Elective Years 1 and 2: Social Justice Community of Service and Scholarship
Department: | |
Title: | Social Justice Community of Service and Scholarship |
Location: | On campus/Virtual seminars and with Community Placement Organizations |
Duration: |
18 hours seminar time with final presentation session in March
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Contact: |
Dr Jill Konkin, Faculty Co-lead; Professor, Family Medicine; cslfomd@ualberta.ca 780-492-9341 Dr Laurie Mereu, Faculty Co-lead; Professor, Medicine cslfomd@ualberta.ca Medical student Co-Lead Daniel Major drmajor@ualberta.ca |
Overview: |
Application deadline has passed for 2021-2022. Information for each academic year available in August. Contact cslfomd@ualberta.ca for more information and application details. Participation in this Community is open to Year 1 students. Participating Year 1 students may choose to continue on into the Year 2 program. Building on the successful Community Service-Learning Program that was implemented six years ago, the Social Justice Community of Service & Scholarship (SJ CoSS) is an opportunity for medical students to explore more deeply issues of social justice, health equity, power & privilege and other related areas; to interact with people from underserved and excluded communities and; to partner with a community agency or organization serving these communities. SJ CoSS is based on the community service-learning principles: theory, service, reflection. SJ CoSS collaborates with the University Community Service-Learning Unit to maintain and expand partnerships with community agencies. Participants in the Community will identify agencies that they would like to be partnered with from the list developed yearly. The program leads attempt to match students with an agency in their top three choices. Students engage with the liaison at the community agency to discuss the identified areas of need for the agency and the population it serves and agree on an initiative for the students to undertake with the agency. Through these community placements, students will explore health and social issues faced by populations experiencing health inequities in the community. |
Objectives: |
The SJ CoSS objectives state that students will:
Specific Goals for SJ CoSS:
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Last Updated: September 15, 2022 |