{"id":4968,"date":"2012-07-20T13:27:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T17:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/?page_id=4968"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:46:43","slug":"program-description-and-target-audience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/education-and-training-programs\/training-programs\/fit\/program-description-and-target-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Description and Target Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The training is supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant and there is no tuition for fellows.<\/p>\n

The Fellow Immersion Training (<\/span>FIT) Program is a\u00a0four-day intensive immersion training that equips incoming and current clinical subspecialty fellows (e.g., infectious disease, gastroenterology, adolescent) with state-of-the-art skills and content to integrate addiction medicine into research and clinical care.<\/span> Upon completion of the training, fellows will develop and carry out a research project relating to substance use.<\/p>\n

The FIT Program will be hosted in conjunction with the Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) Program in Addiction Medicine and CARE Faculty Scholars Program to obtain similar evidence-based skills. Click here to learn more about Chief Resident Immersion Training<\/a> or the CARE Faculty Scholars Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Program Objectives<\/strong><\/h4>\n

After completion of the training, FIT fellows will:<\/p>\n