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Community Health

Community Medicine Experience

Longitudinal experience occurring over the second and third year of residency

Goal: to be skilled at implementing the community oriented primary care model in a given community.

Objectives:

• conduct needs assessments on an identified population;
• access epidemiologic data about a geographically defined community;
• collaborate with other health professionals, social service agencies, and community members in designing interventions to impact the health of a community;
• understand the community’s role in health problems and solutions;
• practice COPC through health education;
• deliver healthcare in established COPC models.

Population Health rotation

Innovative 2 week experience during the 3rd year

Goal: provide on-site exposure to the work of public health agencies and federal and city based projects in chronic disease management as well as to participate in interdisciplinary teams providing care and services to vulnerable populations.

Objectives:

• Understand the role of community-based organizations and health centers in enhancing the health of individuals and populations, and in augmenting the health delivery system
• Identify specific health and social needs of selected vulnerable populations.
• Identify barriers to care for specific vulnerable populations
• Assist members of vulnerable population to overcome internal and external barriers to health and medical care.
• Understand the role of community health education in disease management in selected populations.
• Understand and implement methods for assessing the health needs, assets and barriers of populations/neighborhoods.
• Provide care to vulnerable populations with cultural and linguistic competence

Academic Partners:

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Office to Advance Population Health

Jefferson College of Graduate Studies Masters in Public Health Program

Community Partners:

Youth Service, Inc. www.ysiphila.org
Youth Emergency Services
Locust Mother Baby Home

Project HOME www.projecthome.org
St. Elizabeth's Healing Center
St. Elizabeth's Recovery residence
Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology labs
Street Outreach

Mazzoni Center- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Center www.mazzonicenter.org

Philadelphia Department of Public Health www.phila.gov/Health/
AIDS Activities Coordinating Office
Child and Adolescent Obesity program
District Health Centers

Health Promotion Council of Southeastern PA www.hpcpa.org