Overview > CERA Fellowship

The CERA Fellowship provides one faculty member a yearlong experience with the CERA Steering Committee. Through this part-time fellowship, faculty receive mentorship and training to lay the groundwork to be a future scholarly leader. The fellowship term begins May.

Benefits

The CERA fellowship will provide mentorship and training to one family medicine educator, laying the groundwork for him or her to be a future scholarly leader in the specialty.

You'll

Implement valid survey methodology
Write hypothesis-driven survey questions
Describe the CERA survey process in depth

Mentor other faculty in proposal writing and research methodology
Author presentations and/or publications using CERA data
Act as CERA survey director at a future point in time

Attend three consecutive meetings of the CERA Steering Committee. Attendance is required for graduation from the fellowship program.
Complete at least one online survey course, such as the University of Maryland’s Joint Program in Survey Methodology
Serve as a mentor for at least one research group in conjunction with an established mentor; including submitting paper for publication (paper submission may happen post-fellowship)
Score proposals for one CERA surveys during the year
Participate in scoring the CERA Paper of Year competition
Hold a quarterly call with the Chair of the Steering Committee
Submit at least one proposal in response to CERA Calls for Proposals

Applicant must be a full-time or part-time faculty members in a family medicine department or family medicine residency program.
Applicant must be an active member of at least one CAFM organization
Preference will be given to faculty members in the first 5 years of their academic careers.

All costs, such as tuition, travel, and registration fees, associated with the fellowship will be the responsibility of the fellow or the fellow’s home program. CERA leadership will donate their time and effort to CERA and the fellow. A letter from the applicant’s Department Chair or Program Director pledging the monetary and time support will be required with the application.

Email the following materials to Melissa Abuel at mabuel@stfm.org by Monday, April 5.

Curriculum vitae

Personal Statement of Interest (max 350 words)
A letter from the applicant’s Department Chair or Program Director pledging the monetary and time support required for the fellowship

Applicants will be screened by the CERA Steering Committee. The committee will evaluate applicants based on their curriculum vitae and personal statements outlining why the candidate is interested in the fellowship. Interviews may be conducted at the committee’s discretion.