CCPH Fellows 2002/2003: Jan Gottlieb

Jan Gottlieb is an instructor in the Department of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a health educator by training. She coordinates the service-learning/community oriented primary care (COPC) programs offered by the Department, in collaboration with many community partners. These programs include the COPC/service-learning component of the family medicine clerkship for third year medical students; the cross-cultural community medicine rotation for family practice residents, and a summer COPC assistantship for an interdisciplinary group of students. In addition to developing community-campus partnerships for service-learning, Jan trains students in COPC, public health, and aspects of culturally competent care. As a member of her town's advisory board of health she conducted a community health planning process. Jan received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Rutgers University and a Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan.

Project Title

Toolkit for integrating community oriented primary care and cultural competency in medical education through service-learning

Project Description

A guidebook of practical tools will be developed for using service-learning to educate medical students and residents about 1) community-oriented primary care (a process of defining and characterizing a community, identifying the community's health problems and assets, developing an intervention and evaluating the intervention, involving community members in each step); 2) the Healthy People 2010 objectives and 3) skills for providing more culturally competent care. These tools will be based on the service-learning programs offered by the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Family Medicine department - pre-doctoral through residency education, in collaboration with community partners.

In addition, these tools will be applicable to other fields and disciplines. The following sections will be included in the toolkit: tailoring service-learning activities to fit the university and community timeframe; connecting COPC/service-learning to Healthy People 2010 objectives and focus areas for eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities; outlines/teaching methods for selected workshops/seminars; self-directed learning activities; guidelines for conducting community presentations; reflection activities; tools for evaluation, recruitment, and developing community partnerships; opportunities and challenges/lessons learned; resources/references. An advisory committee comprised of community members, health professionals and students will guide its development. The toolkit will be posted on the CCPH website.

The toolkit will be designed to help minimize the start-up time for those in the early stages of integrating service-learning into the busy medical school curriculum.

Project Products

Toolkit: Service-Learning and Community Oriented Primary Care in Medical Education:
Pre-doctoral through Residency Training

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Tailoring Service Learning Activities and COPC to fit your Timeframe
3. Summer Assistantship in Community Oriented Primary Care
4. Pre-doctoral Clerkship: Service Learning & COPC Component
5. Residency Rotation in Cross Cultural Community Medicine

Teaching Tools for:

6. COPC
7. Cultural Competency
8. Healthy People 2010
9. The Literary Curriculum
10. Dynamics of Developing Community Programs
11. Interdisciplinary Teams
12. Tools for Recruiting Community Partners and Students
13. Tools for Developing and Sustaining Community Partnerships
14. Examples of Service-Learning Projects and Activities
15. Evaluation tools
16. Resources