Do most medical schools require mandatory community service?

[ahmedqman]

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Just a bit curious. My school requires that med students complete a small amount per year. It's not a large amount by any means, but they pretty much require you to enhance your resume, I guess. I'm wondering if it's the same at other schools.

Edit: "require mandatory" lol... that was a bit redundant

 

[Perrotfish]

Mine does. And none of the volunteering I do voluntarily counts either, because I'm not doing it through their system.

 

[MilkmanAl]

Mine doesn't. I'm just fine with that.

 

[DrYoda]

Mine, thankfully, does not.

We do have some optional community service things we can do. But those are actually optional and not "optional".

 

[DeadCactus]

No.

We have plenty of oppurtunities to do so though. Seems like a waste of time to require it, no residency gives a crap about it...

 

[ahmedqman]

I'm at a "touchy-feely" school, I think that's why they require it. It's just another hoop to jump through in my eyes. I'd like to do mine during the summer after first year or something when I don't have to worry about learning stuff.

 

[AlexMorph]

Just a bit curious. My school requires that med students complete a small amount per year. It's not a large amount by any means, but they pretty much require you to enhance your resume, I guess. I'm wondering if it's the same at other schools.

Edit: "require mandatory" lol... that was a bit redundant

volunteering? what?

i thought those days where we pretended to care about that stuff were behind us

 

[Droopy Snoopy]

volunteering? what?

i thought those days where we pretended to care about that stuff were behind us

Oh my just wait until clinical rotations...

 

[AlexMorph]

Oh my just wait until clinical rotations...

noooooooooooooooooooooo.

why must you ruin my fantasy land???

 

[Cp22kjer]

Mine does.

 

[Dirt]

It's not a large amount by any means, but they pretty much require you to enhance your resume, I guess.

Mine does as well. But I can guarantee they don't do it so you have something on your residency.

The supposed basis behind ours is to understand the factors within a community that play a role in the health of its people. I have no problem with the few hours per year mandated, and I tend to volunteer more than that on my own.

 

[justdoit31]

Mine requires a 1 day service project with your clinical small group. Other than that no required projects... but that doesn't stop me from still doing some volunteer work (though not as much as I would like due to studying a lot more than in UG)

 

[Dwindlin]

We have required service at the school I attend. Required 60 hours during the first two years. Instead of calling it community service though they call it "service learning."