Curriculum Description and Requirements

Elements Required of All Residents

Didactic Presentations

Summer Series
Faculty and community professionals present eight sessions, each lasting 1.25 hours. The topics define the advocacy role of a pediatrician, explain community issues, identify available resources, and describe effective advocacy communication methods.

Resident Requirement: Attend this series in the summer of the intern year

• Summer 2004 Objectives
• Advocacy Action Plan (29K)

OPD Advocacy Series
Monthly Ambulatory presentations describe community health issues seen in the clinic and identify appropriate resources for those issues.

Resident Requirement: Attend these scheduled sessions all three years

Experiential Learning Activities

Site Visits
Site visits to specific community programs highlight the problems and successes of community action and describe how to make appropriate referrals. During the Newborn Nursery rotation residents visit community services. They fill out site evaluation forms and review community services at the end of the rotation with the advocacy consultant.

Resident Requirement: Make the site visits during the Newborn Nursery rotation and complete an evaluation for each visit

• Newborn nursery rotation schedule "I"
• Site Evaluation Form

CHAMP Program Education
The "Evaluating Child Sexual Abuse" self-study workbook and videotape explain the processes used to identify and treat child sexual abuse.

Resident Requirement: Complete the workbook and pass the posttest during the second OPD rotation

• CHAMP website

Syracuse Parent Article
A 500-word article on a health or safety issue demonstrates good written communication skills. Each year members of the Parents Advisory Committee evaluates the articles, and a cash prize for the best article is awarded at graduation. In addition, all articles are formatted to become a parent education handout for University Pediatric and Adolescent Center (UPAC).

Resident Requirement: Write an article during the second year OPD rotation

• Handout for SYR Parent (24K)
• List of Syracuse Parent Articles
• Winners List

Pre-Grand Rounds Advocacy Presentation
A 15 minute Pre-Grand Rounds presentation demonstrates advocacy skills by explaining the prevalence of a problem in the local community, describing the community resources that address this problem, outlining any multicultural issues and explaining the role of the pediatrician as an advocate for this problem.

Resident Requirement: Make the presentation during the third year

Sample Presentations:

• Reach out and Read (4,105K)
• Dental Trauma (525K)

OPTIONAL ELEMENTS

Selective
During the second OPD rotation residents may chose to observe in the CARE clinic for children who have been or may have been sexually abused, or the ENHANCE clinic for children in foster care.

Children's Health Advocate Preceptorship
Residents may use an elective rotation to focus on advocacy. Stipends are available to help underwrite expenses related to the advocacy work.