Education
The Medical Education Section of the General and Community Pediatrics Division is responsible for the division's medical education of University of Cincinnati medical students, pediatric residents from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, residents from other residency programs (Family Medicine and combined programs), and division faculty and fellows.
General and Community Pediatrics Education Section Mission
The mission of the Education Section of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics is to promote and model life-long, self-directed learning in the field of primary care pediatrics in an environment that values excellence, integrity, respect, diversity and collaboration. The educational goals are:
- To improve child health by training students, residents, and fellows in the principles and practice of pediatric primary care
- To enhance and expand the teaching skills of local and regional faculty through faculty development in teaching
- To augment the filed of medical education nationally through the development and promotion of formal, post-graduate instruction in teaching skills
- To validate current and new educational methods through research in pediatric medical education
All of the General and Community Pediatrics Division's primary care sites are sites for resident education and continuity practice where training in pediatric primary care occurs as a three year process.
This training includes care of the well child, acutely ill child, and the chronically ill child requiring multi-disciplinary management and interactions with community agencies.
The General and Community Pediatrics Division also places approximately one fourth of incoming residents into community practices for their continuity primary care training.
This gives residents the options of primary care training in a large hospital-based clinic, an urban clinic, or a community practice.
Activities, programs, and responsibilities of the medical education section include:
