Pre-clerkship Pediatric Exposure Enhances Understanding of Social Determinants of Health

Olivia Neumann; Jennifer Ferrante; Stephanie S Camhi; Jayanthi Chandar

doi:10.1007/s40670-021-01329-4

Pre-clerkship Pediatric Exposure Enhances Understanding of Social Determinants of Health

Med Sci Educ. 2021 Jun 4;31(4):1259-1261. doi: 10.1007/s40670-021-01329-4. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Authors

Olivia Neumann¹, Jennifer Ferrante¹, Stephanie S Camhi², Jayanthi Chandar³

Affiliations

¹ University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, MD Program, Miami, USA.
² University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, MD/MPH Program, Miami, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL USA.

Abstract

The Child and Adolescent Motivation and Enrichment Program (CHAMP), an initiative pairing pre-clerkship medical students with pediatric patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD), provides support to HD patients while also providing medical students with opportunities to increase their comfort in the clinical environment and awareness of social determinants of health (SDH).

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-021-01329-4.

Keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Dialysis; Health literacy; Medical education; Pediatric; Social determinants of health.