Fellow Responsibilities Second Year
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What to expect in your second year of endocrinology fellowship

In your second year, you’ll deepen your clinical expertise and gain greater independence in managing complex endocrine conditions. You’ll also have the flexibility to focus on areas that align with your career goals, including research, education or advanced clinical training. It’s a time for growth, leadership and preparing for the next step in your career.
Outpatient clinics - core
  • Evaluation of new patients and continuing care of returning patients in the following outpatient subspecialty clinics:
    • Bone
    • Neuroendocrine
    • Thyroid
    • Thyroid FNA (a few times a year as needed)
    • Diabetes and lipid
  • One of these clinics was designated as a "continuity" clinic and is done weekly during the second year.
  • The other clinics are every week or every other week, depending on the fellow's interest or educational need.
Inpatient consultation service
  • Coverage of the inpatient endocrinology consultation service and diabetes management service (on weekends) in coordination with the resident(s) and student(s) rotating through the service.
  • Eight weeks total, in four 2-week blocks for each second-year fellow:
    • July and August (so first-year fellows have time to adjust and prepare for the ABIM internal medicine examination)
    • One 2-week block in November/December and January/February
  • The fellow covering the inpatient endocrinology consultation service also covers the inpatient Glycemic Consultation Service (GCS) during weekends and holidays.
Self-study, didactics and endocrine conferences
  • Daily independent and in-depth study from endocrine reference textbooks, selected articles (available in the shared drive and campus library), the endocrine literature on topics relevant to patients seen or discussed in conference.
  • Presentation of short clinical cases at the weekly Clinical Case Conference.
  • Second-year fellows are expected to present patients with more complicated conditions.
  • Attendance and active participation at monthly conferences (e.g., pathology, radiology).
  • Two in-depth presentations at the Endocrine Seminar Series per year.
  • Organization of the weekly clinical case conference and multidisciplinary conferences, e.g., pathology and radiology.
Research and/or quality improvement
  • Meaningful participation in an endocrine-related research project and/or quality improvement project.
  • Present abstract(s) at national meetings and prepare and submit publication(s) to a peer-reviewed journal(s).
  • Fellows attend 1 national conference a year, typically the Endocrine Society or American Diabetes Association meetings.
Teaching
  • Teaching residents and students when they rotate in endocrinology. 
  • Participate in formal teaching of residents through didactic conferences.
  • Participate in teaching second-year medical students during the endocrine pathophysiology course at Tufts University School of Medicine as part of team-based learning.
Contact
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Morgan Wilson
Fellowship Coordinator