title: Teams in a community setting: the AUHS experience.
abstract: The Pennsylvania Local Interdisciplinary Team was created to develop and implement an innovative model for the education of students from multiple disciplines and institutions in the theory and practice of quality improvement. The lead poisoning prevention project is presented as an example of the work of an interdisciplinary student team in a community setting in Philadelphia.
authors.affiliation: Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Balestreire
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerrity
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kundrat
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smithyman
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Zimmero
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003151:Community Health Centers; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D004501:Education, Medical; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control; D017145:Models, Educational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010414:Pennsylvania; D015143:Philadelphia; D017749:Total Quality Management