r/clinicalinformatics

I’m a neurology resident that is interested in clinical informatics. Unfortunately I think it is too late for me to apply to the fellowship and start after residency, but looking for advice on how to get into this/ if this could be a viable hybrid career. What projects could I get into while finishing residency? Is fellowship necessary (for example if I wanted to work in informatics 0.5 FTE? What if later on I wanted majority like 0.8 FTE informatics?) I was thinking of possibly getting a job at the VA eventually, do you know if it would be possible to pursue informatics there? instead of fellowship, would working part time for a year or two and doing a masters make any sense?