The Primary Care Center provides comprehensive,
culturally sensitive family centered care to residents of
greater Hartford. The primary care practice includes a
multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurse practitioners,
physician’s assistants, nursing, social work, and
administrative staff. Services are provided using the
Medical Home Model and include a full range of health
maintenance and acute services by both appointment and
walk-in. The practice is a major teaching site for general
pediatrics for the Pediatric Residency Program and the
medical student teaching program of the University of
Connecticut School of Medicine.
Our Department
Specialty care services include the Lead Program which is
affiliated with Hartford Regional Lead Treatment Center; the
Drug-Exposed Infants Program (Pro-kids) which provides
enhanced primary care services to infants with intrauterine
substance exposure; Reach Out and Read a highly successful
emergent literacy program; the Health Outreach for Medical
Equality (HOME) Project, an outreach and care coordination
demonstration model, and screenings and assessments for
children with developmental disabilities.
Our Nurses
A multi-disciplinary approach to patient care is practiced
within the nursing department. Positions include both full
and part-time RN’s, LPN’s and medical assistants whose
professional experience ranges from two to thirty years.
Our Educational Opportunities The PCC actively promotes continuing education and
professional development for all providers and clinical
staff.
Attending physicians provide training as Preceptors to
Pediatric Residents.
Shadowing and internships for both provider and nursing
positions are arranged to meet the needs of both students
and patients and includes focused clinical time using a
preceptor model.
