Out is a collaborative effort among health care professionals to provide medical care to the underserved populations of East and West Dayton. Students volunteer their time at the East Dayton Health Center and the Charles R. Drew Center along with other health care professionals. Students have an opportunity to implement their history taking and physical examination skills under the watchful eye of volunteer physicians. Each year, medical students organize and run a prom night for approximately 30 students from the St. Joseph Children's Treatment Center, a center for developmentally handicapped teenagers. The medical students rent a ballroom, cater a banquet, rent limousines, buy corsages and boutonnieres for the teens and chaperone the activity.
Medical students raise the funds for the project throughout the year.
In addition to motivational talks, the medical students sponsor an essay contest during Black History Month and pumpkin carving during Halloween. Students are assigned to stations and provide physical assistance to participants, help with timing events, distribute awards and cheer the participants on. The St. Vincent dePaul Society offers emergency overnight shelter for homeless individuals and families. I program that gives medical students an opportunity to meet with children in the community and decrease their anxiety over doctor visits. Children bring their own teddy bears and the medical students demonstrate what a doctor does with their instruments.