A fellowship is the period of training that a physician may undertake after completing a residency program. Fellows are capable of acting as attending physician or consultant  in the generalist field in which they were trained. After completing a fellowship in the relevant sub-specialty, the physician is permitted to practice without direct supervision in that sub-specialty, such as cardiology or oncology.

To assess if fellowship training is for you, analyze your motives for going into a subspecialty.

• Do you have a deep love or fascination for the specialty area?
• Do you enjoy the role of consultant?
• Do you enjoy performing procedures?
• Are you fascinated by the hospital-related problems?
• Does deep mastery of a restricted content area appeal to you?
• Would a subspecialty career offer you important lifestyle or financial advantages?
• Are you entering subspecialty training because you disliked your general medicine hospital clinic experience?