Post-residency medical education fellowships: a scoping review

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Figure 1. Flowchart of search strategy

Table 1. Post-residency medical education fellowship demographics

Program Characteristics	Category	N (%)
	Total	10 (100)
Location	USA	9 (90)
	UK	1 (10)
Affiliation	One university/institution	9 (90)
	Multiple institutions	1 (10)
Program Type	Dedicated education fellowship	5 (50)
	Track of existing fellowship	5 (50)
Specialty	Cardiology	1 (10)
	Dermatology	1 (10)
	Emergency Medicine	2 (20)
	Family Medicine	1 (10)
	General Internal Medicine	1 (10)
	Geriatrics	1 (10)
	Pediatrics	1 (10)
	Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine	1 (10)
	Joint Medicine and Anesthesiology	1 (10)
Number of Fellows	1	2 (20)
	2	1 (10)
	>10	1 (10)
	Not stated	6 (60)
Duration	1 year	4 (40)
	2 years	3 (30)
	Not stated	3 (30)

Table 2. Summary of post-residency medical education fellowships (N = 10)

Program Name	Curricular Content					Edsucational Strategies			Evaluation
	Teaching Skills	Adult Learning Theory	Curriculum Develop-ment	Medical education research/scholarship	Career Develop -ment	Workshops	Mentorships	Projects	Evaluated	Study Design	Outcome Measure	Results	Kirkpatrick Level	MERSQI
University of Washington Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Clinician Educator Track [15]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Not stated	Quantitative	Fellows assumed clinician educator roles Number of clinician educator faculty in the division has tripled	Level 4
Whipps Cross University Hospital Medical Education Fellowship [16]	X					X
The Donald W. Reynolds Consortium for Faculty Development to Advance Geriatrics Education (FD~AGE) Clinician-Educator Fellowship [17]	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	Reviewed annual progress reports	Mixed	Fellows assumed clinician educator roles	Level 3	13.2
Dermatology Fellowship for Academic Clinician Teachers at University of Pennsylvania [18]	X	X			X	X		X
General Pediatrics Master Educator Fellowship (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital) [19]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Program Name	Curricular Content					Educational Strategies			Evaluation
	Teaching Skills	Adult Learning Theory	Curriculum Develop-ment	Medical education research/scholarship	Career Develop -ment	Workshops	Mentorships	Projects	Evaluated	Study Design	Outcome Measure	Results	Kirkpatrick Level	MERSQI
Medical Educator Pathway in Cardiology Fellowship at University of Michigan [20]	X	X	X	X		X		X
Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine Medical Education Track [21]			X	X	X	X		X	X	Reviewed quality of written documentation of eight projects Reviewed number of new curricular opportunities	Mixed	All projects fulfilled between six and eight of the criteria set by expert reviewers Fellows implemented projects which created new or improved curricular opportunities	Level 3	10
Johns Hopkins GIM Fellowship Medical Education Track [22]	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	Reviewed CVs	Quantitative	Increase in total publications and publications with fellows as first authors Fellows assumed clinician educator roles	Level 4
Harbor-UCLA EM Medical Education Fellowship [23]	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	Not stated	Qualitative	Fellows assumed clinician educator roles	Level 3
OHSU EM Medical Education Fellowship [23]	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	Not stated	Qualitative	Fellows assumed clinician educator roles	Level 3

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