At the beginning of the fellowship year, each fellow develops an Individualized Training Plan in conjunction with their discipline preceptor and the LEND Associate Director. The ITP addresses all LEND program goals and outlines how each fellow will complete fellowship requirements based on the range of options offered by the LEND curriculum in conjunction with experiences provided within the fellow's own discipline and clinical work. Over the course of the training year the fellow is expected to record progress in fulfilling program requirements as listed on the ITP, and meet monthly with the discipline preceptor to discuss this progress.
Each Fellow maintains an ITP Portfolio of related material, which contains evidence of achievement, including briefs written for Problem-Based Learning courses, selected reports of evaluations, presentations given as part of LEND activities, the abstract from the Research Leadership Project, etc. The content of the portfolio is reviewed and evaluated at the completion of the training program by the LEND Curriculum Committee.