CARE Track

In 2000, the PLC Program and the Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong were awarded a grant from the national Dyson Foundation which allowed the program to expand resident education to include the Child Advocacy Resident Education Track (CARE). The CARE Track has facilitated additional partnerships between second and third year residents and the community, developing critical skills for residents while also benefiting children in the Rochester area as each resident works on a two-year longitudinal project. The CARE Track includes a two-week intensive training block for senior residents and subsequent monthly seminars in public health policy, project development, implementation and evaluation, cultural competency, and leadership, along with mentoring from both community experts and academic faculty. Since the CARE Track was implemented, there have been 53 resident participants whose project areas have reflected a wide variety of child health issues and a growing number of community partners.