Pediatricians and Community Collaborating Together (PACCT) Pediatric Training in the Community

UCSD School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics San Diego Naval Medical Center Department of Pediatrics

ABOUT Home Overview Faculty LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Community Pediatrics Rotation Cultural Immersion Days Longitudinal Experiences Child Protection Rotation RESIDENCY PROGRAMS UCSD School of Medicine Naval Medical Center, San Diego Pediatric Residency Program RESIDENT EDUCATION American Academy of Pediatrics Community Collaborators Dyson Foundation

LONGITUDINAL EXPERIENCES Residents at the completion of their block rotation are asked to pick a culture, community, or agency to develop a long-term relationship with for the remainder of their residency program. USCD residents begin the longitudinal experience in year two and USNMC residents in year three. The long-term goal of Pediatricians and Community Collaborating Together is to develop pediatricians with the desire and skills to bring about positive changes for individual children through system changes on a community level. In order to facilitate this goal a longitudinal learning experience was added to the resident curriculum. The longitudinal experience is a one or two year placement designed to assist residents in developing their skills as advocates for children's health concerns. It also functions as a mechanism to help empower the resident to begin to see him/herself as a consultant to CBOs, schools, and other agencies in the area of child welfare and health. As residents deepen their relationships to and understanding of a community they begin to function within the context of the community norms, thereby decreasing any medical cross-cultural barriers. Brian Fonseca provides parent education at Rosa Parks. Resident Elena Fishman provides well child check at day care center in Tijuana Mexico Resident Michael Epperly provides health education to YMCA Pryde students. Jen Patel, MD teaches Dorris Miller Students about the food pyramid as part of her HIP 2 Be Fit health fair project. Jessica Chodos, MD and Michelle Roy, MD outside the entrance to the resident coordinated Arts in Harmony Health Fair. Michael Zimbric explains a BMI score to a Arts and Harmony Health Fair participant.