balance
of classroom and clinical orientation curriculum, and program
completion requirements. Usually required to participate in grand
rounds and other program meetings pertinent to the specialty/
subspecialty area in which they are studying, fellows may also
be required to take part in research projects that will be presented
at local and national meetings. Some programs may even require
that fellows author or co-author peer-reviewed papers and articles
during the course of the fellowship. These are among the factors
that should be investigated if you decide to pursue fellowship
training. The Surgical Research Clearinghouse is a service of the American College of Surgeons to surgical residents and faculty that provides a listing of opportunities for training and research. The American Medical Association Resident and Fellow Section (AMA-RFS) Residency and Fellowship Vacancies American Academy of Opthalmology (Eyenet) Career Choices American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Physician Placement Service Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet) Job Opportunities American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Inc. - Job Classifieds (members only) American Pediatric Surgical Association Clearinghouse (Members Only) American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons - Job Bank American Society of Plastic Surgeons - Plastic Surgeons Forum (members only) American Association of Neurological Surgeons Online Career Center Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Job Board American Society of General Surgeons - Surgical Opportunity Program
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