"Our community counts on us for life"

Our residency cares for the urban, underserved population of our “community classroom” affording us many opportunities to make a difference in the lives of our patients. Residents are trained to access community resources for their patients, interact effectively with the public health system and continually provide community education to those in need. Through active, longitudinal community involvement, our residents are taught the skill of utilizing and understanding the complex interplay of community dynamics on health and behavior systems while learning how to consider patients in the broader social contexts of their lives. This community involvement includes, but is not limited to, activities at local churches, early intervention programs, senior centers, alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, protective and support services for adults and foster care agencies. In addition, Residents also participate in our hospital’s extensive school-based health program; serve as the team physicians for two local high schools and a college.

We provide extensive cultural sensitivity training to our Residents which prepares them to optimally care for the diverse communities we serve. The cultural variations in healthcare behavior in the Latino, African American, Caribbean, Eastern European, and Asian communities of Queens and Southeastern Brooklyn are effectively understood and cared for by our diverse group of physicians.

Our residency program has a long tradition of responding to crises, both in our local area and our community-at-large. During the recent swine flu pandemic, our residency rose to the acute needs of our community and served as a New York City Department of Health vaccination site. In addition, our Global Health Program responds to the needs of the global community. Several of our residents and faculty participated in medical relief missions to Haiti after the earthquake and, most recently to Guyana. The program’s academic affiliation with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine includes a PGYII Community and Social Medicine rotation at Montefiore Medical Center through their Department of Social and Family Medicine. This includes opportunities to provide health care to several marginalized populations such as the homeless, persons with HIV, transgendered individuals and prison inmates.

Our program’s focus on Community Medicine and the lessons learned from this aspect of our training has prepared us to confidently meet the emerging challenges of Family Medicine as our healthcare system evolves.

 

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Dentistry
Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
Ob/Gyn
Psychiatry

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Palliative Care

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