Normalizing Service Learning in Medical Education to Sustain Medical Student-Led Initiatives.
Journal
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
ISSN: 1938-808X
Titre abrégé: Acad Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8904605
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 12 2021
01 12 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
1
10
2021
medline:
15
2
2022
entrez:
30
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34591035
doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004432
pii: 00001888-202112000-00010
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1634-1637Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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