Overview
A tailored fellowship in perioperative quality improvement and patient safety in which the fellow helps lead departmental QI meetings and M&M conferences and leads department-wide quality initiatives.
The programme
- Focus
- Quality improvement & patient safety
- Training type
- Non-ACGME Fellowship (Clinical Instructor)
- Duration
- Not stated on official page
- Start
- Negotiable
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not ACGME-accredited
- Department
- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Graduate of an ACGME anesthesia residency; must be board eligible or certified
- International applicants
- Institution policyIMGs eligible if their school is in the World Directory/FAIMER and they hold a valid ECFMG certificate at application; non-US citizens need permanent residence, an appropriate visa or DACA
- Visa support
- Institution policyUCSF sponsors J-1 (ECFMG) and H-1B (incl. OPT) visas; H-1B/OPT require pre-approval by UCSF OGME; non-ACGME fellowships can take J-1 trainees only if ACGME Non-Standard Training (NST) recognised
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyCalifornia Postgraduate Training Licence (PTL) from the Medical Board of California required (full CA licence needed once accredited-training thresholds are reached)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Rolling until a candidate has been accepted
- Application method
- Email CV, 1-page description of interests/goals and 3 letters of recommendation to Dr. Linda Liu
Funding
- Funding
- Clinical instructor work 2 days/week with 50% call commitment in the general ORs provides salary support