St Joseph’s Emergency Medicine Community Engagement Partnership Program (EM-CEP)
Through this program, PGY-2 EM residents participate as academic service learners and function as physician liaisons between the St. Joseph’s EM department and one community-based organization (CBO) in Stockton.
Understanding the constructs of the individual organization/program and resources being offered by the assigned community-based organization, and understanding the importance of treating patients in the contexts of their communities, cultures, and lives, is the foundation of this rotation, and helps form the underpinnings of cultural and societal awareness and engagement in developing physicians. Throughout residents will develop appropriate understanding of social determinants of health and its contribution to health care and health inequities.
