The program provides salary and benefits, office space, access to library and computer services, shared secretarial support and special funds for research, travel and other educational activities. The curriculum for fellows is individualized. Fellows may take other course work, including courses offered in the Arts and Sciences, Business, Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Health Administration, and other University programs.
Fellows have clinical assignments tailored to their educational needs.
Most fellows serve as inpatient and clinic Attending Physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The major educational activity for each fellow is a special project. Working closely with a mentor, each fellow completes one or more projects suitable for publication. Typically, fellows develop and perform clinical research. Some choose to develop new curriculum, software, a book, or some other academic product.