Project DOCC, a groundbreaking national program for pediatric physicians-in-training,
has a simple goal:
To improve each patient's quality of life by teaching physicians-in training the effect of chronic illness on patients and their families.
Created in 1994 by three parents, Project DOCC's philosophy is that, by understanding how families deal with illness and or disabilities out side the hospital setting, pediatric physicians-in-training become better and more compassionate physicians
Project DOCC's teacher - parents and guardians of children with special medical needs - provide physicians with a unique perspective on culturally effective, family-centered care.
Project DOCC Houston is a non-profit organization that is a collaboration of Houston-area families of children with special health care needs, Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics and Texas Children's Hospital. Project DOCC Houston is mandatory for first year pediatric physicians-in-training as one of the teaching modules of Pediatrics 101.
