All Posts: service to others
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Medical Students Provide Early Childhood Assessments To Help Disadvantaged Children Reach Developmental Milestones
The Child Assessment Clinic, or CAT clinic, provided by students in the School of Medicine, is part of HOYA Clinic, which provides quality health care to underserved families in Washington, D.C., free of charge in the spirit of social justice and cura personalis.
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Medical Students Volunteer at Pride Festival
Medical students from HOYA Clinic and Hoya Medical Pride Alliance (HMPA) teamed up to offer health screenings at the June 9 Capital Pride Festival in Washington.
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Trimming Heart Disease Risk, One Haircut at a Time
An award-winning policy proposal from Georgetown School of Medicine students explores the role of barbershops in improving heart health in DC.
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School of Nursing AHEC Scholars Gain Critical Clinical Experience
Working in underserved communities through the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Scholars Program is delivering a lasting impact for many nursing students who often decide to seek out these communities when they graduate.
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School of Medicine Student Organizes Community Course To Bring Dermatological Education to Underserved Communities
After learning about a dermatology curriculum developed for school-age children by medical students, medical student Umayr Shaikh started making plans to organize a new community-based learning course bringing dermatological education to underserved elementary school students.
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Biomedical Graduate Education Students Make a Difference in the Community
Students who choose the Special Master’s Program in Physiology’s Georgetown Downtown Campus track participate in community service activities throughout the program.
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Medical Students Embrace Cura Personalis in Foot Clinics for the Unhoused
Medical students who volunteer with the HOYA Foot Care Clinic not only provide foot exams and triage for the underserved, unhoused population of Washington DC, they also strive to create life-affirming encounters with patients.
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Student-Run Ambulance Service Celebrates 40 Years of Caring for Fellow Students
In 1983, a group of undergraduates started a medical ambulance service for fellow students on foot. Forty years later, the group has grown into one of the largest student-run ambulance services among colleges and universities in the U.S.
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School of Health Students Finding Sustainable Health Solutions in Rural India
Through their student-run organization, Project RISHI (Rural India Social and Health Improvement), Georgetown undergraduate students including those from the School of Health are partnering with local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to address population health problems such as anemia and malnutrition through education and the use of sustainable health products.
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Medical Students Make Connections Over Community-Based Learning
Young people from a DC primary school came to campus for a daylong experience with School of Medicine students in the Community Based Learning program. The April 14 visit came at the end of the community-based learning (CBL) course, a class that gets first-year medical students out of the classroom and into one of 24 community sites.
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