Pediatrics Home Page Objectives Requirements Evaluation Submissions 1-  Pediatric Practice 2-  Systems-Based Practice 3-  Case Report 4-  Community Agencies Professionalism Dept Pediatrics UTMB

Ambulatory Community Selective Pediatric Option  MODULE 4: Community Agencies Due by 9:00 PM Wednesday of Week 4 Instructions: 1.  We suggest you answer these questions in Word , then cut and paste into an e-mail.  2.  Submit answers by e-mail to Course Directors  (Gayani Silva, MD, gsilva@utmb.edu and Virginia Niebuhr, PhD, vniebuhr@utmb.edu )   1. AHEC Objectives:  Describe what is AHEC and why would a community physician want to know about AHEC. Discover the AHEC activities in this community.  Activity:  Spend one with an AHEC staff member from the region serving the pediatric practice in which you are completing the PediACS. go here to find the AHEC staff member for your regions Submission: Describe your time with AHEC.  What did you learn about AHEC?  With what activities is AHEC involved  in this community?     2. WIC  Objectives:  Describe what is WIC and why is it important for community pediatrician to know about WIC?  Activity: You may want to visit a WIC office, not just read about WIC off the Internet. Submission:  What is WIC? How is it funded?  For what services would you send patients to WIC?  If you visited a WIC office , describe your visit and what you learned.     3. One other child/youth/family-serving agency Objective:  learn about one other child/youth/family-serving agency or organization Activity:  Choose one other child/youth/family-serving agency or organization that you would like to learn more about. Suggestion: ask your preceptor if there is any agency or organization that the preceptor would like to learn more about; and set out to learn about the agency in the way as to be helpful to the preceptor. For example, the preceptor may want to learn about the type of services provided by the new mental health provider in town know about the local Head Start – what ages, what hours, do they still have openings, eligibility? learn about the after-school program starting up at a local church identify what are the advantages for his families of children with ADHD for joining CHADD, or families with autism for joining Autism Society of America what services does the county MHMR have for his patients with autism or mental retardation Submission.  Provide us information about the agency /organization. Note:  please do not simply cut and paste from a website.  Include the following: How did you learn about this agency/organization : Internet searching,  phone calls, actual visit? What is the mission of the agency/organization? Is this a local, state, or federal program? What services are provided? What are the eligibility requirements (who can benefit?) How is this agency/organization funded? Is this an organization that your preceptor knows of, or are you teaching the preceptor? Any reflections? (e.g. the agency's needs? impact? potential role of a pediatrician?)   site developed 6-04 last update:8-12-12 contact:  V. Niebuhr. vniebuhr@utmb.edu.