Education
The Department of Community Medicine and Health Care's educational responsibilities are focused on medical and dental students, residents, the public health workforce, and other health care professionals.
The Department plays an important role in the Medical School's undergraduate curriculum. Community Medicine faculty members participated in many of the ten courses composing the curriculum. Several of its members serve as section heads within courses or as members of course coordinating committees. In addition, the Department provides academic appointments to Pro Health Physicians MSO whose physicians provide ambulatory teaching sites for over 70 medical students.
Community oriented primary care is the governing philosophy of the Community-Based Education Program. This approach, developed in the 1960's, incorporates community needs assessment, population based planning and intervention, community participation and evaluation. The program is integrated into all four years of School of Medicine's curriculum. Community-based Education has developed educational experiences with a variety of community programs throughout the state that compliments the classroom learning in the School of Medicine. Currently, medical students work with more than 300 community programs located in 61 Connecticut towns. » More about the Community-Based Education Program
The Student Continuity Practice (SCP) is a three year primary care continuity experience which provides students with a longitudinal immersion and mentoring experience in a community based generalist practice. SCP gives students the opportunity to develop a conceptual understanding of medicine while developing skills in history taking, physical examination and clinical reasoning. It also provides students exposure to personal and professional issues that accompany medical training and practice. Students spend 1/2 day per week with their physician preceptor in sites that are usually within 1 hour from the medical school.
In addition providing undergraduate medical education, faculty from the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care also present topics in Health Law and Ethics and the Social Sciences to Medical Residents.
The Graduate Program in Public Health, sponsored by the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, offers an integrated theory-practice curriculum leading to the Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree and is nationally accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (C.E.P.H.). The M.P.H. program's mission is to provide broad public health perspectives and skills necessary for individuals to assume effective leadership in public health practice, academics and governance. M.P.H. students are offered innumerable resources for their graduate level studies including a faculty of professors from numerous population-based health sciences within the University of Connecticut. They, as well as leading public health practitioners from throughout the state, offer students considerable breadth of knowledge and experience in the public health field. » More about the Graduate Program in Public Health
The Department is committed to helping health care and public health professionals improve their skills through continuing educational experiences.
During the academic year, the Department offers the Community Medicine Seminar Series, a free lunch time seminar series offered featuring dynamic, prominent regional and national speakers on a variety of topics of interest to physicians, students, health professionals, researchers, policy makers, and the general public. » More about the Seminar Series
Through a unique partnership between the UConn Graduate Program in Public Health and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, individuals who possess a bachelor's degree can enhance their training through the courses offered in the M.P.H. program. Students attend evening classes taking 1 course (or more) per semester and completing the program within six semesters following date of admission. Classes are held at the UConn Health Center (Farmington) and the Connecticut Department of Public Health (Hartford). A certificate of recognition for Study of Core Public Health Competencies signed by the Commissioner of Public Health is awarded to individuals upon successful completion of 5 courses. » More Information on the Certificate Program
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Did You Know? |
- Through the Community-Based Education Program, medical students work with more than 300 community programs located in 61 Connecticut towns.
- Over 150, Master in Public Health Students are enrolled in the Graduate Program in Public Health. The majority of students (approximately 75%) are enrolled on a part-time basis.
- The Department of Community Medicine provides academic appointments to Pro Health Physicians who provide ambulatory teaching sites to 70 medical students.
- The Department sponsors a seminar series program during the academic year that brings regionally and nationally known speakers to campus.
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