The Baylor Scott & White Clinical Informatics Fellowship is a two-year, ACGME-accredited program offering a unique blend of practical experience in clinical informatics, high-quality didactics, and strong faculty and administrative support.
The fellowship is based in Round Rock, TX, a suburb within the booming Austin, TX metropolitan area, and offers a hybrid remote option. This flexible arrangement allows fellows to engage in both on-site and remote learning and work experiences, including online graduate coursework in biomedical informatics.
The fellowship is intended to provide physicians with skills and experience important for leadership roles such as Chief Medical Information Officer, Chief Health Information Officer, or Chief Laboratory Information Officer.
We welcome residency graduates from all specialties who will be board-eligible or board-certified prior to beginning fellowship training. Upon completion of the program, fellows will be eligible for board certification in Clinical Informatics. Additionally, there may be opportunities for fellows to combine Clinical Informatics training with another specialty fellowship at Baylor Scott & White, offering a diverse and comprehensive training experience.
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Plan de estudios
Sobre el programa
Over the course of the fellowship, fellows will complete informatics rotations that embed fellows within a variety of informatics teams at BSWH. Under the guidance of program faculty, fellows will learn and apply informatics skills in the complex business and clinical environment of a large health care system.
Fellows will take ownership of meaningful informatics projects and will have the opportunity to participate in the evaluation, design, and implementation of health information technologies. Fellows will be required to pursue one or more academic research project(s), the results of which will be disseminated through publication or presentation at academic or professional conferences.
The fellowship includes fully funded enrollment in the Oregon Health and Science University clinical informatics graduate certificate program, a comprehensive didactic curriculum tailored for health care professionals.
Fellows will be encouraged to remain active in their primary specialty, up to 20% of the time, during their fellowship. This clinical experience is designed to be flexible and will be tailored to each fellow’s career goals and interests.
ocupaciones
Clinical informatics core activities
The clinical informatics core activities permit fellows to maintain longitudinal involvement with ongoing clinical informatics initiatives, in addition to their current rotation focus. For example, fellows will participate in interdisciplinary IT planning and implementation meetings pertaining to long-term projects and will maintain involvement in informatics leadership via interdisciplinary committee participation.
Focused rotations
During focused rotations, fellows focus their work and learning efforts on specific subdomains of clinical informatics.
Investigación
Fellows will be oriented to the ongoing areas of clinical informatics research at BSWH. Before or during the outset of the research rotation blocks, fellows will be introduced to program faculty conducting informatics-related research and will work with the Program Director to select a mentor and to design a project that complements the fellow’s interests and career goals. The research project is considered a “capstone” experience for the fellowship, and fellows will be expected to submit their work for presentation or publication in an academic setting.
Electivo
Fellows will work with the Program Director to design customized rotations where they can further pursue their individual informatics-related interests and career goals. Fellows may elect to repeat any existing rotation or can work with program faculty to design specialized rotations in any area of informatics available at BSWH.
Capstone
The clinical informatics fellowship capstone is intended to be a substantial scholarly, clinical, or educational project that serves as a culminating experience of fellowship training and that is intended to advance each fellow’s career goals. A primary aim of the rotation is to give each fellow the experience of “ownership” of a real-world informatics project. Each fellow has the freedom to define and execute their own project, subject to review for feasibility and appropriateness by the rotation director. Fellows will have the responsibility to identify resources, address barriers, set timelines, and carry their project forward as independently as possible.
OHSU Clinical Informatics Graduate Certificate Program
During the course of the fellowship, each fellow will complete an online graduate certificate in Clinical Informatics from OHSU or from an equivalent training program. This graduate certificate program has been designed around the ACGME Clinical Informatics Milestones.
Club de diarios
Fellows will have primary responsibility for organizing and presenting a scholarly article from the informatics literature at a recuring journal club conducted through the Baylor Scott and White Informatics Consortium.
Teaching conference presentations
Fellows will be required to prepare and deliver a series of basic clinical informatics lectures to trainees in other graduate medical education programs in the institution.
Clinical practice
Fellows may maintain up to 20% FTE practice in their primary clinical specialty throughout the fellowship. The Program Director will work with the fellow and with clinical departments to find an acceptable schedule and practice setting.
Otras actividades
Fellows will be provided numerous other educational opportunities. Examples include Epic Physician Builder training and access to third-party lectures or seminars on informatics topics.
Sample schedule
| Mes | Site | Rotation | Longitudinal activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R | Introduction to Clinical Informatics | OHSU, CP |
| 2 | R | Laboratory Informatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 3 | R | Laboratory Informatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA, TC |
| 4 | R | Bioinformatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 5 | R | Bioinformatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 6 | R | Inpatient Informatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA, TC |
| 7 | R | Inpatient Informatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 8 | R | Electivo | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 9 | R | Emergency Medicine Informatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA, TC |
| 10 | R | Emergency Medicine Informatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 11 | R | Healthcare Analytics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 12 | R, T | Healthcare Analytics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA, TC |
| 13 | R | Sistemas de información | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 14 | R | Sistemas de información | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 15 | R, T | Capstone | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA, TC |
| 16 | R | Electivo | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 17 | R | Ambulatory Informatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 18 | R | Ambulatory Informatics | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA, TC |
| 19 | R, T | Capstone | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 20 | R, T | Liderazgo | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 21 | R, T | Electivo | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA, TC |
| 22 | R, T | Electivo | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 23 | R, T | Electivo | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA |
| 24 | R, T | Capstone | OHSU, CP, JC, CICA, TC |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| R | Baylor Scott & Centro Médico Blanco - Round Rock |
| T | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Templo |
| OHSU | Oregon Health & Science University graduate certificate program |
| CP | Clinical Practice |
| CICA | Clinical Informatics Core Activities |
| JC | Informatics Journal club |
| TC | Teaching Conference Presentation |
Cómo aplicar
We use the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to electronically accept fellowship applications, letters of recommendations, dean’s letters, transcripts and other credentials directly from your medical school.
Requerimientos de aplicacion
- Completed an ACGME-accredited residency program prior to fellowship enrollment
- Medical school transcript (certified English translation if from non-US institution)
- Tres cartas de recomendación
- Personal statement describing the applicant’s interest, experience and career goals in clinical informatics
- Curriculum vitae
- USMLE transcript
Interested applicants are encouraged to directly contact the Program Administrator(s). Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, and interviews are generally offered between September and November.
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Profesorado y becarios
Our dedicated faculty, with diverse expertise and a passion for teaching, offers invaluable mentorship and our talented fellows bring enthusiasm and fresh perspectives to patient care. Together, they create a supportive community committed to excellence in medical education and compassionate care.
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