Jefferson Medical College/DuPont Hospital for Children
Pediatric Residency Program
Program Contact Information
Residency Program Director: Steven Selbst, MD
Address: 1600 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19083
Phone: 302/651-5570 Email: sselbst@neumours.org
Web site:
http://www.nemours.org/healthpro/gme/residency/pediatrics/advocacy/jeffstars.html
Advocacy Training Coordinator: Esther K. Chung, MD, MPH
Phone: 267/258-3925 E-Mail: echung@nemours.org
Program Facts
 Total Number of Residents: 67
 Average number of residents in advocacy/community health training per year: There
are generally 2 PL-3s, 2 PL-2s, and 2 PL-1s
 Provides training in community health/advocacy to residents in pediatrics
 Longitudinal advocacy/community health training experiences required for residents
 Block advocacy/community health training experiences offered as an elective for
residents
 Community Projects experiences offered as an elective for residents
 Legislative advocacy/community health training experiences offered as an elective
for residents
Program Advocacy Information Summary
Residents participate in a number of advocacy efforts during their training through clinical
work, homeless shelters, the Refugee clinic, and travel to underserved areas such as Haiti.
The Jefferson Service Training in Advocacy for Residents and Students Program
(JeffSTARS) is an advocacy educational program integrated into our residency training, in
collaboration with Jefferson Medical College and the Department of Family and Community
Medicine of Thomas Jefferson University. Components of JeffSTARS include Advocacy
Cafes, community site visits, and an Advocacy Journal Club during required, outpatient
clinical rotations at Jefferson Pediatrics and the Wilmington Clinic and an Advocacy and
Community Partnership Elective. The Advocacy Elective is open to 4th year medical students
and PL-2 and PL-3 Pediatric and Family and Community Medicine residents. Like the
trainees in the required outpatient rotation, the elective trainees participate in Advocacy
Cafes and the monthly journal clubs, but they additionally attend 15 seminars in advocacy to
cover core topics and teach them practical advocacy skills and they partner with a
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community organization to work on a mutually agreeable advocacy project. JeffSTARS was
launched thanks to a CPTI/CATCH grant and an educational initiative grant from Columbia
University’s Institute on Medicine as a Profession.
Additional Information
For questions related to our program, please feel free to contact Esther K. Chung at
echung@nemours.org
* Information provided to American Academy of Pediatrics; Community Pediatrics
Training Initiative October 2011.
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