NJLEND - Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Project Description:
NJLEND is The Boggs Centers Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities program, and is part of a national network of LEND programs. NJLEND prepares graduate-level health and allied health fellows to provide high-quality, interdisciplinary, family-centered, culturally competent care addressing the complex needs of children with autism, related disabilities and other maternal and child health populations. All NJLEND fellows are paired with a Faculty Mentor from their discipline who works with them to integrate NJLEND requirements with the requirements of the students academic program, as well as to guide and reflect on their individual leadership development throughout the 9-month LEND year.
All medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School participate in NJLEND as short-term trainees in the Seminar on Family Centered Care and Developmental Disabilities, 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 a visit to the home of a family with a child with a developmental disability. This visit raises the students awareness of and sensitivity to the strengths and needs of families of children with disabilities.
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 Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program, advises student projects in the Distinction in Service to the Community (DISC) diploma enhancement program, 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.
Keyword(s):
LEND, Trainee, student, medical student, family centered-care.
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training
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
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
