College Within A College (CwiC) – Population Health

Seminar presentation (55 PowerPoint Slides) The development of programmatic tracks providing students with academic opportunities outside of the traditional medical curriculum represents a national trend in medical education. With HRSA Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Joint Graduate Degree five-year funding, the Department of Family and Community Medicine at ThomasJeffersonUniversitycreated an Inter-professional Primary Care Dual Degree Program (IPCDDP), which builds on JeffersonMedicalCollege’s College within a College (CwiC) Scholarly Concentrations Program in Population Health. The mission of the IPCDDP is to provide outstanding training in primary care and innovative education in chronic care management and population and public health in order to prepare primary care leaders to serve as future change agents working to improve the health of Americans, especially its most vulnerable and underserved populations. Key CwiC-PH components include: Year 1 – enhanced population health components of Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) I, participation in community health initiatives, journal club, and twice monthly seminars Summer – population health related programs Year 2 – case studies in Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine, twice monthly seminars emphasizing application of the social and behavioral foundations of Public Health Year 3 – On going advising, enhanced clerkship experiences, Capstone planning Year 4 – Two community electives and completion of a Capstone Project Benefits to students include a certificate upon completion of the program, and 15 credits applied to the MPH program at Jefferson. The development, institutional collaboration, and a detailed description of the CwiC – PH program will be presented along with implementation, evaluation, and sustainability plans. Learning Objectives: Participants attending this session will be able to: 1. Organize an approach to integrating population health into health professional’s curriculum 2. Apply a methodology to recruit students into an area of concentration in population health 3. Identify the challenges in curricular reform and innovatio

Teens 4 Good: Positive Youth Development Through Urban Community Gardening

Background and Rationale Teens that grow up in poor, blighted neighborhoods are at risk for a variety of negative outcomes, including poor health.1 In Philadelphia and many other urban communities, disparities in race, income, and education impact access to and consumption of fresh, healthy foods.2 Youth development programs (YDP) have grown as a viable solution to ameliorate negative outcomes among at-risk youth.3 Community gardens have been introduced in many urban environments to address issues of food insecurity.4 Teens 4 Good (T4G) is a youth-led entrepreneurial program that converts vacant city lots into community gardens. T4G was founded in 2005 by the Federation of Neighborhood Centers. The program targets urban at-risk youth attending Philadelphia public high schools. T4G Summer Internship: Teens are paid to plant, harvest, and sell produce to local communities. Teens are also involved in designing marketing materials, managing finances, and other business operations. Program Goals: Improve leadership skills, self-efficacy, and work readiness skills in youth, empowering them to become healthy young adults, and leaders who give back to their community. Ameliorate income and place barriers to accessing healthy affordable food by converting vacant city lots into community gardens. In 2013, 40 teens participated in the 6-week T4G summer internship program (June – August). During this time the study authors conducted a supplemental program evaluation to describe how and to what extent T4G is contributing to Positive Youth Development (PYD), and how and to what extent T4G is impacting teens’ families and the community

College within the College: Population Health

Rationale: The current approach to educating health professionals has not kept pace with the needs of our growingly diverse population. -Health Professional Education for the 21st Century-The Lancet -Institute of Medicine -APTR/CDC/AAMC-Patients and Populations. Public Health in Medical Education JMC Leadership and Curriculum Committee-one year planning process-2009-201

College Within the College: Population Health

College within the College (CwiC) – Population Health Skills for Physicians • Incorporate culturally relevant information into a treatment plan for a patient • Counsel individuals about healthy lifestyles • Identify community support and resources to serve patients • Coordinate health care services as a member of multidisciplinary teams • Promote primary and secondary prevention • Advocate for the needs of patients and the community • Conduct population health research/evaluation • Promote healthy lifestyles in communities • Work in partnership with community based agencies and organization