Directory of Practicum Rotations

Public Health Management & Practice, Community Health
Site Name	Description of Available Projects / Scope of Work
State of Connecticut Health Department	Various initiatives depending on time of the year and needs of the local community.
Lower Naugatuck Valley Health District	Activities may include implanting public health code, immunization, disease specific, screening, participation in school-based health clinic, & strategic planning.
New Haven Health Department	Projects involve working with local health department on implementing health codes, sanitary inspections, and community surveys, assessment and program development. Development and implementation of various screening programs.
Stamford Department of Health, Stamford, CT	Projects involve working with local health department on implementing health codes, sanitary inspections, and community surveys, assessment and program development. Development and implementation of various screening programs.

Occupational Medicine, Industrial Medicine, & Employee Health
Site Name	Description of Available Projects / Scope of Work
Yale Occupational Medicine Program	Work involving participating with occupational health team. Projects involve investigating occupational health disasters, maintenance and screening of work related health hazards. This rotation is highly desirable and is one of the requirements of the program.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration	Major concentration in occupational health. Please call to check for details of available projects.

Clinical Preventive Medicine
Site Name	Description of Available Projects / Scope of Work
Hill Health Center	Work involves evaluating underserved and indigent patients in New Haven. Weekend call may be required.
Integrative Medical Clinic, Griffin Hospital	The IMC provides services to a wide range of people suffering from chronic, long-term illnesses such as back, neck and joint pain, headaches, digestive disorders, allergies, women' health issues, fatigue, fibromyalgia, etc.)

Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Surveillance, & Research
Site Name	Description of Available Projects / Scope of Work
Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (YGPRC)	YGPRC is a CDC funded research center housed in Griffin Hospital. The Prevention Research Center is actively engaged in clinical trials, survey research, and community health interventions. This center offers a wide variety of training experiences including grant writing, clinical trials, etc.

Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale University School of Medicine (CORE)	CORE is dedicated to improving the quality, efficiency and outcomes of patient care. CORE provides information about patient care from the perspective of patients, health care professionals, the health care system and payers. The scope of activities at CORE ranges from understanding the experience of a single patient to characterizing the patterns of care and outcomes throughout the state and across the country. CORE is staffed by a highly talented, multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses, administrators, health service researchers, statisticians, epidemiologists and health economists.

Health Policy, Legislation, Health Management, Public Health & Public Advocacy
Site Name	Description of Available Projects / Scope of Work
Connecticut General Assembly	Rotation includes working with the chair of health and hospital committee of general assembly. Objective is to learn about law making process, lobbying, understanding the process and getting to know the current issue in state health policy. Generally offered when assembly is in session.
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine	Preventive medicine residency rotation program: offers two to three months field placement for preventive medicine residents at federal agencies such as office of Disease Prevention health Promotion, Agency for Health Quality and Research (AHRQ), and CDC.
American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)	The activities during each rotation will be tailored to take advantage of ACPM's national policy focus and the many policy bodies in Washington, DC, including Congress, federal health agencies, and non-governmental health organizations. Examples include: Developing ACPM policy and position statements, Participating in meetings of national health policy coalitions to which ACPM belongs, Preparing grant proposals, and Developing consumer education materials.

International Health
Site Name	Description of Available Projects / Scope of Work
Griffin Center for Health & Human Rights	Various overseas opportunities exist. The Griffin Center has an existing program in East Timor, Guyana, Nicaragua, and Uganda.
Yale Office of International Health	Residents have opportunity to apply for international health rotations via the Yale Office of International Health. A wide variety of international sites are available. Program arranges for short trips to work in clinics and hospital in under served counties and developing countries. Countries covered include Chine, Russia, Haiti, and Fiji, Zimbabwe in addition to others. Trips to Alaska and Zuni tribes are also arranged.
Save the Children	A leading international nonprofit children's development and relief organization working in more than 40 countries, including the United States. There mission is to create lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need. Save the Children is also a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, comprising 30 independent, national Save the Children organizations working in more than 100 countries to ensure the well being of children.

Health Policy/Managed Care/Quality Improvement
Site Name	Description of Available Projects / Scope of Work
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield	Resident can rotate one to three months at Anthem, a managed care company, to learn about managed care issues. Various activities are available depending on residents' interest.
Griffin Hospital Quality Management Department	Resident can rotate one to three months at Anthem, a managed care company, to learn about managed care issues. Various activities are available depending on residents' interest.
Qualidigm	Various projects involving large data set analysis on outcomes. Please check with preceptor well in advance.