Office of Student Diversity and Enrichment

Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with preparation and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities. (NSLC, 2013).

Our medical students engage in service-learning to provide service in response to community-identified issues and to learn about the context in which service is provided, the connection between their service and their academic coursework, and their roles as citizens and professionals (LCME, June 2013).

Beginning with MD Class of 2018, all USF MCOM medical students are expected to complete a total of 40 hours of service learning.

While students will have until spring MD year four to meet the graduation requirement, we recommend completing the requirement prior to beginning MD year three clinical rotations.

We are here to help support students in their service-learning initiatives. Please review the information and contact us should you have any questions about the program.

The Morsani College of Medicine requires all students to serve the campus or community by teaching for at least 20 hours during the four years prior to graduation. Teaching medicine to others is a terrific way to test your own mastery, and provides endless satisfaction in how you help others.  We offer many ways to accomplish this requirement on the MCOM campus, but you may also fulfill this by teaching in the community. Note that the teaching must be connected to medicine, and must be in excess of the required patient teaching you do on clerkships and in other clinical courses.

We are here to help support students in their teaching activities. Please review the information to the right and contact us should you have any questions about the program.