Our Mission:

The mission of the Pediatric Pulmonary Centers is to develop leaders who will improve the health of children with respiratory conditions through the provision of family-centered care.

The Pediatric Pulmonary Centers are training programs funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

All MCHB training programs aim to promote comprehensive, coordinated, family centered, and culturally sensitive systems of health care that serve the diverse needs of all families within their communities.

PPC traineeships are available in pulmonary medicine, nursing, nutrition, pharmacy, respiratory care, physical therapy, and social work. Funding is available for long term traineeships of at least 300 hours of clinical and didactic experience.

PPC Purpose:

The Pediatric Pulmonary Centers (PPC) are Title V training programs funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration.

All MCHB training programs aim to promote comprehensive, coordinated, family centered, and culturally sensitive systems of health care that serve the diverse needs of all families within their communities.

The Pediatric Pulmonary Centers maintain five goals:

GOAL 1: To provide interdisciplinary leadership training for graduate and postgraduate health professionals.

GOAL 2: To provide services to children by facilitating family-centered, community-based culturally appropriate comprehensive care.

GOAL 3: To pursue basic science and clinical research relevant to pediatric lung diseases.

GOAL 4: To provide consultation and technical assistance in the planning and implementation of services at the local, state, regional, and national levels.

GOAL 5: To provide relevant regional and national continuing education for health professionals at all levels.

PPC traineeships are available in pulmonary medicine, nursing, nutrition, pharmacy, respiratory care, physical therapy and social work. Funding is available for long term traineeships of at least 300 hours of clinical and didactic experience.

PPC Graduates Attributes

1. Demonstrate clinical excellence.

2. Incorporate the public health principles of health promotion/disease prevention into professional activities.

3. Demonstrate understanding of public and private systems of care.

4. Demonstrate administrative management, and strategic planning.

5. Participate in advocacy and legislative processes.

6. Apply principles of coordinated, family-centered care to practice.

7. Apply principles of culturally competent care to practice.

8. Establish and maintain community based linkages.

9. Apply interdisciplinary team skills.

10. Demonstrate effective education and communication skills.

11. Utilize information resources and technology.

The Pediatric Pulmonary Center Post-Training Leadership Competencies And Outcome Measures were collaboratively developed and are used primarily to evaluate the leadership attributes of PPC training program graduates, although they are used for programmatic and faculty leadership evaluation as well.