Career Development & Fellowships

The University of Virginia Department of Medicine offers fellowship training in more than ten specialities and subspecialties. For information about specific programs and the application process, please explore our fellowships site. And check here to see where our recent graduates have matched for fellowship.

Whether you are planning to go into a medical subspecialty, or a career in general medicine as a hospitalist or primary care physician, our residency program helps prepare you for that next step.

Our Career Development Series offers unique seminars designed to guide you through the career choices you will face. Examples include: a panel of hospitalists answering questions about their choice of field, and a session with subspecialty program directors who will tell you what they really look for in a fellowship applicant.

Residents universally enjoy these seminars. Those entering fellowships say it reduces anxiety and makes it easier to manage the application and interview process. Third-year residents − who have most recently navigated through job and fellowship applications − take a special leadership and mentoring role, providing invaluable "real-world" experience.

"I have been so fortunate during my time at UVA to come across amazing mentors who have helped me with my career development and fellowship pursuits. From the beginning of my intern year, I was afforded the opportunity to work with faculty who were not only outstanding clinicians but also easily approachable and dedicated to my future development. My research mentor has been a tremendous support every step of the way from helping to refine my experiments to discussing overall plans for a career in academic medicine. Additionally, I found UVA's unique career development series to be an instrumental guide when applying for fellowship. I am so excited to start my Endocrinology fellowship next summer!"

Graduate Degree Programs

Clinical Investigator Program

The Department of Medicine has a partnership with the Department of Public Health Sciences that allows two upper-level residents to obtain a department-subsidized Masters in Clinical Investigation degree by the end of their third year. Those chosen for the Clinical Investigator Track begin classes during their PGY-2 year, while maintaining their continuity clinic responsiblities.
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Master's of Public Health

The Master's of Public Health (MPH) at UVA is an interdisciplinary professional degree designed to provide health care and other professionals with an understanding of the public health sciences, knowledge and skills that can be used in health care management, population-based research, and the community practice of public health. Each student identifies a concentration and develops an individualized course of study with an advisor that addresses the student's professional interests, needs, and goals. Graduates are generally prepared for roles in a variety of public and regulatory agencies, in for-profit and not-for-profit health agencies, and in health services research.

Tracks within the MPH program are:

Health Policy, Law, and Ethics     Generalist: Practice & Research

Master's in Clinical Research

The Master's in Clinical Research is an interdisciplinary graduate degree designed to meet the changing needs of the current health care field, particularly the increasing need for trained professionals with well-developed quantitative and analytic skills. Graduates are equipped to tackle broad questions of health care organization and financing to specific instances of how to maximize medical benefit while controlling medical costs. There is a broad range of training opportunities for students interested in these new areas of clinical investigation, clinical information management, medical economics, and health services research.

The interdisciplinary blend of biostatistics, epidemiology, health services research methodology, clinical trial design, economics, information studies, and health policy offered through the M.S. in Clinical Research is taught by faculty in the Department of Public Health Sciences in collaboration with other faculty at UVA in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Arts and Sciences, Business, and Law.  The experience is one of intensive study aimed toward giving students the analytical skills needed in all areas of clinical research. 

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Women in Medicine

At UVA, we acknowledge the many challenging roles of women in medicine, including caring for people - one's own family and one's patients, transforming the profession through a commitment to balance of work and life, and developing leadership roles in academic medicine.

The Women in Internal Medicine group seeks to develop mentoring relationships with other female residents, fellows and attendings. Monthly meetings are held at someone's home or a local restaurant and focus on:

• Discussing issues related to work-life balance and the work environment
• Sharing experiences and patient stories as a means of rekindling our commitment to medicine
• Exploring pathways for professional development and leadership for women physicians

The group also plans to establish a lecture series to honor the vision of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman physician in the United States. To recognize the contributions of women in the field of Internal Medicine, we hope to explore topics such as:

• The Role of Negotiation in Career Advancement for Women in Medicine
• Boundary Issues in the Physician/Patient Relationship
• Women Physicians and the Tenure Tract
• Eliminating Gender Stereotypes from Medicine and Medical Education