CPTI started in 1997 at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin and has evolved with the national program within the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2000, this initiative was funded by the Dyson Foundation to impact pediatric residency training programs and career choices of individual pediatric residents.
Gaining greater competencies in child advocacy, professionalism and cultural-sensitivity, practice-based improvement and system-based improvements supports educating future pediatricians through experiences that allow them:
Pediatric residents are encouraged to examine the roles that pediatricians can assume when it comes to schools, childcare, child welfare, food/economics security, public policy and to explore the efficacy and effectiveness of various programs in these sectors. Pediatric residents, working with community partners, have implemented more than 30 community initiatives related to access to comprehensive care, adolescent health, child advocacy, environmental and public health. Consistently, ongoing local evaluation of CPTI shows that community experiences have significantly improved pediatric residents’ competencies in child advocacy, cultural competencies, system-based practice as well as expanded their knowledge of the impact of poverty on children and families.
Tifany Frazer Department of Pediatrics Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509 Phone (414) 456-4609 / Fax (414) 456-6385