UCSF Family Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship

Early-career faculty wear many hats—clinician, educator, mentor, leader. But most of us were never trained for all of it.

The UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine's Faculty Development Fellowship supports early-career faculty teaching in any primary care residency program, including:

  • Family Medicine

  • Internal Medicine

  • Pediatrics

  • Other primary care specialties

This longitudinal, part-time, in-person fellowship builds confidence and community across four core areas:


  • Teaching & educational excellence

  • Leadership development

  • Scholarship & mentorship

  • Professional sustainability & well-being
     

Why join our Faculty Development Fellowship? Hear from our Alumni.

 

Clinicians are taught to diagnose and to treat, they are not taught how to teach. There are specific frameworks, concepts, guidelines, and requirements that are essential for medical teachers to know in order to adequately prepare learners for functioning successfully in medical education.
Angela Rodgers, MD
Family Medicine Physician and Core Faculty, Contra Costa Family Medicine Residency Program
UCSF Family Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship Class of 2022

 

 

[The fellowship] really helped me counter a lot of the imposter phenomenon that I was feeling...It left me in a place where essentially by the time I finished the fellowship I really truly in my heart of hearts felt like I belong in academic medicine.
Liana Milanes, MD
Core Faculty, UCSF Fresno Dept. of Family Medicine
Alum, UCSF Family Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship Class of 2018

 

 

It has transformed my concept of myself what I'm capable of and what I'm able to do as an educator as well as my approach to my learners.
Alison Bacon, MD
Faculty, Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program
UCSF Family Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship Class of 2020

 

 

The fellowship offers us an opportunity to design the impact that we want to have not only on the residents and the medical students with whom we work but also bring that mindfulness to other faculty in our institutions...[It] not only helps us become better teachers but literally contributes to the evolution of medical teaching.
Linda Russell 
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, John Muir Family Medicine Residency Program
UCSF Family Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship Class of 2018

 

 

 

The Benefits

  • Learn how to apply adult learning theory
  • Develop faculty competencies through self-reflection, inquiry, and experiential learning
  • Join a supportive community of peers
  • Follow in the footsteps of previous fellows who hold leadership positions throughout the state

Learn more about our curriculum.

 

Program and Application Details

Fellows meet eight times for three-day sessions held monthly from October through May at the Ralston White Retreat Center on Mt. Tamalpais in Mill Valley, California. 

2026-2027 session dates:

  • Oct 19-21
  • Nov 17-19
  • Dec 7-9
  • Jan 11-13 (virtual)
  • Feb 1-3
  • Mar 1-3
  • Apr 5-7
  • May 10-12

We accept up to 18 fellows annually. Applicants must be sponsored by their residency directors or program chairs. There is a tuition fee of $17,500 to cover costs of fellowship faculty, training materials, facility use, and other expenses. We also offer faculty development intensive specific to your program. 

Priority will be given to faculty who currently hold teaching positions at a family medicine residency program or department. We welcome applications from other primary care specialties.

Apply using the form below. Application period: January 5 - February 23.

Inquiries may be emailed to [email protected]

Application form

 

 

Our Mission

  • To help faculty develop competencies as teachers, educators, scholars, and lifelong learners through self-reflection, inquiry, and experiential learning
  • To build a community of fellows who support, challenge, and collaborate with one another
  • To create a cadre of knowledgeable and skilled leaders who use their skills to promote primary care education and foster inclusive learning environments
  • To do this work collaboratively as a learning community, with a lens of equity and inclusion

Since 1993, we have offered this fellowship to family medicine residency faculty throughout Northern California and beyond. Many of our fellowship graduates go on to take on leadership roles in their programs.

 

meet the fACULTY

 

Additional Information

In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

University of California, San Francisco, designates this live activity for a maximum of 100.00 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This Activity meets exception criteria to identify, mitigate, or disclose relevant financial relationships because it is accredited education that is non- clinical, such as teaching skills or communication skills training.

In accordance with Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, health, or disability. For detailed information, visit the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination. 

Read our Anti-Discrimination Policy.

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