This two year fellowship aims to train internists in the skills they need to become academic hospitalists, who are both excellent clinician-educators and possess the knowledge and skills to become independent researchers. Fellows participate in UCSF's superb 2 month introduction to clinical research (TICR) as well as the year-long Advanced Training in Clinical Research course. Through strong mentoring and exposure to the resources of the hospitalist group, the Department of Medicine, and those of other Departments, hospital medicine research fellows are given the opportunity to develop and carry out research, quality improvement, and other projects. These projects provide fellows the opportunity to learn the skills needed to become competitive for academic hospitalist positions with "protected time." to procure both intramural and extramural funding for projects, and to publish the fruits of their research and present their research at national meetings (such as SHM or SGIM). Although fellows may choose to pursue a wide array of topics of personal interest, the emphases of the UCSF hospitalist group include research in: The organization of hospital care Measuring and improving the quality of hospital care Patient safety Outcomes research related to common hospital illnesses (eg, thromboembolism, pneumonia) Medical management of surgical patients Hospital interfaces (ie, communication between hospital and outpatient settings) End of life care Pain management Medical education in the inpatient setting Medical informatics Fellows are generally mentored by Bob Wachter and various of the hospitalist faculty depending on interest. These faculty include Andy Auerbach, Steve Pantilat, Karen Hauer, Margaret Fang, Russ Cucina, and others. Previous Hospital Medicine research fellows have included: Name (yr) Residency Other Prior Experience Primary interest Present position Kaveh Shojania (1998-2000) Brigham & Women's Hospital   Quality Measurement Evidence-based Medicine Patient Safety Asst. Professor of Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute Tracy Minichiello (1999-2001) Yale Chief Resident, Yale Venous thromboembolism Residency Education Asst. Professor of Medicine, UCSF; Associate Program Director, UCSF Medicine Residency Robert Trowbridge (2000-2002) Stanford Stanford Faculty; Indian Health Service Quality Improvement Practice Guidelines Venous Thromboembolism Hospitalist, Maine Medical Center Arpana Vidyarthi (2002-2004) Cambridge Hospital Chief Resident, Cambridge Hospital Medical education Patient safety Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF Sumant Ranji (2002-2004) University of Chicago Chief Resident, Cook County Hospital Evidence-based Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF Susannah Clark (2004-2005) University of New Mexico   Palliative Care Hospitalist, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Eduard Vasileskis (2005-present)  UCSF Chief Resident, UCSF Quality Measurement Hospitalists and Quality           Fellow, Hospitalist Group, UCSF Fellows attend on the medical service at UCSF for an average of 3 months per year. The timing of ward attending is structured to allow maximum flexibility for research activities and to participate in the research courses. Fellows receive extensive mentoring in their professional development, including in their research, clinical teaching, and career planning. Further information: Contact Robert Wachter, MD To Apply: email a CV, the names of 3 references along with letters of recommendation, and a 1-2 page letter describing your background, career plans, and research interests.