Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #110651

Ellen Alkon, MD, MPH, Public Health, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, 241 N. Figueroa Street, Room 143, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 250-8623, ealkon@ladhs.org

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, a major provider of medical education in Southern California, has twelve primary care residency programs. Since its development in 2000, the Public Health Education in Medicine program in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services aims to decrease the gap between medicine and public health through public health education of primary care residents. The educational models that were developed in 2000 were two: 1. Providing or arranging public health sessions at the training hospital and 2. Providing a one-month elective public health rotation. Over the five years some of the residency programs have requested alternate briefer public health experience and different models have been developed, not all of which were actually implemented. At the conclusion of a rotation or experience, residents have an exit interview and complete a satisfaction questionnaire that also includes an open-ended question about what they found most useful. The residents often comment on the logistics of their experience as well as respond regarding desired types of experiences. The various types of one-month rotations and briefer experiences will be explained. Factors that relate to operational success and to resident satisfaction will be delineated and discussed. The information provided should be of interest to public health practitioners who want to provide public health education for physicians in training.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the presentation the listener should be able to
• List at least three different models for public health experiences for primary care residents
• Describe the two essential factors in resident satisfaction
• Develop a public health experience for primary care residents

Keywords: Education, Public Health Education

Related Web page: ladhs.org/hr/mdrecruit/resident.htm

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.