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Fellowship Training Committee Chairs
Jill J. Fussell, MD (term expires 2014) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Email: fusselljillj@uams.edu	Maris Dobrow Rosenberg, MD (term expires 2013) Rose F. Kennedy Center, Room 104 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Email: maris.rosenberg@einstein.yu.edu

The DBP Fellowship Training Committee continues to be busy and is working hard on new initiatives. We continue to act as a resource for Fellowship Program Directors by providing consultation and support in regards to completing a PIF, meeting ACGME requirements and preparing for a site visit. We have begun a listserv for program directors to have a forum to discuss questions and issues across programs long after the meeting ends. We have now successfully presented workshops for the past 3 years at the Annual Meeting that are relevant to fellows and Program Directors including workshops on providing feedback to trainees and meeting the requirements for training fellows in QI. The educational needs of these groups have now been fully integrated into the Pre-Meeting Educational workshops. One of the biggest successes of the Committee has been the implementation of the MentorMatch Program, which has successfully matched approximately 25 fellows and junior faculty with more senior faculty, across disciplines. We match according to research & career interests, and according to requested mentoring needs.

2010 marked the first year of the D-B Pediatrics NRMP subspecialty match. Our committee is currently analyzing the results of an on-line survey of program directors to assess satisfaction with the process. Overall, DBP programs seemed to have a positive experience in our first ever match. Twenty-six of the 35 accredited D-BP fellowship programs participated in the match. 20 programs (77%) filled their available fellowship positions. In total, 25 fellowship positions (78%) were filled. Ten applicants (29%) were unmatched. Further information on the match is available at www.nrmp.org. Our committee plans continued discussion on issues relevant to the match, including the possibility of using the common ERAS application form. Finally, a subcommittee of the Fellowship Training Committee has developed a work-force survey that will query programs on regarding funding sources for fellows. This survey will give us a picture of the security of funding for DBP programs and the current pipeline. The Committee is open to new ideas and welcomes not only program directors to join but anyone with an interest in mentoring fellows. We welcome interdisciplinary participation in this committee.