Family Medicine PGYResidential Fellowship in Integrative Medicine

Overview

The UA Family Medicine Department has proudly hosted a residential Integrative Medicine Fellowship in partnership with the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (AWCIM) since 2003. The program provides a rigorous, hands-on training experience in Integrative Medicine, combining real-world patient care with the AWCIM two-year online curriculum. Fellows engage in integrative patient care, resident education, and scholarly development with mentorship from nationally recognized leaders in the field.

The program is primarily reserved for graduates of our Family Medicine Residency, with selective consideration for outstanding applicants from other institutions as space permits. This is a rare and prestigious opportunity designed to prepare graduates to become leaders in Integrative Medicine and eligible for the ABOIM board examination.

With over 20 years of graduates shaping the landscape of Integrative Medicine, the fellowship’s legacy continues to impact the next generation of physician-healers.

The 1-Year In-Person Integrative Medicine Fellowship is a rigorous and highly selective program designed to provide unparalleled real-world experience in the clinical practice of Integrative Medicine, balanced with dedicated academic study. Fellows engage deeply with the online fellowship curriculum in a structured, decompressed format while applying this knowledge through mentored patient care, gaining the competence and confidence needed for effective clinical implementation of Integrative Medicine.

Our vision is for the 1-Year In-Person Integrative Medicine Fellowship to serve as the premier bridge between academic study and clinical practice, recognized nationally as the model for training physicians in the real-world application of Integrative Medicine. We aim to use this fellowship as a learning laboratory to continually refine best practices in education and clinical implementation, foster innovation in whole-person care, and contribute to the advancement of Integrative Medicine as an academic and clinical discipline.

This is a full-time position: 1.0 FTE split into 0.5 FTE Clinical and 0.5 FTE Academic

What are FTEs?

• Full-time equivalent - a unit that indicates the distribution of workload of an employed person
• Each 0.1 FTE corresponds to a 4-hour half day of work whereas 1.0 FTE is a full work week (Ten 4-hour half days = five 8-hour work days = 40-hour work week)

Fellows are expected to complete five clinical sessions per week. Each clinical session is a half-day (e.g., 8 am – 12 pm, or 1 pm – 5 pm).

• 0.5 FTE of direct patient care seeing integrative patients at the Andrew Weil Integrative Health Clinic at Banner University Medicine Sunrise Clinic
• The AWIHC is the Clinical arm of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, staffed by five fellowship-trained Integrative Physicians
• The AWIHC is an integrative consultation-only practice that provides care to thousands of patients per year
• Fellows should expect to see approximately 30–40 integrative patients per week, and approximately 1,600–2,000 patient encounters during the year
• 30 minutes for each integrative follow-up
• Fellows new to Banner system will be onboarded according to accepted practices and will undergo a clinical ramp-up period
• If a Fellow is interested in a Junior Faculty position, consideration can be made to allow for 0.1 FTE Attending of Family Medicine Residents at the Alvernon Family Medicine Clinic

Fellows enrolled in the FCM 1-year in-person Fellowship will also be enrolled in the AWCIM 2-year Online Fellowship and will begin this curriculum in the Spring (Spring Class of 2028) prior to the commencement of the in-person Fellowship in July 2025.

The Fellowship in Integrative Medicine is a 1,000-hour, two-year online program with clinical mentorship and three immersive retreats in Arizona.

• Monthly Case Presentations:
  Case conferences in which fellows will present a specific patient case using an Integrative Medicine H&P format and solicit ideas for approaches to patient care from AWCIM faculty and other integrative practitioners
• Held on the 4th Friday (12–1 pm)
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