Hoekelman Center
Hoekelman Center
The Hoekelman Center connects doctors with community partners to make neighborhoods healthier.
Pediatric Links with the Community (PLC)
PLC is a two-week rotation for residents and Medical Students in the community.
CARE Track (Community Health & Advocacy Resident Education)
The CARE Track is an elective two-year longitudinal training experience.
Community Initiatives
Our initiatives are closing the gap between what we know in research and what we do in the real world.
The Hoekelman Center for Health Beyond Medicine is...
The Hoekelman Center for Health Beyond Medicine is...
- A national leader for education in community pediatrics and advocacy, based on numerous national awards from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), etc.
- A laboratory for original scientific research on community-level health improvement, with articles published in major journals like Pediatrics, JAMA, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and American Journal of Public Health.
- A place to find resources for linking physicians, parents, and others with community services: KT585, Thriving forward Podcast
- A consulting partner for the planning, implementation, or evaluation of evidence-based community-level health improvement projects.
Our Center by the Numbers
998
First-Year Residents Trained
Pediatric Links with the Community (PLC)
200+
Resident Participants
CARE Track
30+
Community Partners
Health Beyond Medicine: Field Guide for Evidence-based Community Health Projects
Director of the Hoekelman Center, Dr. Andrew Aligne, has published a book, Health Beyond Medicine: Field Guide for Evidence-based Community Health Projects, to help others develop skills for implementing effective, evidence-based community health action locally and globally. Topics in this guide include: addressing social determinants of health; partnering with community organizations; predicting health impact of interventions; self-awareness of the culture of medicine; project design and management; evaluation on a shoestring; public speaking, talking to the media and other communications; legislative advocacy and “changing the world” in an hour a month; sustainability beyond grant-writing; behavior change.
Contact us if you would like a printed copy!
Make a Gift
Make a Gift
Community health and advocacy projects can thrive when you designate your gift to the Hoekelman Center!