The IU School of Medicine Office of Medical Student Affairs, seeks three Service Learning Fellows to play an integral role in organizational development activities associated with curricular and co-curricular service learning for medical students for the 2018-2019 academic year. Each fellow will work 12-15 hours a week throughout the year and earn a financial aid scholarship of approximately $3,375 per semester in return. The fellows report directly to Medical Student Affairs. Depending on the qualifications and interests of the applicant, he/she may also take on additional project assignments.
The service learning office works directly with IU School of Medicine units to:
- Monitor and enhance student experiences associated with community-engaged pedagogies, particularly those associated with forms of curricular service learning.
- Develop research linked to the use of community-engaged teaching methods.
- Support the strategic alignment of student, staff and faculty engagement.
Position Focus #1: Curriculum
A position with this focus will assist in the following areas:
- Research curricular examples for community-engaged medical curriculum.
- Develop and maintain tracking system of curricular-based service-learning.
- Participate in curricular service-learning meetings as needed to discuss momentum of curricular service-learning.
- Collaborate with faculty development efforts led by the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning.
- Plan and implement global service-learning discussions and events within the medical school.
- Relevant administrative support duties as assigned.
Position Focus #2: Student Life
A position with this focus will assist community-based/co-curricular learning in the following areas:
- Create tracking system and procedures for all co-curricular service projects.
- Coordinate blog submissions of service project reflections.
- Work with Medical Service Student Group chairs for professional development opportunities.
- Support the Office for Medical Service Learning in financial procedures.
- Collaborate with student life to develop service-related opportunities.
- Relevant administrative support duties as assigned.
Requirements
Applicants must be:
- Enrolled in a graduate program with IU or IUPUI.
- Passionate about Service Learning, community service or civic engagement.
- Able to commit 12-15 hours a week.
- In good academic standing.
Additional preferred attributes are as follows:
- Previous experience with event planning and implementation
- Knowledge of and/or interest in the experiences of service learning and engagement
- Experience with database/spreadsheet/word processing/basic graphic design
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Ability to work with wide range of people
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Ability to think critically and solve problems quickly and efficiently
Benefits
As part of this scholarship, motivated students have a unique opportunity to enhance their skill development in project management, leadership, communication and analysis. Additionally, they will develop knowledge of:
- Higher education administration specific to the institutionalization of service-learning and community engagement.
- Academic course/program design
- Community partnership development and assessment
- Faculty and organizational development
- Learning/assessment models
