Community Medicine & Global Health Fellowship
 
Mission

The John Muir Health (JMH) Community Medicine & Global Health Fellowship aims to train Family Medicine physicians to increase health equity via enhanced local and global community partnership, health policy and physician leadership.

Description

The JMH Community Medicine & Global Health Fellowship is a non-ACGME 11 month fellowship (August 1st to June 30th) for graduates of a qualified Family Medicine Residency Program. The program will prepare its fellows to address the health disparities of under resourced populations through a clinical and educational curriculum encompassing community engagement, physician leadership, global health and teaching. 

As a not-for-profit, community-based health system, we believe that it is our responsibility to help create healthy communities in the areas we serve. Our Fellows will provide care to patients at our Residency Clinic where 50% of patients have Medicaid insurance. We work collaboratively with our Integrated Behavioral Health team and Case Manager to provide holistic and equitable care to all patients in our clinic. We partner closely with John Muir Health’s Community Health Improvement Department to expand our clinical care and health education outreach to vulnerable populations in under resourced areas within Contra Costa County. We have strong partnerships with community organizations and clinics in the nearby cities of Richmond, Concord, Pittsburg, Antioch and Brentwood.

The Mobile Health Clinic Team, Kimberly Alvarez, Isis Morales, Maynor Guerra, Vidal Martinez, Saul Garcia & PGY3 Dr. Bre Tetreault.

The John Muir Health Family Medicine Residency Program has a global health partnership with a community clinic in Arequipa, Peru, in association with the Long Beach Memorial Family Medicine Residency. The Fellow will collaborate with local clinical teams to practice medicine in suburban Peru via clinic-based and home visit experiences. They may occasionally act as the precepting physician if a JMH or Long Beach Memorial Resident is also at the Peru site for a global health elective. The Fellow may lead didactic sessions for residents during the academic year, including a “grand rounds” presentation of their global health experience upon return to the residency program.

Promotoras group in Arequipa, Peru & Dr. Kishore Nath (APD)

Details
  • 0.7 Clinical FTE:  will provide full-scope primary care and urgent care services at a variety of sites, including John Muir Health’s Family Medicine Residency Clinic & Mobile Health Clinic and a community-based clinic. The fellow may precept residents or medical students at these clinical sites.
  • 0.3 Educational FTE:  self-directed time for scholarly and community projects, advocacy and community health events, didactics.
  • The Fellow can participate in up to 3 global health trips (total of 6 weeks during the Fellowship)
  • Call: Home-based, Practice coverage including pre-natal. Approximately 1:8
Highlights
  • Execution of sustainable community driven and community-based project
  • Assist in developing and maintaining relationship between Residency and Community Partners
  • Collaboration with John Muir Health Government Affairs including furthering policy understanding and attending meetings
  • Participation in Family Medicine Residency’s DEI and Community Medicine & Grants committees
  • Junior faculty role as preceptor of residents and medical students
  • Collaborate on improvement of vulnerable population health rotation, global health & mobile health resident activities.
  • Advancement of medical Spanish skills through self-directed curriculum
Sample Weekly Schedule
 

 

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat/Sun

AM

Residency Precepting

Admin/Project Time

Mobile Clinic

Admin/Project Time

FQHC

Occasional community events

PM

FQHC

JMH Clinic

FQHC

JMH Clinic

Admin/Didactics
 
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Competitive benefits
How To Apply

We will be accepting applications starting August 20th!  To be considered for the fellowship please complete the following 3 steps:

https://careersatjohnmuir.secure.force.com/CMFSH__PositionDetail?id=a0k3w00000hegsl

Sponsorship

This Fellowship was established through the vision and generosity of Karen and Tom Mulvaney. Like John Muir Health, Karen and Tom Mulvaney are dedicated to improving the health of the community with quality and compassion. “We want to give back. We’re both ‘doers,'” Karen explains. “And we both believe that schools, libraries and hospitals are the fundamental cornerstones of a community. Without those, what is a community?”

The Mulvaneys’ commitment to improving the health of the community, especially those that are traditionally underresourced and underserved led them to helping John Muir Health establish its first Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship. Their intention is to help develop the next generation of community medicine physicians who are dedicated to delivering the highest quality health care equitably and compassionately for the most vulnerable populations in their communities.

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