Innovative partnerships to advance public health training in community-based academic residency programs

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Table 1 Curricular examples of the Internal Medicine-MPH and Pediatrics-MPH residency training programs

	Internal Medicine-MPH residency program	Pediatrics-MPH residency program
Postgraduate year 1	Internal Medicine Internship	Pediatrics Internship
	Annual Faculty and Resident Conference with UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary MPH faculty Initiate faculty-mentored opportunities in research, quality improvement, innovation, and/or medical education*
Postgraduate year 2	Internal Medicine Residency Integrated patient safety QI project and hospital rounds*	Pediatrics Residency External 3-year community immersion experience*
	Annual Faculty and Resident Conference with UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary MPH faculty Rotations at affiliated global health sites and other clinical sites (available to all KP Oakland residents)*
Postgraduate year 3	Internal Medicine Residency Safety net public health clinic rotations in diverse settings*	Pediatrics Residency California legislative advocacy and policy rotation*
	Annual Faculty and Resident Conference with UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary MPH faculty Health policy elective and other clinical or subspecialty rotation opportunities relevant to future career goals*
Postgraduate year 4	University of California Berkeley School of Public Health Interdisciplinary MPH program Curricular schedule: summer (4–9 units), fall (17–19 units), spring (17–19 units), 9-month MPH project  Unique aspects of the accelerated 11-month Interdisciplinary MPH program:  ➢ individual mentoring of mature scholars with diverse backgrounds and specific public health career goals;  ➢ seminar-based learning and interdisciplinary focus on complex issues and challenges in public health;  ➢ build skills to design and implement a project addressing public health challenges;  ➢ gain experience in collaborating with community-based public health organizations;  ➢ strong program leadership with extensive expertise in public health, health disparities and implementation
	The residency-MPH year-long project can focus on a variety of public health topics, with past examples that include: nutrition education, geriatric nutritional health, food security in vulnerable populations, health care reform, cardiac emergency medical services, medication adherence, substance use, state vaccination policies, diabetes risk in youth, health needs assessment in the juvenile justice system, housing for homeless youth, and sports-related concussion
	A wide range of clinical experiences are available in postgraduate year 4, including opportunity for clinical leadership

Note:

* Available to all categorical or MPH track residents within the residency training program.

Abbreviations: MPH, Masters in Public Health; KP, Kaiser Permanente; QI, quality improvement; UC, University of California.