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| Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Service to the State The School of Medicine provides a variety of Patient Cares to the citizens of West Virginia and the surrounding region, both on its three campuses as well as through an established network of outreach clinics in many local communities. In addition the students enrolled in the MD degree curriculum are required to complete at least 100 hours of community service prior to the granting of the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. Students are encouraged to perform community service that will develop into a habit and continue throughout their careers. This enhances their relationship with the community they serve. This also allows the future physician to become more a part of the community and helps counter isolationism that tends to occur with this profession. Medicine is a service profession and the School of Medicine endorses service learning as an integral part of the curriculum. Service may occur in a wide variety of areas including: volunteer time with patient care groups, education projects, work in respective religious organizations, health care organizations, self-help groups, hospital organizations, donating blood or bone marrow, local school education or health assessment programs, monitoring blood pressures at the mall/senior center; volunteering at Health Right, etc. Students may not obtain all of their hours during a single event. Students are encouraged to participate in more than one event. Opportunities will be posted in the Message of the Week. Students are also encouraged to create and/or investigate opportunities on their own. In general, the Office of Student Services will grant hour for hour credit. In some instances, credit may be increased above that for preparatory work needed to complete the service. Please check with the Office for guidelines. Every effort to coordinate with the other HSC schools to award similar hours of credit will be made for activities that occur with HSC students. Examples of service that will not be included as community service include; hours given to activities that primarily benefit the School of Medicine. This is service of a kind, but may be considered self-serving and internal service, and not truly of benefit to our external community. Similarly, if the service is performed as part of a department or school curricular requirements, this will not count toward the community service requirement. Service or work that is monetarily compensated for will also not count towards the time requirement. Students may enter their community service hours on the web via the Student Services site on SOLE. The total number of hours will be tracked for you. Students will receive reminders (approximately yearly) as to the number of hours recorded. Students are reminded that they are on the Honor system and should only record those hours and activities that have actually performed. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic dishonesty being brought before the Committee on Academic and Professional Standards. The Associate Deans reserve the right to question the number of hours entered and make appropriate changes (increase or decrease) in the number recorded. Students who enter with an advanced standing will have their 100 hour requirement prorated as per the Associate Deans. |
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