Most of us wonder, from time to time, if we are prepared for the next stage of our professional careers. A former FP residency director once offered the observation: "If you’re not seriously rethinking your career path every few years, you’re not thinking enough. Life is too short to waste time in stagnant jobs, or be miserable in a job you are unprepared to handle." All of us should consider what we need to add to our credentials to prepare us as future leaders in military family practice. If you aspire to positions of leadership, in a clinic, hospital, or teaching program…

Consider a faculty development fellowship!

Fellowship in Faculty Development at Madigan Army Medical Center

Mission Statement: "The Faculty Development Fellowship, a two-year program at Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC), develops Physician-Leaders in Military Medicine and proactively serves as a stimulus for professional development throughout the military."

About the Program:

• Graduates: Where do they go, what do they do?

The fellowship seeks to develop an essential cadre of future leaders in military family medicine. Leadership skills, in practice and organization management and graduate medical education, are the cornerstone of fellowship training. Madigan fellows go on to assume leadership positions in residency programs and medical facilities throughout the military. Each fellowship graduate is a unique leader, with specific skills designed to complement a wide array of practice scenarios in military GME, medical administration, and clinical medicine.

• Curricula: MPH and MBA

Two graduate degree tracks are offered: Master of Public Health and Master of Business Administration. Both tracks are through nationally acclaimed graduate schools. Other graduate degrees may also be available. These choices provide fellows the flexibility to focus on their particular areas of interest.

• Research Opportunities

Fellows receive generous time and support for research, as well as fundamental and advanced training in research skills. MAMC provides outstanding support for research endeavors.

• What makes it UNIQUE?

MAMC’s Faculty Development Fellowship is unique among its military and civilian counterparts in its combination of personal and flexible academic enrichment and participation as faculty in an aggressive primary care residency program. Fellows do not sacrifice teaching opportunities or clinical practice to pursue their graduate degrees.

• The Fellowship Director

COL Joseph F. Yetter, MC, USA currently leads the fellowship. Dr. Yetter graduated from the University of Indiana School of Medicine. He completed internship in surgery, residencies in clinical pathology and family practice, and the Faculty Development Fellowship all at Madigan AMC. COL Yetter served as Chief, Department of Pathology and Area Laboratory Services at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Hood and as the Director of the International Polyclinic at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe in Belgium. COL Yetter's current academic interest include identifying unifying characteristics of excellent teachers of family medicine.

About the FP Department and Residency:

The fellowship is based within a fully accredited, longstanding family practice residency program at MAMC. The residency trains 6 future family physicians in each class each year. The department attracts outstanding family physicians from throughout the military to serve as faculty. Residents, fellows, and faculty are frequent contributors to the medical literature and to the annual USAFP Scientific Assembly.

About Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) and Fort Lewis:

Size does matter! MAMC's new 450 bed tertiary care center opened in 1992, with nearly every major medical and surgical specialty represented, and state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. Family Practice cares for over 18,000 beneficiaries and provides inpatient care for the Active Duty population at Fort Lewis. MAMC is often at the forefront of innovation and change in military medicine.

Locale: Situated near Tacoma Washington, Fort Lewis boasts spectacular scenery, pleasant temperatures and outstanding leisure opportunities year-round. Boating, camping, hiking, fishing, professional sports, and every imaginable cultural activity are within an easy drive. It is a great place to train and to live, for individuals and families alike.

Interested? Curious?

For more information and an application, contact our Program Director:

COL Joseph Yetter, M.D. M.P.H.

Director, Faculty Development Fellowship, Department of Family Practice, MCHJ-FP

Madigan Army Medical Center Tacoma, WA 98431

(253) 968-1340 or DSN: 782-1340; Fax (253) 968-2608 or DSN 782-2608

E-mail::Joseph.Yetter@nw.amedd.army.mil

We’d like to hear from you soon!

Web Page Editor:

LCDR Pat Ginn, MC USNR

E-mail: Patrick.Ginn@nw.amedd.army.mil

Last Revision: 01/25/04

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