Clinical Ethics Fellowship (EXPIRED)

The Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Hospital System Biomedical Ethics Program are seeking applicants for our full-time clinical ethics  fellowship.

The Clinical Ethics Fellowship Program

This competitive fellowship offers the opportunity to train with the Center’s nationally renowned faculty and staff who lead several, premier Clinical Ethics Consultation Services at adult, pediatric, private, and public hospital systems in the Texas Medical Center.  In addition, the Center’s faculty are heavily involved in national clinical ethics initiatives and training; scholarly research and publication in clinical ethics; and serve in national leadership positions in clinical ethics.

 Applications for this two-year fellowship will be considered from professionals with a post-graduate degree in bioethics, medicine, nursing, religious studies, law, and other related fields.  This fellowship offers a competitive stipend, excellent benefits, and opportunities for continued professional development. Upon completion of this fellowship, fellows will have the skills, training, and experience to make them competitive for positions in clinical ethics and academic bioethics. 

Our Fellowship Offers

- Comprehensive training in clinical ethics consultation including the opportunity to observe and conduct ethics consultations for a high-volume Clinical Ethics Consultation Service (~450 consultations per year) at the Houston Methodist Hospital and its affiliates, including on-call duties.

- Participation in Biomedical Ethics Committee and subcommittee meetings

-  Participation in activities related to our undergraduate and graduate medical curricula; including the award-winning ethics track program

- Preparation and delivery of presentations on clinical ethics-related topics for clinical audiences

-  Opportunities for high quality collaborative ethics scholarship

- Participation in outcomes research related to clinical ethics consultation

- Faculty mentoring on educational development, teaching skills, and research

-  Preparation for an active career as a clinical ethics consultant and scholar in clinical ethics and bioethics

Qualifications

-  Terminal post-graduate degree (JD, PhD, MD, or equivalent)

- Strong interpersonal skills

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Strong organizational skills, working both independently and collaboratively to achieve mission goals and deadlines

- Strong presentation and teaching skills

Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine

The Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy comprises 12 primary faculty members, three of whom hold endowed positions, and 21 support staff, housed in newly renovated space on the main Baylor campus. 

 Our Center’s faculty teach in the undergraduate and graduate medical curricula, direct an award winning ethics track for advanced medical students, and are currently developing a new, comprehensive College-wide graduate medical education curriculum in ethics, professionalism, and health policy. Center faculty lead clinical ethics consultations services at three Texas Medical Center hospitals: Baylor-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston Methodist Hospital and System, and the VA.  Center faculty are actively engaged in funded research supported by NHGRI and NCI of the NIH, PCORI, and private foundations. Two of the Center’s faculty have been recipients of Faculty Scholars Awards from the Greenwall Foundation. Our faculty have published more than 700 papers in the peer-reviewed scientific, clinical, and bioethics literature and have authored and edited several seminal books in bioethics.

Houston Methodist Hospital System

Houston Methodist comprises a leading academic medical center in the Texas Medical Center and six community hospitals serving the Greater Houston area. Each hospital is staffed by committed personnel who exemplify our values of integrity, compassion, accountability, respect and excellence. Patient safety, quality and service are our highest priorities.

Houston Methodist Hospital, the system's flagship, is consistently listed among U.S. News & World Emergency Care Centers, the Houston Methodist the Houston Methodist Imaging Center, the Houston Methodist Breast Care Center and the Houston Methodist Outpatient Center.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.