Training Pediatricians to Address Health Disparities: An Innovative Residency Track Combining Global Health With Community Pediatrics and Advocacy

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Suzinne Pak-GorsteinHeather McPhillips

Abstract

Pediatric residency programs have been tasked to train a workforce of pediatricians with skills in community pediatrics (CP) and advocacy, and knowledge of global child health priorities. In 2009, the University of Washington (UW) Seattle Children's Hospital pediatric residency program developed the Resident Education in Advocacy and Child Health (REACH) program, a combined pathway for global health (GH) and CP training. After participating in a combined curriculum, residents complete a community immersion either in Kisii, Kenya (GH) or rural Washington (CP). This approach provides an efficient use of faculty and administrative resources and delivers a sustainable and ethical strategy for inspiring pediatric residents to address child health problems at a systems level. Between 2009 and 2013, the percentage of graduating residents from the UW pediatric residency program who rated GH training as "outstanding/excellent/good" increased from 58.4% to 100%, and the percentage rating community and population health training as "outstanding/excellent/good" increased from 56% to 88.8%. Annual applicant surveys in the period 2011-2014 revealed that the REACH program led a significant percentage of candidates to rank the UW pediatric res...Continue Reading

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Oct 22, 2021·Frontiers in Public Health·Fang HuYifei Hu

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