Parent Partners in Health Education Update Issue #1 January 2008
- Issue #1 Update is also available in Portable Document Format (PDF, 99KB, 4pg.)
Parent Partners in Health Education (PPHE) is a curriculum to train medical residents about working with families and children with developmental disabilities. Funding for PPHE projects is provided by the NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. The NYS Council on Graduate Medical Education provides technical assistance to grantees and is conducting the overall program evaluation of the grants. This news sheet is provided to inform you about this important project and to invite your inquiries about how you can adopt the curriculum. Updates will be issued periodically by the NYS Council on Graduate Medical Education.
Exciting programs to enhance resident training to support families and children with developmental disabilities are happening at 12 New York teaching hospitals, where 16 pediatric and family medicine residency programs are implementing PPHE.
Although using the same curriculum, residency programs are applying the curriculum differently. Some of the different models are: <96% of residents have found PPHE to be a good experience and would recommend it to their colleagues. After a home visit, one resident wrote: "I am in awe as to the resilience and persistence of this family in surviving whatever is thrown their way." The residents were asked what they learned from PPHE that will have the greatest implications for their future clinical work with individuals with developmental disabilities. Typical responses include: Following is a list of PPHE grantees. You are invited to contact them for their personal perspectives. For more information about PPHE, email gme@health.state.ny.us This Parent Partners in Health Education Update is provided by the
Corning Tower #1190, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237
with funding from the NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
Telephone 518-473-3513
FAX 518-486-7854Parent Partners in Health Education Grants
PPHE Phase I Residency Programs 2005-2008
St. Barnabas Hospital
718-960-6574
paola_carugno@stbarnabas.ny.org
718-220-2020, ext. 8143
ercks78@aol.com
St. Barnabas Hospital
4422 Third Avenue
Bronx, NY 10457St. Elizabeth Medical Center
315-734-3546
ncocomazzi@stemc.org
Department of Family Medicine
120 Hobart Street
Utica, NY 13501
315-734-3569Stony Brook University Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
Residency Director
Stony Brook University Hospital
HSCT 11, Room 020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8111
631-444-2020
susan.guralnick@stonybrook.eduWinthrop-University Hospital
Chief, Behavioral Pediatrics
Winthrop-University Hospital
222 Station Plaza, Suite 611
Mineola, NY 11501
516-663-4432
wbbrockm@winthrop.orgPPHE Phase II Residency Programs 2006-2009
Maimonides
Co-Director, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Maimonides Medical Center
977-48th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219
718-283-6160
laltshuler@maimonidesmed.orgNew York Medical College
Associate Dean, Primary Care
Department of Pediatrics
New York Medical College
Munger Pavilion, Suite 600
Valhalla, NY 10595
914-493-8175
kedwards@wihd.orgNew York Presbyterian Hospital
Assistant Attending, Pediatric Service
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian
3959 Broadway
New York, NY 10032
212-304-6922
heb1@columbia.eduSUNY-Upstate
Center for Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics and the
Department of Family Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
SUNY-Upstate Medical University
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-464-5800
dosan@upstate.eduPPHE Phase III Residency Programs 2007-2010
Elmhurst Hospital Center
Director of Pediatric Services
Elmhurst Hospital Center
79-01 Broadway
Elmhurst, NY 11373
718-334-3380
gertnerm@nychhc.orgInstitute for Urban Family Health Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Practice
Residency Program Director
16 East 16 Street
New York, NY 10003
212-206-5255
acohrssen@institute2000.orgSouth Nassau Communities Hospital
Director, Family Medicine Residency Program
196 Merrick Road
Oceanside, NY 11572
516-255-8415
ssandowski@snch.orgDDPC Grant for Technical Assistance and Program Evaluation
NYS Council on Graduate Medical Education
Executive Director
tfb01@health.state.ny.us
Public Health Specialist
gew02@health.state.ny.us
Associate Accountant
pxr03@health.state.ny.us
Corning Tower #1190, Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12237
518-473-3513
518-486-7854 faxDevelopmental Disabilities Planning Council
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