Surgical Quality Research Fellowship

The Mission of the Surgical Quality Research Fellowship is to graduate general surgery trainees with a diverse skillset related to surgical quality, safety, and health services research.

The graduate of the fellowship will possess the following skills:

• Understanding the processes and challenges of measuring and improving quality in the healthcare setting
• Ability to develop and implement a quality improvement project
• Experience with health services research methodology
• An understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of commonly used health service research databases

Formal coursework through UofL SPHIS

• One-year fellowship
  • Online certificate in Biostatistics or Clinical Investigative Sciences
• Two-year fellowship
  • Master’s degree
    • MPH
    • MS health data analytics
    • MSc clinical investigation sciences

Board certification

The fellow will sit for the Certified in Medical Quality exam from the American Board of Medical Quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a quality improvement project at University of Louisville Hospital
• Serve as the resident member on the Surgical Quality and Safety Committee
• Attending bi-weekly research meetings

Productivity Expectations

• Manuscript production
  • One-year fellowship – 5 manuscripts
  • Two-year fellowship – 10 manuscripts
• Present at meetings
  • ASC
  • ACS Quality Meeting
  • Regional meetings
  • Specialty specific meeting
• Grant submission

Faculty

• Michael Egger, MD, MPH
• Mentorship team (Dr. Egger, as well as a designated faculty mentor in the specialty of the fellow's interest - if not surgical oncology)