I'm learning how you can approach a community and work with a community and have them trust you to help them. In the community of Detroit, trust is a big issue. The mini-medical school concept grew out of the observation that health education among middle and high schools is severely lacking, according to Czarski. The goal is to provide students an overview of the core subjects in medical school, in a way that links them to everyday life. For example, the science of neurology is linked to drug abuse and head injuries.
Respiratory physiology is linked to exercise.
The co-curriculum challenges students to develop a balance between community service and educational demands, while preserving some sort of personal life as well. I can't study all the time and do community projects. I have to have my friends and private life. It's hard to balance. I wonder whether I'd be studying if I wasn't doing this.