JetPack Clinical Scholarship Program

The purpose of JetPack is to provide peer-to-peer mentoring within a resource rich environment to help mentees succeed, typically junior faculty with little experience in conducting or writing a research/QI project. It is designed to help hospital medicine faculty pursue academic work that will lead to the publication of a peer-reviewed paper.

JetPack is built around a core structure that includes the following elements:

• A primary mentor: This individual works closely with the mentee to provide ongoing support and advice during the program
• A senior mentor: This individual supports both the mentee and junior mentor, providing tactical and strategic advice and periodic assistance with projects as needed
• Educational curriculum: JetPack is supported by Department of Internal Medicine faculty members and staff, all of whom provide an educational structure to sessions:
• Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc, hospitalist investigator with experience in health services research, oversees research curriculum and provides support to mentees on research design
• Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, hospitalist investigator and Chief of the Hospital Medicine Division, provides mentorship and leadership
• David Wesorick, MD, Director of Faculty Development, oversees the program and provides support to mentees throughout the cycle of their projects
• Martha Quinn, MPH, provides didactic sessions and support on qualitative and survey research methods
• Jennifer Horowitz, MS, assists with IRB submissions, protocol writing, and finalization for a research/QI project
• Todd Greene, PhD, MPH, provides support related to epidemiology, study design, and research methods
• Jason Engle, BS, Project Manager, oversees and provides support for all JetPack sessions

JetPack selection is a competitive process open to junior faculty (Assistant Professor and below) only. The program runs for a 1-year period with mentees returning as mentors in subsequent years, creating a culture of support and academic productivity..

The ultimate goal of this program is to create a division in which every interested hospitalist is able to find effective mentorship and pursue academic work; thereby contributing new knowledge to the field, enriching a hospitalist’s career, and creating an ideal balance of clinical and intellectual effort.