Trainee Opportunity Directory

The Center of Innovation and Value at Parkland (CIVP) Trainee Opportunity Directory highlights training programs offered through CIVP in partnership with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW). These opportunities are designed to:

Strategically align trainees with health equity education and value-based care through CIVP placements.
Prepare physicians to lead transformation in underserved settings through structured education and mentorship.
Integrate education, care redesign, and population health to drive system-level improvement and readiness for value-based care.
Address critical health system challenges in an evolving landscape.

CIVP Accomplishments

Publications and Press

2021 Gage Award

2020 Gage Award

2016 Gage Award

How to Set Up a Trust Challenge at Your Organization

Health Equity: The Importance of Building Trust

Cristo Rey Network Corporate Work Study National Impact Award

Internal Publications

Building Trust Challenge Compendium

Anthology of Parkland Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure

A Youth Led Celebration of Culture and Community (English)

A Youth Led Celebration of Culture and Community (Spanish)

Parkland Health Equity Fellowship

Partnering with the Division of General Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern, Parkland offers a two-year, non-ACGME Health Equity Fellowship designed to develop physician leaders committed to advancing equity in healthcare. The fellowship provides rigorous didactic and mentored training in clinical and health services research, population health and health policy, along with opportunities to collaborate with KFF. This multidisciplinary fellowship is structured to build expertise at the intersection of public health and clinical care within a large safety-net system. The program is open to physicians who have completed any clinical residency. Prior fellows have come from diverse training backgrounds, including Internal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology/Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Training emphasizes the development of strong analytic skills, effective communication across academic, community and policy audiences, and competency in systems thinking, leadership and institutional change. Fellows are expected to develop a portfolio of scholarly work in public health and population science, with an emphasis on intervention-oriented projects that translate evidence into measurable improvements in health outcomes.

We seek highly motivated, dynamic and creative physicians who thrive in a collaborative learning environment and are committed to building a career focused on improving the health of underserved communities through innovation, research and system level transformation.

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Internal Medicine Community & Population Healthcare Residency

Residents will practice academic community medicine, with a focus on Quality Improvement projects, gain a deep understanding of healthcare systems, and address social determinants of health. This three-year track, initiated in 2026, is designed to cultivate leaders who can drive change, focus on disparities and promote well-being through public health initiatives. Residents will have immersive, hands-on experience across three major healthcare systems: Parkland Health, VA North Texas Health Care System and William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.

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UT Southwestern - Parkland Health Equity Scholars Program

A two-year initiative that funds 20% of a faculty member's salary and is designed to equip Clinician-Educator or Clinician track faculty with practical tools and experience to engage the community in activities that promote health and support health equity.

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