Fellowship
Direct Election to Fellowship
Direct election to Fellowship without prior ACP Membership is a singular honor, conferred upon only a few outstanding physicians each year. All applicants must meet the eligibility requirements, summarized below and detailed in the Membership Information Booklet
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The following are basic requirements for Direct Fellowship:
- Certification in internal medicine or neurology
- Professional activity in internal medicine, a combined internal medicine specialty, the subspecialties of internal medicine, or neurology
- Experience in practice or in an academic position for two years since completion of training
- Ten years post graduation from medical school
- An active medical license in good standing (if in clinical practice)
- Continuing professional development and scholarly activities, including continuing medical education as a student or teacher
- Teaching (institutional and community-based), hospital committee work, and/or volunteer and community service, especially in the voluntary provision of medical care
In addition to the basic eligibility requirements, there are additional qualifications of excellence that candidates must meet for election to Direct Fellowship:
- Substantial published scientific contributions to prominent peer-reviewed journals
- Extraordinary scholarly achievement and professional excellence in several areas, including:
- Teaching
- Medical education
- Scientific presentations at national and international meetings
- Significant involvement in a hospital, an appropriate medical institution, or in clinical or scientific research
- Community activities, either medically or non-medically related, with special consideration given to the voluntary provision of medical care
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