Overview
One-year ACGME-accredited palliative medicine fellowship training since 2000 at UAB Hospitals, the Birmingham VA Medical Center and Children's of Alabama.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- July (must be available by 1 August)
- Positions
- 5 per year (4 adult track, 1 pediatric track)
- Accreditation
- ACGME-accredited
- Department
- Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Must be eligible for an Alabama medical licence, Alabama Controlled Substance Certificate and federal DEA registration; all USMLE steps completed at application; no minimum USMLE score
- International applicants
- IMGs accepted with a valid ECFMG certificate
- Visa support
- Division can sponsor J-1 visas; H-1B not sponsored unless the fellow is currently within the US
- Licence requirement
- Must be eligible for Alabama medical licence and Alabama Controlled Substance Certificate
How to apply
- Deadline
- Applications accepted through ERAS June through May
- Application method
- ERAS only; participates in ERAS signalling; 3 letters of recommendation
Funding
- Funding
- Salary and benefits per UAB PGY level