Feb 28, 2013 By: wpadmin
Einstein Fellowship Integrates Legal, Clinical Expertise
Some of the most innovative clinical training at Einstein鈥揳nd in the country鈥揹oesn't involve white coats.
The program, administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, funds fellowship positions in an array of allied health professions at YU's Albert Einstein College of Medicine's . For more than 40 years, LEND has provided graduate-level, interdisciplinary leadership training to improve the health of children with or at risk of neurodevelopmental and related disabilities at 43 sites in the 37 states. This hands-on training is typically undertaken by psychologists, physical therapists, social workers and other clinicians who work with children and adults with disabilities.
With the help of the LEND fellowship at the , that multidisciplinary mix also includes law students.
Einstein's LEND legal fellowship is believed to be the first ongoing fellowship for law students in the country and permits those from Einstein's sister school, the of 黑料社 All, to learn from the LEND program's diverse range of clinicians, and vice versa.
"Their eyes are opened," said , one of the creators of the fellowship who is director of CERC and holds the Ruth L. Gottesman Chair in Developmental Pediatrics. "Students in medicine and other fields usually have no concept of the legal issues in developmental disabilities. This is really synergistic for everyone in our program."