Normalizing Service Learning in Medical Education to Sustain Medical Student-Led Initiatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21615386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako (0000-0002-5468-8926, M.J. Nguemeni Tiakois a first-year resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts., corresponding author), Shawn F Johnson (S.F. Johnsonis a medical student, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.), Naomi Tweyo Nkinsi (N.T. Nkinsiis a medical student, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.), Adaira Landry (0000-0002-5299-679X, A. Landryis assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, and physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1634-1637 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Academic Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-2446 • E-ISSN: 1938-808X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/acm.0000000000004432 |
| PMID | 34591035 |
| OpenAlex | W3204842145 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
Medical students demonstrate their passion for participating in and improving health care both within and outside the classroom. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, medical students in the United States engaged in student-led service-learning initiatives to contribute to medicine and their local communities, including collecting and distributing personal protective equipment, creating and translating pandemic-related educational materials, and providing childcare for frontline workers. Their impact was recognized and appreciated. Service learning is an education method that incorporates community outreach with didactic coursework and student reflection. In this commentary, the authors argue for including service learning as a required component in the medical school curriculum to provide students with the tools and support to be advocates and leaders within society, as no such curriculum currently exists. The authors also discuss the history of medical student-led service-learning efforts through to the present day, barriers to implementing and sustaining student-led service-learning initiatives, and solutions to prepare students for service-learning initiatives
Coursework · Curriculum · Health care · Outreach · Pandemic · Service-learning · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Innovations in Medical Education · Service-Learning and Community Engagement
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |