Physical Address: Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105 and Center for Child Health Behavior and Development, 2001 Eighth Avenue, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98121

Website: http://www.washington.edu/medicine/pediatrics/fellowships/overview/quality-of-care

Contact information: Rita Mangione-Smith, Rita.Mangione-Smith@seattlechildrens.org

Number of fellows per year: 1

Length of fellowship: 2 years

Focus:  Fellows will learn state-of-the art quality improvement research methodologies with close mentorship from outstanding, experienced faculty in the Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and the Center for Child Health Behavior and Development.  The fellowship will include required course work in the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine and fellows will have the opportunity to earn a Masters of Science in Public Health.

Fellows will receive mentoring and conduct research projects in the following areas:

• Rigorous evaluation of quality improvement interventions
• Development and implementation of measurement tools to assess child health care quality.

Percent clinical time: 20%

Options for advanced degree: yes

 Do you accept visas? no

Participating in the upcoming NRMP match: no