Overview
The ETSU Family Medicine Addiction Medicine Fellowship prepares physicians to become leaders in the care of persons with substance use and behavioral disorders in the rural communities of Appalachia. This one-year, clinically focused ambulatory training program combines the resources of the ETSU College of Medicine, local clinics, and treatment centers. It offers fellows exceptional opportunities through a blend of direct patient care, clinical teaching, experiential learning, and scientific inquiry, all within public sector healthcare delivery systems.
Addiction Medicine Fellows will gain and demonstrate competence in patient care, including diagnosing substance use disorders and behavioral addictions. They will learn to manage and treat a spectrum of unhealthy substance use and behavioral addictions.
Why ETSU? GME Training Facilities Application Requirements
Meet the Program Director
Hear from a Former Fellow
Clinical Rotations
Fellows, all of whom have completed another residency, will receive training in the knowledge and skills essential for the scope of practice of Addiction Medicine and to develop an identity as an addiction medicine physician.
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Clinical roations include:
- Community-based outpatient treatment programs
- Residential treatment
Hospital-based inpatient consultation- Opioid Treatment Program facility (managing methadone)
- Pain management, including utilization of acupuncture
- Courtroom experience along with learning the intricacies of traversing the requirements our justice involved clients experience (from DCS to probation/parole and incarceration)
Core Rotations and Continuity Clinics
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Core rotations and continuity clinics emphasize patient-centered communication and the integration of:
- Primary care
- Addiction medicine services
- Harm reduction practice and policies for patients with health disparities from rural, low-income, and stigmatized populations
- Fellows will select or design electives with their program mentors to either complement their skills and experiences or further develop specific areas of expertise. All trainees will complete an addiction-related mentored scholarly project, either through direct participation in research or by undertaking medical education or clinical practice quality improvement projects that make use of scientific methods.
- Fellows will also participate in an exciting, world-changing virtual community - ETSU I AM ECHO. Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a lifelong learning and guided practice model that revolutionizes medical education and exponentially increases workforce capacity to provide best-practice specialty care and reduce health disparities.
