Fellowship
General Internal Medicine
The General Internal Medicine Fellowship at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is a two-year, non-ACGME-accredited program that admits one or more fellows per year.
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The goal of the General Internal Medicine Fellowship at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is to recruit and train motivated individuals interested in becoming leaders in medicine to address evolving health care system needs.
Based upon their preference, fellows will have the opportunity to receive structured training and mentored experiences in a variety of areas, including clinical research, outcomes research, health care quality initiatives and medical education research and curriculum development. The two-year program is tailored to fit the needs of the individual learner.
Fellows are appointed at the level of clinical instructor in the Department of Medicine for two years.
Program Overview
Penn State’s Division of General Internal Medicine is home to more than 60 faculty, advanced practice providers and staff who serve many key functions at Hershey Medical Center, caring for more than 2,300 inpatients and 30,000 outpatients each year. Faculty are actively engaged in quality-improvement initiatives in all settings.
Members of the division are actively engaged in clinical research, including numerous faculty with funding from NIH and PCORI. Their research expertise includes women’s health, obesity, preventive medicine and innovations in medical education. They are key contributors to the teaching of medical students and internal medicine residents. Internal medicine faculty provide approximately one-third of all educational activities in the Department of Medicine.
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Fellows will receive structured training in clinical research, with the option of completing a or a Master of Education in Lifelong Learning and Adult Education.
Fellows will receive structured didactics with a peer group, as well as directly observed feedback on teaching and precepting residents.
Fellows will dedicate 30 percent of their effort to clinical care throughout their training, derived from both inpatient and outpatient clinical experiences.
Fellows will have the opportunity to complete mentored projects in clinical research, quality improvement and medical education research, as well as funding to present at national meetings.
Those who have completed residency training in internal medicine or are currently in their second of third year of an internal medicine residency program are eligible to apply.
Interested applicants should email the following to jmccallhosenfeld@pennstatehealth.psu.edu:
A current curriculum vitae
Personal statement
Three letters of recommendation
Contact and Leadership
Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Penn State College of Medicine
