PS--Please check out "why do a CI fellowship" from the acif website: www.acifellows.org/whycifellows...

Link here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and of course, obligatory to mention that Clinical Informaticians should be leading the charge!

More links to important sites that have information. First, our professional association AMIA: amia.org/community/wo... and second, the amazing CI fellows nationwide have their own organization and a website for CI, including for future fellows: www.acifellows.org

A quick link to an old thread about all the great work CI fellows (not just ours at UCSF) do: bsky.app/profile/rama... - if this sounds interesting, think about applying!

Deadlines vary, but for us at UCSF it's August 29. (clinicalinformaticsfellowship.ucsf.edu/how-apply)

If you're a trainee, and you're interested in this field--application season just started! There's plenty of time. Most CI programs work through ERAS. students-residents.aamc.org/applying-fel...

As we all know from our clinical work, the computer can both be a huge asset and a liability--the job of the informaticist is to maximize the former and minimize the latter. (original publication: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19074294/ )

Several CI alums have become ACMIOs or CMIOs in their own right--you won't regret giving these incredibly talented trainees an opportunity to help you transform your clinical environment. cc @techmd4thekids.bsky.social @vlily.bsky.social

And finally--if you're a CMIO/CIO hoping to implement a new EHR module, 3rd party tool, AI scribe, inbasket burden solution, etc--HIRE OUR FELLOWS. The 3200 hours of CI training they get prepares them well to be your boots on the ground, and leaders in their own right.

If you're a current fellow, make sure you update acifellows.org with your best work, and that you learn to showcase your projects. Get ideas for what others are doing and what you might try yourself. And collaborate!

If you are a resident looking to improve the EHR--or build a new one!--consider a CI fellowship! No better way to learn how to optimize and innovate using the full suite of informatics tools, and we'd love to train you. Apply through ERAS in July.

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5/5 Channeling Archimedes - many thanks to all @ucsfdocit.bsky.social and @ucsfhealth.bsky.social and elsewhere who have given our fellows a place to stand and to build their long levers as they seek to move the clinical world.

4/X In 2023 our fellowship moved under a new Division, docit.ucsf.edu Under the leadership of @julia-adler-mils.bsky.social we've seen our fellows reach a wider audience and do even greater things, including with @lisarotenstein.bsky.social, @sumantranji.bsky.social, and A Jay Holmgren.

3/X Our fellows have gone on to great success and leadership positions in academics—both research and CMIO track—as well as industry. You can see some of their stories here: clinicalinformaticsfellowship.ucsf.edu/our-people/a...

2/X Our fellows are prolific. Tagging two early fav pubs –how much of a note is copied (spoiler – a lot!) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28558106/ and what CI Fellows were doing during the early part of COVID (spoiler—also a lot!) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33164076/

1/X First, many thanks to the folks who had the vision to start the fellowship here-- @bobwachter.bsky.social, Dave Avrin, Mike Blum, Brad Sharpe, Margaret Fang, Talmadge King, @atulbutte.bsky.social butte.bsky.social, @idasim.bsky.social. Thank you all for your initial and ongoing support!