Curriculum
As a fellow in the Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Mayo Clinic Health System — Eau Claire, you'll have the opportunity to tailor the curriculum to your personal career objectives. While the program is mainly clinical with the goal to train outstanding hospitalists, there are opportunities to participate in hospital committees, research, leadership development, teaching, and quality improvement initiatives.
Our curriculum follows the Society of Hospital Medicine Core Competencies and ultimately provides requirements through SHM for accreditation in hospital medicine.
Rotations
As a fellow, you will collaborate with full-time hospitalist faculty across Mayo Clinic Health System hospitals in Northwest Wisconsin. Rotations are 13 blocks of four weeks each.
| Rotation | # of Blocks |
|---|---|
| Hospital medicine | 6 blocks |
| ICU/hospital procedure | 2 blocks |
| Rural hospital rotations | 2 blocks |
| Research/quality improvement project | 1 block |
| Advanced Care at Home (Telemedicine) | 1 block |
| Electives | 2 blocks |
| Training in POCUS occurs throughout the program with certification at the end of the fellowship | |
Elective options
The fellowship includes two blocks of electives. Elective options include:
- Infectious disease
- Cardiology
- Neurology
- Gastroenterology
- Pulmonary/critical care
- Palliative care medicine
- Nephrology
- Oncology
- Interventional radiology (focused on procedures)
- Telemedicine
- Research
Didactic training
You will participate in weekly didactic lectures, monthly journal club, and quarterly mortality and morbidity review sessions. Academic grand rounds occur every week and participation is expected throughout your training.
Research training
While this fellowship is primarily clinical, we have ample resources to support you in meaningful research activities. The research rotation can be adjusted based on your individual interests. Our faculty is experienced in publishing and disseminating research on national and international conferences. You will be mentored how to write and publish case studies, case series, and retrospective studies. There will also be an opportunity to engage in quality improvement. We are one of the rare health systems that can offer significant research support to fellows who are interested in patient safety and quality projects related to telemedicine (through the Mayo Clinic Advance Care at Home program).