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APA HEALTH CARE
DELIVERY AWARD WINNERS
2003 APA Health Care Delivery Award
The Ohio Rural Developmental and Behavioral Clinic Initiative
Columbus, Ohio
2002 APA Health Care Delivery Award
Denver Health Division of General Pediatrics
Denver, CO
2000 APA Health Care Delivery Award
Young Parents Program, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
1999 APA Health Care Delivery Award
ChessPenn Health Services, Crozer-Chester Medical Center,
Chester, PA
1998 APA Health Care Delivery Award
Community House Calls, Harborview Medical Center
1997 APA Health Care Delivery Award
MEDIC Salvation Army Homeless Shelter Clinic, Madison,
WI
New York Childrens Health Project
New York, NY
1996 APA Health Care Delivery Award
Cabrini Green Youth Program Clinic
Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
1995 APA Health Care Delivery Award
Georgetown University Community Pediatric Program
Pediatric Mobile Clinic
Washington, DC
Joseph P. Sherman, MD
The Georgetown University Community Pediatric Program/
Pediatric Mobile Clinic, a branch of the Division of General
Pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Center, began
its operation in October 1992 with the arrival of a 33
foot, fully-equipped van donated by the Children's Health
Fund and Merck Pharmaceuticals. The Mobile Clinic provides
comprehensive pediatric services to children living in
public housing in Washington, D.C. The Department works
closely with community organizations and the city of Washington
to fill in the gaps of health care and overcome barriers
to access for families living in the inner-city. It is
supported by private donations and Medicaid funding and
is staffed by pediatric faculty and nurse practitioners
as well as residents and medical students. In addition
to the Mobile Clinic, several other organizations working
with children in Washington, DC provide unique learning
experiences for pediatric residents and medical students.
These include private, non-profit community clinics serving
African-American, Hispanic and homeless populations; Head
Start centers; child development centers; a residential
facility for HIV-affected children and "Boarder Babies".
Residents and medical students participate in a variety
of ways:
- Three residents (one from each level of training)
use the mobile clinic as their continuity site and
follow patients for all three years of training.
- PL-1 residents are exposed to a variety of sites
outside the hospital, working during a required ambulatory
pediatric rotation.
- Fourth year medical students and upper level residents
have an opportunity to take a Community Pediatric
elective where they visit several community sites,
choosing one particular area or organization with
which they wish to work for a month.
- Members of the Student National Medical Association
participate in a structured health education program
for middle school students in the area served by the
Mobile Clinic.
- Residents of all levels participate in health fairs,
sports physicals, and other community events to establish
a presence in the community.
After two and one-half years, we have been able to expand
our pediatric training away from the Medical Center and
into the community. Our program has become very popular
among trainees and is already motivating graduating residents
to work in underserved areas. In the future, we hope to
expand our program to include more experiences in child
advocacy, taking advantage of the vast resources here
in our city. |
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