VA National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program Post-Residency/ Pre and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Positions Advancing the Scholarship of Improving Health Care Purpose Curriculum Components To develop the next generation of leaders in the Weekly interactive video conferences research, teaching, and administration of health care Participation in national practicum opportunities quality improvement. An important goal of the Fellow improvement projects program is to develop individuals who will be able to Clinical and education activities advance the scientific basis of health care National conference improvement. Course work (MPH or equivalent degree tuition VA Quality Scholars (VAQS) will be able to: covered at some Design and lead efforts for quality Requirements improvement. Teach health professionals about health care Physicians: Applicants must have completed improvement and quality. ACGME-accredited residency or fellowship training, Design and conduct research or improvement be board-eligible or board-certified, and have an projects and publish results in peer-reviewed active, unrestricted U.S. license to practice. literature. International medical graduates must also fulfill visa Develop new knowledge for the ongoing and ECFMG requirements. improvement of the quality and value of Nurses: Accepted into a DNP or PhD program at one health care services. of the five affiliated schools of nursing or completed Apply quality improvement and health DNP or PhD; active, unrestricted license to practice; services and outcomes research methods. and U. S. citizenship. Learn successful approaches for grant writing and funding. Contact Information Physician Contact Program Anne M. Tomolo, MD, MPH Established in 1999, the VAQS Fellowship Program is Chief of Quality Medicine, Medical Specialty Service comprised of 8 training sites throughout the United Atlanta VA Medical Center States and an affiliate site in Toronto, Canada. Each Associate Professor of Medicine of the fellowship sites is located at a VA medical Emory University School of Medicine Phone 404-321-6111 | Cell 404-702-7337 center and partnered with an academic medical center and university. Mentoring is a critical component of Nurse Contact this two-year program which links individualized Bethany Roberston, DNP,CNM training at each site to a state-of-the-art curriculum Executive Director & Chief Learning Officer developed by the VAQS Coordinating Center in WellStar Health System Houston, Texas. Each year, three positions are Clinical Assistant Professor available at each site. Stipends and fringe benefits are Nell Hodgson Woodruff SON, Emory University Phone 770.956.6405 | Cell 678.595.1500 provided by the VA.
VA National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program Post-Residency/ Pre and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Positions Advancing the Scholarship of Improving Health Care Purpose To develop the next generation of leaders in the research, teaching, and administration of health care quality improvement. An important goal of the program is to develop individuals who will be able to advance the scientific basis of health care improvement. VA Quality Scholars (VAQS) will be able to: Design and lead efforts for quality improvement. Teach health professionals about health care improvement and quality. Design and conduct research or improvement projects and publish results in peer-reviewed literature. Develop new knowledge for the ongoing improvement of the quality and value of health care services. Apply quality improvement and health services and outcomes research methods. Learn successful approaches for grant writing and funding. Program Established in 1999, the VAQS Fellowship Program is comprised of 8 training sites throughout the United States and an affiliate site in Toronto, Canada. Each of the fellowship sites is located at a VA medical center and partnered with an academic medical center and university. Mentoring is a critical component of this two-year program which links individualized training at each site to a state-of-the-art curriculum developed by the VAQS Coordinating Center in Houston, Texas. Each year, three positions are available at each site. Stipends and fringe benefits are provided by the VA. Curriculum Components Weekly interactive video conferences Participation in national practicum opportunities Fellow improvement projects Clinical and education activities National conference Course work (MPH or equivalent degree tuition covered at some Requirements Physicians: Applicants must have completed ACGME-accredited residency or fellowship training, be board-eligible or board-certified, and have an active, unrestricted U.S. license to practice. International medical graduates must also fulfill visa and ECFMG requirements. Nurses: Accepted into a DNP or PhD program at one of the five affiliated schools of nursing or completed DNP or PhD; active, unrestricted license to practice; and U. S. citizenship. Contact Information Physician Contact Anne M. Tomolo, MD, MPH Chief of Quality Medicine, Medical Specialty Service Atlanta VA Medical Center Associate Professor of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Phone 404-321-6111 | Cell 404-702-7337 Nurse Contact Bethany Roberston, DNP,CNM Executive Director & Chief Learning Officer WellStar Health System Clinical Assistant Professor Nell Hodgson Woodruff SON, Emory University Phone 770.956.6405 | Cell 678.595.1500
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