TRIUMPH Track
Preventive Medicine Residency TRIUMPH
(
Training
Residents to
Improve
Underserved &
Minority
Populations'
Health) Project
In June 2004, Department of Health and Human Services has funded approximately $526,061 to create an innovative combined training program in combined internal medicine and preventive medicine. The Yale University School of Public Health and Griffin Hospital will be collaborating to train residents in TRIUMPH Track. The TRIUMPH tract will be created within the existing preventive medicine program, and it will be based on 3 components:
- the Clinical Year (completed at Griffin Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine);
- the Academic phase, consisting of the Masters in Public Health degree course work (completed at Yale School of Public Health); and
- the Practicum Year (completed at various affiliated sites).
In all three phases of training, the TRIUMPH project residents will be exposed to underserved populations and special populations such as elderly, individuals with HIV/AIDS, substance abusers, and racial and ethnic minorities. During the Academic Phase, while they are meeting the requirements for the MPH degree, residents will be encouraged to identify course work that will specifically enhance their understanding of the health issues of underserved populations and women. Residents will complete a thesis project during their course work and will be encouraged to complete projects relevant to TRIUMPH that address the issues of the underserved or special populations as identified by HRSA.