Service Learning

Medicine is a profession that dedicates itself to service to others that requires altruistic attitudes. Learning to be a physician requires students to develop a commitment to serving the health of their communities. In contrast, lifelong learning requires physicians to reflect upon their knowledge, skills, and attitudes within their experiences in providing care to patients and populations. Physicians must also take an active role in care teams. This course promotes these crucial skills through firsthand experiences. Students participate in community service activities related to health care and reflect upon how those experiences have changed their knowledge, skills, attitudes, and paradigm of being a medical professional. At least one of the experiences and reflections must be one in which the student serves on a team led by someone else.