Pediatric Links with the Community (PLC) Program

Who We Are

Chin NP, Aligne CA, Stronzcek A, Shipley LJ, Kaczorowski J. Evaluation of a Community-Based Pediatrics Residency Rotation Using Narrative Analysis. Academic Medicine. 2003;78(12):1266-70

Kaczorowski J, Aligne CA, Halterman JS, Allan MJ, Aten MJ, Shipley LJ. A Block Rotation in Community Health and Child Advocacy: Improved Competency of Pediatric Residency Graduates. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2004;4: (283-288)

Nader P, Kaczorowski J et al. Education for Community Pediatrics. Clinical Pediatrics. 2004 Jul-Aug; 43(6) 505-21

Supplement to Pediatrics, "Community Pediatrics: Making Child Health at the Community Level an Integral Part of Pediatric Training and Practice," senior ed. Kaczorowski J, ed. Aligne CA. In press for April 2005. 14 Articles, 7 Commentaries, Forward, Introduction, and Summary. More than 70 contributing authors including David Satcher, MD, PhD, Julius Richmond, MD, Morris Green, MD, Robert Haggerty, MD, James Stockman, MD, Errol Alden, MD, and Robert Hoekelman, MD. Includes the following articles:
- Shipley LJ et al. Teaching Community Pediatrics to Pediatric Residents: Strategic Approaches and Successful Models for Education in Community Health and Child Advocacy (features the PLC/CARE community pediatrics model)
- Satcher D, Topa D, Kaczorowski J. Addressing the Millenial Morbidity: The Expanding Role of the Pediatrician in Improving Child Health (with a section on Dr. Diana Kudes' work with the Department of Pediatrics Mental Health Task Force)
- Haggerty R and Aligne CA. Community Pediatrics: The Rochester Story the tradition in Rochester, with reference to PLC)