A structured educational pathway focused on urgent care scholarship, leadership, and clinical development.. Choose your track — AUCM-E, AUCM-X, or AUCM-C at every stage.
Existing programs focus on clinical productivity. SAUCM is designed for physicians who want to advance the specialty — through scholarship, technology, and leadership.
Each phase builds progressively — from clinical mastery in Months 1–4, through advanced specialty integration in 5–8, to leadership and academic scholarship in 9–12.
Designed for clinicians seeking advanced training in urgent care medicine, leadership development, scholarly activity, operational excellence, and quality improvement.
The top 10 presenting complaints account for ~70–75% of real UC volume. Mastery of this core set is sufficient for safe independent practice in the majority of encounters.
25+ conditions spanning respiratory, cardiovascular, pediatric, and behavioral health require systematic exposure that cannot be adequately compressed below 6 months.
Full-scope competency, Procedural Level 4, an original QI project, and a Fellowship Capstone Portfolio require a 12-month minimum.
The fellowship curriculum integrates urgent care clinical operations, evidence-based practice, procedural competency, digital health, quality improvement, population health, clinical education, and scholarly activity within a structured competency-based educational framework.
Content is calibrated to each track's milestone exit point. E = Essentials · X = Expanded · C = Comprehensive.
Unlike programs that rely on informal feedback, SAUCM uses validated, programmatic assessment tools throughout the fellowship year.
All tracks include structured milestone evaluations, competency-based assessments, case-based reviews, procedure tracking logs, simulation exercises, scholarly activity review, and competency-based assessment tools.
Upgrade to AUCM-X at any time — price difference only
Group pricing — contact SAUCM for team rates
Medical Director Dashboard available for groups
Every fellow knows exactly where they stand at every stage. Milestones are informed by competency-based educational principles commonly used in graduate medical educationto Medical Education Standard standards — no ambiguity about what graduation competency requires.
| Competency Domain | Early · Months 1–4 | Mid · Months 5–8 | Graduation · Months 9–12 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Decision-Making | Recognizes common presentations under supervision | Independent evaluation of most UC cases | Advanced triage, risk stratification, complex cases |
| Procedural Skills | Direct supervision; procedure logs initiated | Increasing independence; competency verified | Independent proceduralist across all HMH competencies |
| Diagnostic Interpretation | Basic imaging with supervision; critical findings | Independent X-ray / ECG; appropriate ordering | Advanced reasoning; imaging stewardship leader |
| Care Transitions & Triage | Understands referral pathways | Leads transfer communications | System-level triage initiative leadership |
| Telemedicine / Digital Health | Observational virtual encounters | Independent virtual evaluation | Telehealth program leadership; AI-CDSS proficient |
| QI & Leadership | Participates in QI; data collection | Designs QI interventions; presents findings | Leads system QI; scholarly dissemination |
| Professionalism | Demonstrates; punctuality; patient-centered | Models professionalism; peer teaching | Faculty-level teaching; leadership role model |
SAUCM fellows train side-by-side with our Ambient AI Clinical Decision Support System — the industry's first real-time, conversation-driven diagnostic support platform. You don't just learn about AI in medicine. You use it daily.
SAUCM Fellowship is open to physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants committed to urgent care medicine as an academic career. We accept candidates from multiple training backgrounds.
Join the inaugural SAUCM Fellowship cohort and become one of the first physicians trained in the academic urgent care medicine framework. Spots are extremely limited.
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