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Department of Medicine
3500 Terrace Street
Biomedical Science Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: (412) 383-8861 |
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Admissions
Eligibility:
Application Requirements:
Our program is now using ERAS to fill positions. You can begin filling out your applications at the AAMC web site (http://www.aamc.org/eras)
Clinical Training Program
The clinical training component of our Fellowship Training Program is designed to provide a strong foundation for those individuals interested in the practice of rheumatology and for those interested in a research career. There is a heavy emphasis on outpatient clinical experience with exposure to a broad spectrum of rheumatic diseases. The fellow is an active member of a health care team and is responsible for longitudinal patient management with primary decision-making responsibilities under faculty supervision. This is complemented by training in the inpatient setting that consists of evaluation and management of patients who are hospitalized under the direct care of faculty rheumatologists and approximately 40 inpatient consultations per month.
OUTPATIENT EXPERIENCE
Each fellow attends three to six outpatient rheumatology sessions per week, depending on other (e.g. inpatient, research) concurrent training activities. Fellows perform complete initial evaluations, correspond with the patient's referring physician, and function as the patient's primary rheumatologist for longitudinal care under the supervision of a faculty member. The outpatient rheumatology experience involves participation in disease-specific sessions (one to four times monthly) staffed by faculty with clinical expertise and research interest in these diseases, as well as general rheumatology sessions. These disease-specific sessions include:
- Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatic Disease
- Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Systemic Sclerosis
The general rheumatology sessions take place at the UPMC Arthritis Center, the Oakland Veterans Administration Medical Center, and satellite locations in the Arthritis Center Network. Each fellow sees one or two new patients and four to six follow-up patients per session.
INPATIENT EXPERIENCE
The fellow spends approximately nine months on the inpatient consultation service over the course of the two-year fellowship. This service provides inpatient consults for the hospitals that comprise the UPMC Oakland campus and include Presbyterian University Hospital, the Eye and Ear Hospital of Pittsburgh, Magee-Women's Hospital, and the VA Medical Center-Oakland. The fellow is a member of a team (faculty, fellow, resident) which is responsible for initial evaluation and follow up of inpatient consults as well as inpatients who are under the primary care of the rheumatology faculty.
Conferences/Didactic Training
The practical outpatient and inpatient rheumatology training is supplemented by formal didactic sessions throughout the fellowship training period. These are comprised of rotations in specific areas, scheduled conferences, and courses.
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