Dermatology hospital fellowships: present and future

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Dermatology
• Hospital Medicine

Background:

• The number of dermatology hospitalists is rapidly increasing.
• This has led to the development of inpatient dermatology fellowships.
• Existing fellowships are in their early stages of development.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore the history of traditional hospitalist fellowships.
• To extrapolate these findings to current dermatology hospitalist fellowships.
• To understand the potential impact of these fellowships on inpatient dermatologic care.

Main Methods:

• Review of traditional hospitalist fellowship history.
• Extrapolation of historical data to current dermatology fellowships.
• Analysis of the systems perspective in inpatient care.

Main Results:

• Inpatient dermatology fellowships are a recent development.
• These fellowships aim to train providers in specialized inpatient dermatologic care.
• The historical trajectory of hospitalist fellowships provides a framework for understanding their evolution.

Conclusions:

• Dermatology hospitalist fellowships are poised to significantly advance inpatient dermatologic care.
• These programs have the potential to reshape dermatologic care from a systems perspective.
• The evolution of these fellowships will be critical in defining the future of hospital-based dermatology.