Participants' Responsibilities
Mentors
- Provide guidance to the student in their service opportunity search
- Meet with the student in person once per semester to reflectively discuss volunteer experiences and impact
- Assist the student in creating a service project plan that enhances existing services and/or fulfills a service need
- Provide email correspondence to the student during the year as they work through their track experiences (volunteer, clinical and elective)
Student Responsibilities/Timeline
Year One—(or beginning of second year of medical school)
- Explore your interest through elective courses--(CHO I, II, III) or Global Health Electives (Global Health Issues I, II and Global Health Seminar)
- Apply for the track (due by end of M1 year)
- Meet with track director to discuss volunteer experiences, track requirements and mentor search
- Begin volunteer service
- Consider summer service work through Proteus, MECO, or Global Health Program
Year Two
- Continue volunteer service (submit volunteer tracking forms, yearly reflections, mentor meeting forms)
- Meet with mentor to discuss volunteer experiences, assessing needs of service site and possible project focus
Year Three
- Complete Clinical Experience and Elective experiences
- Continued volunteer service
- Work with an agency in the community to determine a real need and begin building service project
Year Four
- Final capstone project proposal due to SDT council for approval (July 15; feedback and resubmittion possible)
- Notification on "on track" for graduation with SDT for MSPE letters (September)
- Fulfill project proposal plan
- Complete volunteer service hours and reflections
- Complete clinical or elective experiences
- Final capstone project paper due (March)
- Director notifies Registrar of Service Distinction (April)
- Capstone project presentations (May)