Endocrinology Fellowship Program - Fellow Responsibilities Second Year
Learn about the responsibilities of our second-year fellows at Tufts Medical Center in downtown Boston, MA.
Outpatient Clinics - Core
  • Evaluation of new patients and continuing care of returning patients in the following outpatient subspecialty clinics:
    • Bone
    • Neuroendocrine
    • Thyroid
    • Thyroid FNA (a few times a year as needed)
    • Diabetes and Lipid
  • At the end of the first-year, one of these clinics was designated as "continuity" clinic and is done weekly during the second year
  • The other clinics are every week or every other week, depending on the fellow's interest or educational need.
Outpatient Clinics - Electives
  • Evaluation of new patients and continuing care of returning patients in the following outpatient subspecialty clinics:
    • Pediatrics
    • Reproductive endocrinology
    • Transgender health
    • Weight and wellness
  • These electives may take place at other academic institutions in the Boston metropolitan area.
  • Each block is 4 to 8 weeks, depending on clinic.
     
Inpatient Consultation Service
  • Coverage of the Inpatient Endocrinology Consultation Service and in coordination with the internal medicine resident(s) and medical student(s) rotating through the Endocrinology Service.
  • Eight weeks total, in four 2-week blocks for each second-year fellow:
    • July and August (so first-year fellows have time to adjust and prepare for the ABIM internal medicine examination)
    • One 2-week block in November/December and January/February
  • The fellow who is covering the inpatient endocrinology consultation service also covers the inpatient Glycemic Consultation Service (GCS) during weekends and holidays.
Coverage
  • The fellow who is covering the inpatient endocrinology consultation service also covers the inpatient Glycemic Consultation Service (GCS) during weekends and holidays.
Self-study, didactics and endocrine conferences
  • Daily independent in-depth study from endocrine reference textbooks, selected articles (available in the shared drive and campus library), the endocrine literature on topics relevant to patients seen or discussed in conference.
  • Presentation of short clinical cases at the weekly Clinical Case Conference. Second-year fellows are expected to present patients with more complicated conditions.
  • Attendance and active participation at monthly conferences (pathology, radiology).
  • Two in-depth presentations at Endocrine Seminar Series per year.
  • Teaching of residents and students when rotating in Endocrinology.
  • Organization of the weekly clinical case conference and multidisciplinary conferences, e.g., pathology, radiology.
Research and/or quality improvement
  • Meaningful participation in an endocrine-related research project and/or quality improvement project at various stages throughout fellowship is encouraged.
  • Present abstract(s) at national meetings and prepare and submit publication(s) for peer-reviewed journal(s).
  • Fellows attend 1 national conference a year, typically Endo Society or American Diabetes Association, American Thyroid Association, or AACE
Teaching
  • Teaching of residents and students when they rotate. 
  • Participate in formal teaching of residents through didactic conferences.
  • Participate in teaching the second-year medical students during the endocrine pathophysiology course at Tufts University School of Medicine as part of Team-Based Learning.