CHEST and APCCMPD Announce Recipient of Collaborative Fellow Scholarship
Arnulfo Duarte, DO, will be the mentee for the second year of the APCCMPD and CHEST Medical Educator Scholar Diversity Fellowship
February 5, 2025
The program focuses on creating opportunities for fellows at
institutions with limited resources to train in teaching, curriculum
development, and medical education research by giving them access to
mentorship at institutions with those resources to foster their
development.
Dr. Duarte is a first-year fellow in the inaugural class of the
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship program at the
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler academic campus and
is interested in simulation-based learning as a transformative approach
to medical education.
“Receiving this scholarship would allow me to contribute to the growth
of medical education at our institution, where we are establishing a new
medical school and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship,” says Dr.
Duarte. “With this training, I could play a vital role in shaping the
educational framework for medical students, residents, and fellows,
ensuring they receive high-quality instruction that supports their
development as skilled clinicians.”
Tristan Huie, MD, FCCP, and Anna Neumeier, MD, will be co-mentors for the 2025 program and will work closely with Dr.
Duarte to develop a personalized curriculum to obtain the necessary
training and expertise to become a medical educator in pulmonary and
critical care medicine.
Both Drs. Huie and Neumeier work for the University of Colorado Division
of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine and applied together
for the mentor opportunity.
Applications to be a mentor for next year’s APCCMPD and CHEST Medical
Educator Scholar Diversity Fellowship will open in early 2025, and
information will be available on the
APCCMPD website. For more financially supported opportunities, including CHEST
community impact grants opening in February 2025, visit
the CHEST website.
About the American College of Chest Physicians
The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) is the global leader
in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest diseases. Its
mission is to champion the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest
diseases through education, communication, and research. It serves as an
essential connection to clinical knowledge and resources for its 22,000+
members from around the world who provide patient care in pulmonary,
critical care, and sleep medicine. For information about the American
College of Chest Physicians,
visit chestnet.org.
About the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program
Directors
The Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program
Directors (APCCMPD) consists of program leaders from Critical Care
Medicine (CCM), Pulmonary Medicine, and Pulmonary and Critical Care
Medicine (PCCM). It represents 98% of the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited fellowships in these
subspecialties. The APCCMPD’s mission is to foster excellence in
training and mentor future pulmonary and critical care medicine
educators. In addition, the APCCMPD provides a communication channel
among fellowship programs and stakeholder organizations.