Department of Community and Preventive Medicine

Introduction Goals and Objectives Academic Experience Practicum Experience Wyckoff Affiliation Salaries and Benefits Application Contact Information

General Preventive Medicine
Residency Training Program

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Affiliate Program in Brooklyn, NY

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (WHMC) is a 350-bed voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located on the border of Brooklyn and Queens. Established in 1889, it has been affiliated with the Mount Sinai program in General Preventive Medicine since 1994 and currently funds two residents. Wyckoff offers various practicum rotations to their General Preventive Medicine residents under the supervision of the Mount Sinai Residency Director and Mount Sinai faculty and the WHMC Director of Preventive Medicine.

Monthly meetings are held with the Director, Chair, and guest faculty, at which projects are presented and discussed in a team approach. A dedicated biostatistician is available to the residents on a weekly basis.

Sample Practicum Rotations:
Employee Health Service
Quality Improvement
Risk Management
Clinical Preventive Medicine
Ambulatory Care Specialty Clinics
Community Health Promotion
Grant Writing
Infection Control
Wyckoff Heights Occupational Partners Program
Medical Student Elective Precepting

For more information on the WHMC program please visit: www.wyckoffhospital.org/intern_prevent.htm

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