The University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville endocrinology fellowship is a two-year program encompassing both clinical and research experience and instruction. Fellows have ambulatory care experience, including two half-days/week of continuity clinics during the first and second years. They are instructed in faculty clinics and perform thyroid ultrasound, thyroid biopsy, interpret continuous glucose monitoring, initiate insulin pumps, and interpret bone densitometry under the supervision and guidance of a faculty member. Management of metabolic disorders in children and evaluation of urolithiasis are included during the pediatric and reproductive endocrinology rotations.
Rotation Schedule
First Year
The first year of the Endocrinology/Metabolism Fellowship Program consists of intensive training in inpatient consult endocrinology. The fellows begin their continuity clinics, where they follow their own general endocrinology patients with faculty preceptors. During the first year, fellows select research mentors and lay the groundwork for research projects.
- 3 Blocks of Research
- 6 Blocks of Endocrinology Inpatient Consult Service
- 4 Blocks of Clinic (ambulatory experience)
Second Year
The second year of the Endocrinology/Metabolism Fellowship Program consists of training in advanced outpatient endocrinology topics along with significant time allotted to primary research projects should the fellow desire this added experience. Alternatively, additional experience can be gained in the evaluation and management of ambulatory patient’s in endocrinology.
- 2 Blocks of Endocrinology Inpatient Consult Service
- 4 Blocks of Clinic (ambulatory experience)
- 5 Blocks of Research
- ½ Block of Reproductive Endocrinology Clinic
- ½ Block of Nutrition and Obesity
- 1 Block of Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic
Clinical Facilities
- UF Health Endocrinology – Jacksonville
- UF Health Jacksonville
- Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville
- Wolfson Children’s Hospital