One half day per week

F1: September-June: three half day clinics/week when not doing inpatient endocrine consult service on a rotating schedule to include clinics in specialized areas: 

• Adrenal
• Bone/Mineral
• Diabetes 
• Lipids
• Obesity
• Pituitary
• Thyroid
• Dedicated experience in Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy

None during on-service months

F2: July-June: one half day clinic per week with research mentor.

F2: One month of Pediatric Endocrinology clinic at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (three half day clinics per week) is required.

F2: One month of Reproductive Endocrinology clinic with Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Center for Women’s Health (two half day clinics per week).

F2: Elective clinical rotations available include Advanced Thyroid Cancer & Neuroendocrine Tumors, Pregnancy-related Endocrinology & Diabetes. 

Inpatient Endocrinology Consult Service

Procedures- Required

• DXA interpretation: Fellows spend time learning how to interpret DXA scans at Continuity Clinic, during a monthly fellow’s conference devoted to Metabolic Bone and mineral disorders, outpatient attending Bone Clinic, and during fellow’s Pre-clinic conference.
• Thyroid ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy: We introduce these techniques during a tutorial in the summer, followed by dedicated time spent in weekly Thyroid FNA Clinic, and continued US interpretation during fellows pre-clinic conference.
• Continuous glucose monitoring & insulin pump downloads: New fellows are introduced to this during focused ½ month inpatient Diabetes Consult during summer of F1, followed by focused experience in Diabetes Technology Clinic, fellow’s pre-clinic conference to gain expertise in problem-solving this technology.
• 131I administration- Fellows are present with Endocrine Division faculty who are Authorized Users of radioactive iodine for administration of 131I in the treatment of hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer.
• Fellows maintain a log of all procedures.

Procedures- Optional

• F2: In the spring of the second year, fellows are nominated to attend “Endocrine University”, a Clinical Procedure Certification Course offered by the Mayo Clinic, a week-long course toward achieving certification in CGM/insulin pump interpretation, DXA scan interpretation, and Thyroid ultrasound and FNA biopsy.
• F2: Opportunity to participate in other certification courses at fellow’s personal expense. This can include the AACE Nuclear Medicine course to fulfill the NRC requirements for training in radiation biology, physics and safety in the use of radioactive iodine.

A wide range of research areas are available for our fellows in the Endocrine Division and there are additional opportunities to interact with collaborating scientific faculty at Ohio State. Many of the faculty members hold current NIH, other federally or privately funded research grants spanning basic science to clinical outcomes research.

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Endocrinology research project

Research is a primary goal of the OSU Endocrinology Fellowship Program to train academic leaders for tomorrow. Fellows actively explore potential research opportunities with faculty on-going and newly established research initiatives. Training will incorporate protocol development/experimental design; research techniques; data analysis; presentation skills and scientific writing. Requirements and timeline for completion will include:

• Prior to fellowship start: identify project areas of interest/back ground reading
• July-September Year 1: choosing a mentor: Time will be provided in the first two months for  new fellows to meet with potential research mentors and complete CITI training. Mentors can be outside the Division and approval by the program director required.
• October-December Year 1: project development
• January Year 1: present proposed protocol at research conference is required within the first 6 months of fellowship. The goal of this exercise is to develop presentation skills and to utilize faculty expertise to feedback on proposed project.
• January-June: IRB submission (if appropriate), learn techniques
• Year 1: prepare and submit grant for funding
• Year 2: Submit and present data at OSU Fellow Research Symposium (required in Year 2)
• Submit abstract(s) to regional/national meetings and present data if accepted
• Prepare and submit manuscript

• Annual presentation of study progress. First year fellow discusses research proposal at midyear. Second year fellow presents a summary presentation at end of fellowship.
• All fellows are also required to attend at least 75% of endocrinology research conferences where other faculty and guest speakers will present basic and clinical endocrine research.

• Each fellow will be expected to submit an abstract for at least one national meeting by Year 2 and if accepted, to prepare and present the data at that venue.
• Fellows will also be encouraged to attend regional/national scientific meetings to enhance networking and scientific exchange.