Education
Fellowship Programs
Residency Training
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:
- Extensive exposures to programs in community agencies (PDF) serving underserved populations
- Interactive discussions with parent participants
- Development of collaborative community initiatives in partnership with agencies
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 50 community initiatives (PDF) 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.
Contact Us
Find out more about fellowship or residency opportunities with the Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children.
Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH
CPTI Medical Director
(414) 955-4177
(414) 955-6385 (fax)
ewillis@mcw.edu