POLICY STATEMENT FOR GENERAL INTERNAL-MEDICINE FELLOWSHIPS

Fellowship programs in general internal medicine should be designed to train outstanding academic internists to serve as future faculty and leaders in the field. Although programs may vary widely in their speci fic components, all should share a number of characteristics and goals . In this document, the Society of General Internal Medicine outlines basic principles and guidelines for fellowship training, states that i ts own PCIM Directory will explicitly require that programs indicate h ow they conform to them, and indicates its interest in considering a f ormal fellowship accreditation process in future.