• Year 3 IDP Submission
• ABP Requirements for Application for the Subspecialty Certifying Exam
• Preparing Your Personal Statement
• Scholarly Activity
• Oral Presentation of Work Product
  
  

• Year 1 Fellowship
• Year 2 Fellowship
• Year 3 Fellowship

• Individual Development Plan updated
  
• Curriculum Vitae updated
• ABP Scholarly Activity/Work Product Abstract
• Any work product related documents (manuscripts, abstracts submitted to meetings, significant reports, etc.)
• SOC signature sheet (will not be considered complete unless all required signatures are obtained including from the program director, research and career mentor(s)

ABP packet to be submitted to the ABP for consideration for eligibility to sit for the sub-specialty board exam:

• Each fellow’s SOC and Program Director are responsible for approving the fellow’s eligibility to sit for the sub-specialty board. The approved packet is then sent to the
  central ABP office for final approval. It is important for each fellow to understand the ABP approval process is largely done at the local level as of 2004.
• The final packet is due to the SOC office unless there is a prior approval for a different submission date. The requirements are outlined in detail below.
  
  
  

• 15 minute power point presentation (including 5 minutes for discussion with SOC) on the work product topic, hypothesis, methods, results, limitations, conclusions and next steps to be presented at Research Day to the SOC and other attendees in the format of PAS oral presentations sessions. Three simultaneous oral presentations are run representing the 3 distinct SOC fellow slates.
  
  

• Verification from the program director that clinical and scholarly skills requirements have been met (per program director specifically)
• The Personal Statement: Statement of Scholarly Activit
• Submission of completed Work Product
• Most Recent Curriculum Vitae: UCSF Academic CV Format
• SOC completed signature sheets by fellow, program director, members of the SOC

1. ABP Scholarly Activity Cover Sheet for Fellow’s Work Product
2. ABP Scholarly Activity Cover Sheet for Fellow’s Personal Statement
   
   

1. Overall Career Goals
   Tips:
   1. My long-term career goal(s) is…
   2. To reach this goal I became a XX clinical fellow and pursued my scholarly activity in the lab of XX mentor or working with the research team of XX mentor.
      
      
2. Overview of your scholarly work product activity
   Tips: Give an overview of your scholarly activity that includes a brief description of your goals and objectives, an outline of the actual project/methodology, and your key findings. Your last IDP abstract of your scholarly activity from year 3 (updated) can serve as a model for this part. Just restate the information in a narrative format.
   1. My scholarly work product focused on testing the hypothesis or describing the following creative activity (put goals, aims, hypothesis here).
   2. My project used the following populations, methodology, etc. (put your narrative description of the populations/methods, etc. here using your last SOC abstract as the basis for the information.
   3. Summarize findings
   4. Include role in each of the components of the project
      1. Development of the hypothesis/idea for project
      2. Development of the design with mentor(s) – name mentor(s)
      3. Execution of all the work, experiments, program development, etc.
      4. Analysis and interpretation of all of the data
      5. Preparation of scientific abstracts, presentations at scholarly regional/national meetings, manuscripts, comprehensive reports, curricula etc. that is or forms the basis for the final work product
         
         
   5. Products related to work product of scholarly activity include: List any abstracts, presentations at scholarly regional/national meetings, manuscripts/papers, etc.
      
   6. The scholarly activities related to the development and completion of work product relate to my own career plans in the following ways…
      
      
3. Additional training activities: Describe other skills and knowledge acquired during training that may not have been covered in the description of your work product above, e.g., list career development activities and state specific conferences (e.g., grant writing, how to write a manuscript), attending workshops and talks at scientific meetings, TICR, , etc.
   
   
4. Work product of scholarly activity: Attach your work product document and include a formal Cover Sheet with
   1. Title of project
   2. Type of project that fulfills the ABP guidance for scholarly activity
   3. Mentors

Scholarly activities must be hypothesis-driven. Examples of scholarly activity acceptable to the ABP include, but are not limited to: basic, clinical, or translational biomedical research; health services research; bioethics; education; and public policy. Involvement in these scholarly activities must result in the generation of a specific “work product”. The review of scholarly activity will occur at the institutional training level by the SOC.

Please refer to:
UCSF SOC Overview of ABP Training Requirements for Subspecialty Certification

The types of scholarly work product activities that are approved the ABP include (see website):

• Peer-reviewed publication in which a fellow has played a substantial role
• In-depth manuscript describing a completed project
• Thesis or dissertation written in connection with the pursuit of an advanced degree
• Extramural grant application that has either been accepted or favorably reviewed
• Progress report for projects of exceptional complexity, such as a multi-year clinical trial

Fulfills ABP requirement for fellow to present/defend the project related to his/her scholarly activity. Fellow can present and articulate research in oral format:

1. Abstract clear and appropriate
2. Title reflects content
3. Background and significance
   a. Relevance of project clearly defined
   b. Clear and complete discussion of background
4. Research question(s)/study hypotheses
   a. Clear statement of problem/question(s)
   b. Clear statement of hypotheses
5. 5. Research Methods
   a. Clear description of research methods
   b. Scientifically appropriate methodology
   c. Scientifically appropriate data analytic plan
6. Results, Discussion, and Conclusions
   a. Results are clearly presented and relevant
   b. Graphs, figures, tables, etc. are clear and relevant
   c. Do conclusions support results
   d. Next steps/future directions
7. Presentation style and skills
   a. Effective presentation style
   b. Ability to defend and discuss the presentation in an articulate and scientific manner
   c. Clarity of slides
8. Overall quality of oral presentation

Approval for subspecialty certification is a joint process by each fellow’s program director and the SOC. Both must concur upon the qualifications before the fellow can apply for subspecialty certification to the ABP. The program director is responsible for approving the overall qualifications and certifying that the fellow has adequately completed all requirements of the subspecialty board. The SOC is responsible for approving the adequacy of the fellow’s scholarly activity/work product using ABP guidelines.

Year 3 fellows will have a confidential exit interview scheduled in the last quarter of their fellowship by the Office of Medical Education, School of Medicine. The SOC, with input from the fellow’s individual program director, are responsible for certifying the fellow as eligible to sit for the subspecialty ABP boards at the completion of fellowship training.

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