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

OVERVIEW Mission Develop pediatric professionals with greater skills, capacity, and interest to improve the health and well being of children through community-based medicine and advocacy. Key Partner Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Department of Pediatrics Collaborators Community Pediatricians Community based social and health agencies serving children, youth and families Goals Develop pediatric professional with advocacy, consultant, collaboration, and assessment skills in order to positively influence the health of all children in diverse communities Develop pediatric professionals who incorporate assets and needs of both families and the community into their clinical practices to improve the care of individual patients Develop collaborative partnerships with community-based organizations, schools, public health, social service, and community based health care providers to improve the health of children and their families Institutionalize the (a) innovation of the residency training program and (b) collaborative efforts of the academic health center with child-serving agencies in the community Summary Pediatricians and Community Collaborating Together (PACCT) is a pediatric residency-training program designed to develop pediatric professionals with greater skills and interests in community-based medicine and advocacy. The program was designed with the understanding that many issues affecting child well-being revolve around a number of societal factors such as violence, poverty, single-parent homes, teenage pregnancy, lack of access to health care, and inadequately funded schools. It is because of these societal factors that the UCSD School of Medicine has collaborated with the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Department of Pediatrics, to expand and develop pediatric training in the community. PACCT requires that all pediatric residents participate in a four week block rotation, which occurs in the first year of the training and consists of two weeks focusing on community pediatrics and two weeks focusing on child protection. Additionally, residents gain cultural experience through a series of cultural immersion days and film ant theater nights. Pediatricians and Community Collaborating Together occurs in six sub-populations in San Diego. These sub-populations of San Diego illustrate to residents how specific cultures and circumstances influence the health outcomes of children and how health care strategies need to be tailored to meet the needs of defined communities. The six populations are rural, homeless, military, US-Mexico border, Native American, and immigrants / refugees.