Just wondering...

[JJCaliforniaDO]

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😎Is there a medicine specialty in Teaching? I would like to somehow teach medical students and/or somehow have a DO and teach, like in a medical school, or in hospitals to help train residents, etc.

I was also interested in medicine in writing. How does one get involved in professional publishing, such as writing, or reviewing articles for AOA, or ACOFP, or NEJM, etc. Is there a career in such things?

Thanks for any advice or info you may have!

 

[Misterioso]

😎Is there a medicine specialty in Teaching? I would like to somehow teach medical students and/or somehow have a DO and teach, like in a medical school, or in hospitals to help train residents, etc.

I was also interested in medicine in writing. How does one get involved in professional publishing, such as writing, or reviewing articles for AOA, or ACOFP, or NEJM, etc. Is there a career in such things?

Thanks for any advice or info you may have!

I don't think you'll find a specialty in "Teaching". What people who are interested in teaching usually do is get a job as an attending at an academic hospital where they can teach the med students and residents there. More power to you bro for wanting to deal with med students and residents as an attending. I can't stand most med students and couldn't imagine voluntarily taking a pay cut compared to private practice once I become an attending to teach these yokels.

 

[Top Gun]

More power to you bro for wanting to deal with med students and residents as an attending. I can't stand most med students and couldn't imagine voluntarily taking a pay cut compared to private practice once I become an attending to teach these yokels.

Yes, but you can have your way with them as the big badas$ attending. 😉
I thought that's what you always dreamed of.

 

[Misterioso]

Yes, but you can have your way with them as the big badas$ attending. 😉
I thought that's what you always dreamed of.

More money is more important.

 

[HCE]

Is there a medicine specialty in Teaching?

Yes, its called Pathology.

 

[McDoctor]

There are primary care fellowships in faculty development.

IMHO, they are not necessary. You can get involved in teaching by practicing close to one of the COM's and precepting students, interns, and or residents. You can be an ACOFP mentor, since you are a DO, and stay involved that way. All that is required is board certification and a willingness to teach. It is not competive to get involved and give some lectures at most osteopathic programs and community hospitals, since your time is not typically reimbursed as much as you would make for direct patient care.

But if you really want to spend a year pontificating about different learning styles and whether or not medical students should be allowed to accept a cookie from a drug rep, these programs are out there for you.

 

[JJCaliforniaDO]

Thanks there for your advice!

JJ

 

[NDESTRUKT]

More money is more important.

Especially for you, since that's all you have going.

 

[elwademd]

some institutions also have "general medicine" fellowship (you're in southern california, and usc has this fellowship) where you function as junior faculty. it's pretty much a foray into academic medicine for physicians who didn't do residency at large academic institutions.

 

[JJCaliforniaDO]

Thanks.

I think I should be looking into 'academic medicine'

looks like that's the path i want to take

JJ

 

[Blade28]

some institutions also have "general medicine" fellowship (you're in southern california, and usc has this fellowship) where you function as junior faculty. it's pretty much a foray into academic medicine for physicians who didn't do residency at large academic institutions.

Is that like the "chief" year that some residents do after their Internal Medicine residency?

 

[InductionAgent]

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I was also interested in medicine in writing. How does one get involved in professional publishing, such as writing, or reviewing articles for AOA, or ACOFP, or NEJM, etc. Is there a career in such things?

Thanks for any advice or info you may have!

The Sept 5 (2007) issue of JAMA has an ad for a fellowship in medical editing on p. 974. MD or DO degree is a prerequisite. You would be working with the editorial and production staff of JAMA.

Even if you don't get the fellowship, applying for it could certainly lead to contacts, help you learn of other opportunities, etc. Looks like it might be an annual thing also, so more than a one-shot deal. It briefly caught my fancy, but I would miss the OR too much doing a whole year of that.

 

[gutonc]

Is that like the "chief" year that some residents do after their Internal Medicine residency?

Yes but w/o all the administrative BS that comes w/ being a chief (no quotes required).

 

[Blade28]

Yes but w/o all the administrative BS that comes w/ being a chief (no quotes required).

I just put it in quotes since it's the only chief year, IIRC, that's not simply your last year of residency. Kind of like a "mini-fellowship" of sorts.

 

[elwademd]

Is that like the "chief" year that some residents do after their Internal Medicine residency?

Yes but w/o all the administrative BS that comes w/ being a chief

agreed.

to the op, apparently there is a society of general internal medicine (sgim):
http://www.sgim.org/fellowtrain.cfm

johns hopkins has a general internal medicine fellowship, here's the link and description:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gim/fellowship/index.html

The Program is two to three years in length, and offers two specifically designed tracks. Hopkins GIM encourages research in many areas, including several new areas of emphasis, offering research training in tandem with other programs of excellence across Johns Hopkins University. The fellowship is also supported by several training grants. Fellows spend up to 20 percent of their time in the clinical setting, and the program offers several venues in which to practice medicine. Fellows are also offered a variety of opportunities to teach residents, medical students, or other trainees. Due to training grant restrictions, only citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. can be considered for the Hopkins GIM Fellowship.
The program attracts a diverse group of applicants. Hopkins GIM Fellows come from training programs across the United States and have a wide array of research interests, including clinical epidemiology, preventive medicine, health services research, women's health health disparities, ethics, and medical education. Click here for the roster of current Hopkins GIM Fellows.
The GIM Fellowship is proud of our over 80 alumni who have made their mark as researchers, educators, and leaders. Click here for the roster Hopkins GIM Alumni

 

[JJCaliforniaDO]

Good idea, I'll check out that edition. I don't really have any official 'journalism' experience, but like you said, it couldn't hurt to apply!

JJ