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Community Health & Advocacy Resident Education (CARE) Elective

Andy Aligne M.D., M.P.H.
Andy Aligne M.D., M.P.H.

Course Details

Course Number: PED661
Duration: 2 weeks
Course Director: Andy Aligne M.D., M.P.H.
Course Location: Golisano Children's Hospital
Course Offered: Year-Round
Open to the Following Students: 3rd Year, 4th Year, Visiting

Course Overview

The course goals are to:

  • Enhance knowledge of community health
  • Practice and learn new skills in community health leadership
  • Design a community health project in collaboration with community-based partners
  • Become lifelong leaders committed to improving the health of all children and families

Learning Objectives

By the end of the rotation, the student(s) will have enhanced knowledge, attitudes, skills and habits in the following areas:

  • Identifying upstream determinants of health; establishing causality between risk factors and diseases; Global health priorities
  • Brainstorming; Establishing relationships with community-based partners; Designing projects
  • Public speaking; talking to the media
  • Critical thinking about evidence-based community health action

Schedule of Activities

Please note that our annual 2-week Community Health & Advocacy Resident Education (CARE) block only occurs once a year. It will be held July 20-July 31, 2026.

Before registering for this elective, it is necessary to obtain prior approval from Dr. Aligne by contacting him at Andrew_Aligne@URMC.Rochester.edu. If you are approved, please contact either Kelly_McDermott@URMC.Rochster.edu or Rosa_Lloyd@URMC.Rochester.edu at your earliest convenience.

Didactic Activities

Series of lectures/workshops will/can include:

  • Population Perspectives on Health and Disease
  • Evidence-Based Public Health
  • Moving from the Clinic to the Community
  • Working with CBOs (Community-based organizations)
  • Mini-Proposal Writing
  • Going Upstream/Project Planning
  • Mind-Mapping/Brainstorming
  • Grant-writing
  • Public Speaking/One-Minute Talks
  • How to Speak to the Media
  • Behavior Change
  • Leadership/Change the World
  • Teamwork
  • Advocacy: Letter Writing, etc.
  • Evaluation of Programs
  • Global Health

Recommended Reading

Health Beyond Medicine: Field Guide for Evidence-based Community Health Projects 
Available for download

Student Evaluations

Will formulate an evaluation to be set up on the MedSiS system