Interdisciplinary Pre-Service Training
Project Description:
The Interdisciplinary Traineeship program at The Boggs Center provides a select group of undergraduate and graduate students with individualized learning opportunities, training a cadre of professionals prepared to provide leadership in the field of developmental disabilities. In Fiscal Year 2014, 2 students graduated from the long-term traineeship program at The Boggs Center and 14 students graduated from the intermediate traineeship program.
All medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick receive an introduction to family centered care and developmental disabilities through the Developmental Disabilities Seminar, a required component of the third year Pediatrics clerkship. The Boggs Center conducts the seminar 8 times each year in collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. A key component of the seminar is visits to families in their homes, to increase awareness of and sensitivity to the strengths and needs of families who have a child with a developmental disability.
The Boggs Center continues to collaborate with the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health to provide educational experiences involving individuals with developmental disabilities to medical students, residents and fellows. The Boggs Center supports students through the Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) Summer Assistantship, advises student projects in the Distinction in Service to the Community (DISC) and Distinction in Research (DIR) diploma enhancement programs at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and works to ensure that disability content and practical experience is infused in the first through third years of the required Patient-Centered Medicine course. Additionally, the Center advises medical students fulfilling their independent project requirement and offers an individualized elective experience for 3rd and 4th year medical students.
Boggs Center faculty teaches a graduate social work course in developmental disabilities, Current Issues in Developmental Disabilities at Rutgers School of Social Work.
The Certificate Program in Developmental Disabilities is co-sponsored by the Rutgers University School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education and The Boggs Center. The 12-course certificate is designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of professionals working with people with disabilities and their families in a variety of settings. The Boggs Center chairs the Certificate Program Advisory Council.
Keyword(s):
students, traineeship, trainees, intern
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information
Area of Emphasis
Quality Assurance, Health-Related Activities
Target Audience:
Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
