Community Service and Advocacy
Georgetown University School of Medicine requires each student to complete a total of 20 hours of community service prior to graduation. Cura Personalis, Care of the Person, is one of the many Jesuit values Georgetown University upholds in order to offer its students a unique educational experience. This value suggests individualized attention to the needs of the other, distinct respect for his or her unique circumstances and concerns, and an appropriate appreciation for his or her particular gifts and insights.
M2012's: RECORD YOUR SERVICE HERE
M2013's: RECORD YOUR SERVICE HERE
M2014's: RECORD YOUR SERVICE HERE
M2015's: RECORD YOUR SERVICE HERE
What's Happening?
Community Service Opportunities
Calendar of Student Events: This calendar includes upcoming service events and other additional student events.
Class of 2014 Serving the DC Community: The Second Annaul M1 HOYAS SERVING THE DC COMMUNITY: Day of Service, occured on Saturday, August 7, as a conclusion to a week-long Orientation to medical school at Georgetown. Students served Prevention Works (www.preventionworksdc.org), HOYA Clinic (http://hoyaclinic.som.georgetown.edu/), the School of Medicine's Caduceus Lounge Beautification Project, and Capital Area Food Bank (http://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/).
Class of 2013 Community Service Day - The First Annual M1 HOYAS SERVING THE DC COMMUNITY: Day of Service, occured on Saturday, August 8th, 2009, as a conclusion to a week-long Orientation to medical school at Georgetown. Students had the opportunity to volunteer with four different opportunities (H.O.Y.A. Clinic, PreventionWorks!, Ronald McDonald House Charities, and Georgetown University Hospital Department of Pediatrics' "Operation Day"). Led by second year students, several first year students volunteered with the Georgetown Hospital Department of Pediatrics' "Operation Day". As a way to help alleviate anxieties about their procedures, pediatric patients who visit Georgetown Hospital for same-day surgery are given Webkins, stuffed-animal pets that come with a unique code that allows them access to an online virtual pet world. There are several encouargement cards attached by ribbons to these Webkins, and medical student volunteers helped by personalizing these cards, and delivering these cards later to the patients.
How? Have a new service site and opportunity to propose?
PRIOR TO SERVICE: Email the Office of Medical Education (medicaleducationoffice@georgetown.edu) for approval. Once approved, the service opportunity and site will be included on the electoronic form for recording hours and reflections, as well as on the website of approved Community Service Opportunities.
Community service class representatives will also notify the class of upcoming service opportunities.
- M2013: (Helena Kuhn, Megan Reilly, Scott Stroup gusom.m13.service@gmail.com)
- M2012: Lara Atwater, Adrienne Belasco, Jessica Winslow (gusomservice2012@gmail.com)