M.J. Nguemeni Tiako is a first-year resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
S.F. Johnson is a medical student, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Acad Med. 2021 Dec 1;96(12):1634-1637. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004432.
Medical students demonstrate their passion for participating in and improving health care both within and outside the classroom. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, medical students in the United States engaged in student-led service-learning initiatives to contribute to medicine and their local communities, including collecting and distributing personal protective equipment, creating and translating pandemic-related educational materials, and providing childcare for frontline workers. Their impact was recognized and appreciated. Service learning is an education method that incorporates community outreach with didactic coursework and student reflection. In this commentary, the authors argue for including service learning as a required component in the medical school curriculum to provide students with the tools and support to be advocates and leaders within society, as no such curriculum currently exists. The authors also discuss the history of medical student-led service-learning efforts through to the present day, barriers to implementing and sustaining student-led service-learning initiatives, and solutions to prepare students for service-learning initiatives.
医学生在课堂内外都表现出了参与和改善医疗保健的热情。随着 COVID-19 疫情在全球蔓延，美国的医学生参与了学生主导的服务学习计划，为医学和当地社区做出贡献，包括收集和分发个人防护设备、制作和翻译与大流行相关的教育材料，以及为一线工作人员提供儿童保育。他们的影响得到了认可和赞赏。服务学习是一种将社区外展与教学课程和学生反思相结合的教育方法。在这篇评论中，作者主张将服务学习作为医学院课程的必修组成部分，为学生提供在社会中成为倡导者和领导者的工具和支持，因为目前还没有这样的课程。作者还讨论了从过去到现在的医学生主导的服务学习努力的历史、实施和维持学生主导的服务学习计划的障碍，以及为学生准备服务学习计划的解决方案。
