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http://www.medicine.ucsd.edu/fpm/underserved/
More than 90 faculty and physicians from across the country
have attended the innovative Faculty Development Program "Addressing the
Health Needs of the Underserved" over the last seven years. Under the direction of Dr.
Ellen Beck, the program provides the physician with the administrative,
scholarly, and teaching skills to develop and implement programs in the
primary care of the underserved.
The
3-week course curriculum features lecture, self-directed study, and
independent research in the following areas: Community Health
(Environmental/Occupational, Promotoras model, inner city schools,
student-run free clinics), Teaching Skills (presentation skills, course
design, program evaluation, use of simulated patients), Research Skills
(needs assessment, finding data, collecting data, using data to change
policy), and Administration Skills (leadership development, small group
facilitation, rotation implementation, community collaboration).
Designed
to aid the practicing or teaching family medicine physician to develop
teaching programs for medical students or residents in community
medicine, do research in primary care of the underserved, and create
community-based programs, this Faculty Development Program has also
motivated its students to take on high-visibility leadership roles.
Alumni of the Program will also attend and call informal meetings at
national conferences sponsored by such organizations as the Society of
Teachers of Family Medicine and the American College of Physicians.
Over the last three years, 53 physicians from 24 states including: New
York, Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas, Washington,
Oklahoma, and California have completed the program. Attendees of the
program have affected national outcomes including the creation of 5 new
student- and resident-run free clinic projects (see below), successful
grant proposals that address training in underserved communities, 29
new or modified resident curricula in community medicine, 18 new or
modified student curricula, and new programs addressing the needs of
migrant workers, street homeless, and other underserved groups.
Five new Free Clinic Projects have been established at the following institutions:
- Baylor University - Dr. David Buck, MD
- Phoenix Baptist - David Kang, MD
- University of California, Irvine - Camille Fitzpatrick MSN, NP
- University of Kentucky, Lexington - Wanda Gonsaves, MD
- University of Mississippi, Jackson - Joyce Olutade, MD
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