Department of Pediatrics
Physical Location
UNMH 3 Ambulatory Care Center
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Mailing Address
MSC10 5590
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Clinic Phone: (505) 272-2345
Clinic Fax: (505) 272-2374
Department Phone: (505) 272-5551
Fax: (505) 272-6845

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Department of Pediatrics

Residency Training Program

PARC

In 2001, we initiated an innovative curriculum called PARC, Pediatric Advocacy, Rural and Community. PARC is a longitudinal curriculum, including one month rotations in each of the first two years, and an elective month in the third year.

Our goal with PARC is to teach our residents the skills necessary to become effective advocates for children and families. We are committed to the belief that child health is tied to the health of the community at large. By working to understand how community, culture, geography, economics, and the health care system impacts child health in both positive and negative ways, you will learn how to identify and approach issues that affect our children at the local, regional, state, national and global levels. PARC centers on the belief that by working to get you out of the academic medical center and into the community, you will better appreciate those factors that work to affect children's well-being.

The curriculum centers on developing skills in community competence, community assessment and community advocacy. Together, we can help you better understand children's environments and work to improve their lives. Our residents have won national acclaim for their work in PARC, including CATCH grants from the AAP, and the AAP Anne E. Dyson National Resident Advocacy Award as well as funding from private sources.

PARC is a longitudinal curriculum with experiences in both the first and second years of residency.

International Rotations

 

Examples of PARC proposals that became projects and programs:

  • Grassroot Soccer: Using the Power of Soccer to Fight AIDS in Zimbabwe
    Gates Foundation Funding, AAP National Resident Advocacy Award
  • New Futures: Establishing a Well-Child Clinic at an Alternative High School for Teen Mothers
    CATCH grant
  • The Zia Pueblo Bicycle Program
    CATCH grant
  • Sealing the gaps in dental care
    CATCH grant
  • Hornet Health: Highland High’s Health Column
    CATCH grant
  • The Needs of Incarcerated Native American Youth
    NIH funding
  • Caring for families living with HIV in Lesoth
    Private foundation funding
  • Home based screening for autism: Providing resources for rural families
    CATCH Grant
  • Familias Fuerte: Establishing a Community Exercise and Nutrition program in SE Albuquerque
    CATCH Grant, AAP National Resident Advocacy Award
  • School Gardens for Health
    CATCH Grant, Home Depot Foundation Grant
  • VAMOs: Tennis and Nutrition for Life
    USTA funding

2010-2011 Proposals:

  • Developing a Crisis Nursery in Albuquerque
  • Improving developmental screening in New Mexico
  • Establishing a Palliative Care Program
  • Educating teens to prevent shaken baby syndrome
  • Using Ballet Folklorico to combat obesity
  • Addressing the health needs of homeless teens in Albuquerque
  • Combating distracted driving among adolescents
  • Improving continuity between urgent care and a medical home
  • Addressing child health needs in Ghana
  • Closing the gaps for foster kids
  • Using school gardens to improve child health
  • Needs assessment for refugee families in Albuquerque