Project Grant T5C52039

PRIMARY CARE TRAINING AND ENHANCEMENT - LANGUAGE AND DISABILITY ACCESS - REFLECTING THE POPULATION OF PHILADELPHIA, THROUGH THEIR AMBULATORY AND INPATIENT ROTATIONS, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO PERSONS WITH LEP AND DISABILITY BUT SPECIFIC TRAINING IN LANGUAGE AND DISABILITY ACCESS (LDA) HAS NOT BEEN FORMALIZED. THE NEED TO FORMALIZE THIS TRAINING IS URGENT. THE CURRENT AND FUTURE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE MUST HAVE THE PROPER TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO EFFECTIVELY TREAT THEIR PATIENTS. TO MEET THIS NEED, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO QUALITY PRIMARY CARE SERVICES IN DUAL FOCUS AREAS FOR PERSONS WITH LEP AND/OR DISABILITIES BY PREPARING FACULTY AND RESIDENTS IN INTERNAL MEDICINE TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THEIR PATIENTS BY PROVIDING A COLLABORATIVE, FULLY INTEGRATED TRAINING EXPERIENCE IN AN URBAN, UNDERSERVED AREA. TO FULFILL THIS PURPOSE OUR OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRAINED TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE CARE AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH LEP AND/OR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND/OR INTELLECTUAL AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (IDD); 2. DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A CULTURALLY COMPETENT DIDACTIC AND CLINICAL CURRICULUM TO EDUCATE 120 INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD TO CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LEP AND/OR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND/OR IDD. 3. PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLINICAL TRAINING IN COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS WHERE 120 INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS CAN CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LEP AND/OR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL AND/OR IDD.