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VA Advanced Fellowship in Women’s Health

Employer
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Location
Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Madison, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, West Haven
Salary
A competitive stipend with health benefits
Closing date
Nov 25, 2019

Job Details

The population of women Veterans is growing rapidly, generating increasing demands for health care. Since 2000, the number of female Veterans using VA health care has more than doubled with a growth rate outpacing that of the male Veteran population. VA understands the needs of women Veterans and is committed to serving their health care needs now and in the future. The Advanced Fellowship in Women’s Health (AFWH) provides two years of post-residency or post-doctoral research, education, and clinical learning opportunities in women’s health to eligible physicians and associated health professionals. Fellows spend approximately 75 percent of their time in research and education and 25 percent in clinical care. Faculty mentorship and individualized learning plans are provided at all site locations.

The VA Fellowship in Women’s Health offers advanced training opportunities to future leaders in academic health sciences who will be engaged in research, teaching and program development that will improve the health of women. Each fellow completes an individualized career development plan (ICDP) around 6 core areas essential to a successful research-based academic career.

Locations include: Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA; Madison, WI; Milwaukee, WI; Pittsburg, PA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; and West Haven, CT.

Eligible physicians must have graduated from an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited residency; be board certified or board eligible in internal medicine (or one of its subspecialties), family medicine, gynecology, psychiatry, or surgery; and have an active, unrestricted US medical license.

Eligible associated health professionals must be a US citizen; demonstrate interest in pursuing a VA career with women’s health as a significant focus; be qualified in a health profession relevant to the health of women Veterans (nurses, psychologists, physical therapists, speech language pathologists, and others); and not be simultaneously enrolled in an accredited clinical training program.

Consider the Benefits of VA AFWH

A competitive stipend with health benefits, protected time to develop your research and education projects, guidance from mentors of national stature and professional grooming to become a leader in women’s health are only a few of the benefits to be gained. Our fellows and alumna practice clinical women's health; successfully secure grant funding; publish in peer review journals; develop medical education curricula; and hold major leadership positions.

To learn more, visit the Office of Academic Affiliations, VA Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health (AFWH): https://afwh.wisc.edu

Company

The Richard L. Roudebush Indianapolis VA Medical Center, part of Veteran Health Indiana, is located 2 miles northwest of the heart of downtown Indianapolis and has been serving Indiana Veterans since 1932.  As Indiana’s tertiary care facility, Indianapolis VA Medical Center receives referrals from VA facilities at Ft. Wayne and Marion, Indiana, and from nearby Danville, Illinois.  

Indianapolis VA Medical Center provides acute inpatient medical, surgical, psychiatric, neurological, and rehabilitation care, as well as both primary and specialized outpatient services. Some noteworthy specialized services include comprehensive cardiac care, radiation oncology treatment and community based extended care.

Indianapolis VA Medical Center is aggressively using emerging technology in the tele-home care and tele-disease management arenas. The medical center was selected as the site for the Veterans in Partnership (VISN 11) Network Polytrauma Center and is providing ongoing support to the returning Veterans from Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND). Additionally, the medical center has a 50-bed Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program targeting homeless Veterans.

The medical center operates three Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC’s) located in Bloomington, Martinsville, and Terre Haute, Indiana.  The more than 60,000 patients (3,700 women Veterans) treated by the Indianapolis VA Medical Center require over 613,000 outpatient visits and almost 7,900 inpatient episodes of care yearly.

The Indianapolis VA Medical Center has reorganized and changed the approach to quality improvement, implementing Lean Six Sigma™  concepts to encourage system redesign and process improvement, establishing a system of assigned accountability for all performance measures and training Rapid Cycle Change Coaches to facilitate performance improvement. The medical center received a grant to improve system redesign capability. It is also actively involved with the VISN 11 Veterans Engineering Resource Center.

The medical center is embarking on the next phase of lean health care, modeled after the successful Theda Care ™ organization. Focus is on continuous daily improvement at the unit level and is part of Indy Excellence 2.0, the next generation of the successful organizational culture initiative. Additionally, the medical center continues to contribute to the city-wide Patient Safety Coalition, implementing standard practices city-wide to increase patient safety.

Company info
Website
Telephone
317-988-2713
Location
VAMC Indianapolis
1481 W. 10th Street
Indianapolis
Indiana
46202
US

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