ABIM Research Pathway
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Research Pathway allows residents to substitute a year of clinical training in a subspecialty for the PGY3 year of the residency - in essence, to "short track" into fellowship training. Residents with an MD/PhD or equivalent advanced scientific training credentials will qualify for the Pathway. Credentials equivalent to an MD/PhD would ordinarily include one or more first-author publications as well as strong support from previous research mentors.
Residents in the Pathway will be mentored by a physician Scientist with like interests from the first month of residency to develop their research and career plans. To qualify for the ABIM Research Pathway, they must "be rated as satisfactory in all components of clinical competence (clinical judgment, medical knowledge, clinical skills, humanistic qualities, professionalism and provision of medical care) and moral and ethical behavior in the clinical setting for both the PGY-1 and PGY-2 years of training." Residents will review their clinical progress meet in November of their internship year, and if on track to achieving clinical competency will be encouraged to submit an application for subspecialty fellowship training with vigorous support from the Residency Program.
We will offer fellowship training to all these young scientists but will also support applications for fellowship training elsewhere in Boston or nationwide.
