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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Dodi D. Meyer, MD, Mary McCord, MD, MPH, Matilde Irigoyen, MD, Patricia Hametz, MD, and Milagros Batista, MSW. Division of General Pediatrics, Columbia University, 622 W. 168th St. VC-4, New York, NY 10032, 212-305-6227, ddm11@columbia.edu
The Community Pediatrics Program at Columbia University is based on the premise that the responsibility for the health and well being of every child in the community is a shared, long-term and all-encompassing endeavor. Through academic-community partnerships and innovative pediatric training experiences, we believe we can significantly improve how pediatricians relate to, advocate for, and remain committed to the community and the children for whom they care. Started in 1997 and expanded in 2000 with The Anne E Dyson Community Pediatrics Training Initiative, our program is striving to establish a national model for training resident physicians in community pediatrics. Three core competencies, community health, cultural competency and child advocacy, are being integrated into the three years of residency pediatric training. Our overarching educational methodology is Service Learning: a structured learning experience that combines community service with explicit educational objectives and reflection. It emphasizes the value of reciprocal learning between resident physicians, community partners and multidisciplinary academic faculty. Unique challenges to this educational endeavor are in the areas of: 1) curricular design: determining the skills required to become an effective pediatrician-advocate; 2) building community-partnerships: recruitment, training and integration of community members as faculty-mentors for residents; 3) institutional culture: resident and faculty acceptance in incorporating a community health curriculum in an otherwise tertiary care center training. The evaluation includes outcomes measures for resident physicians, the academic medical center and the community-based organizations.
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Keywords: Education, Community-Based Partnership
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.