Community Service Committee
"Never doubt that a small group of dedicated individuals can change the world...
...indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Mead
Purpose
The DMS Community Service Committee (CSC) is a student-run organization dedicated to the involvement of medical students in community education and social service. The CSC sponsors fourteen student-run community service programs and provides a link between DMS students and the surrounding community.
Community service is an integral part of the DMS experience. While the DMS faculty will teach you the facts needed to become a competent physician, the most essential skills in medicine--caring, communication, and empathy---can also be cultivated and practiced in community service. The services students render are important to those served. In return, they gain practical experience honing skills while learning the essential value of the balance, perspective, and sense of belonging gained from making a meaningful connection with other humans in need. The CSC offers another lens through which to look at life, reminding us all that both medicine and life hold more joys and opportunities than medical school would suggest. We look forward to your involvement and input in the coming year!
Melissa Dewhurst, Sarah Dotters-Katz, Valerie Jacobs, and Suzanne Kellman, CSC Co-Leaders 2007-2008
Downloads
Guidelines for Funding Requests
Community Service Committee Funding Request
Links
- Buddies Program
- CORE (Community Oriented Events)
- DMS Dermatones
- Good Neighbor Health Clinic, Red Logan Dental Clinic
- HEART (Health Education and Rescue Training)
- Live Free Smoke Free
- Medical Peer Advocates
- Partners in Health Education
- Patient Partnership Program
- Planned Parenthood
- UVWRT (Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team)
- Vermont Adaptive Ski