Student involvement with community programs helps serve the poor and disenfranchised and encourages students to take part in collaborative efforts with community representatives. These activities promote understanding of populations the students may serve in the future as physicians.
Students also work closely with other faculty, staff, and community organizers.
Student participation is strictly voluntary. Chicago Asthma Surveillance Initiative. Use of lay health workers in the provision of health services. Impact of international health experiences on the training of students and professionals. Violence prevention among inner-city youth.