For Students:
- Respect and follow service site’s policies and regulations
- Follow HIPAA standards
- Partner with community members to innovate solutions to community-identified needs
- Share project results with community partners
- Engage in reflection with mentors and peers
- Take initiative in the learning process through problem-solving and ethical decision-making
- Adhere to Geisel School of Medicine rules (media, government relations, travel, fundraising, etc.)
- No students should provide clinical services without qualified preceptor supervision
- Create a professional poster to share project outcomes through the Online CSL Directory and the Annual CSL Conference
For Faculty Mentors:
- Assist student in working with community partners to develop a CSL project plan, including creating specific, measurable objectives and an evaluation strategy.
- Be oriented with the community partner organization, its clients and policies
- Meet regularly with student to discuss progress and provide feedback
- Engage in reflection to help students integrate their service with academic and professional learning
- Document hours and oversee project reports
- Guide student in abstract and poster preparation for Annual CSL Conference
- Provide additional resources and scholarship opportunities for students, such as journal submission and conferences
For Community Partner:
- Communicate the organization’s needs to student and faculty mentor
- Provide students with an opportunity to collaborate and innovate with community partners and subsequently engage in meaningful service at the project site
- Post and update project opportunities in the CSL Online Directory
- Establish a CSL Site Affiliation Agreement with the Geisel School of Medicine
- Orient students to the organization’s mission, vision, and strategic goals to ensure understanding of student roles
- Communicate policies and procedures
- Provide ongoing feedback, and engage in process improvement with students and mentors
For Community Service Learning Program Office:
- Maintain an Online CSL Directory of service project opportunities and mentors
- Serve as a liaison between community partners, students, and mentors in making connections for CSL opportunities
- Maintain a CSL Site Affiliation Agreement defining the roles of the Geisel School of Medicine and community organizations as they relate to CSL
- Plan and host the Annual CSL Conference
- Answer questions, troubleshoot and serve as a resource for CSL for students, faculty and community partners
- Lead an interprofessional CSL Advisory Committee to direct the university’s CSL efforts
- Provide competitive grant-funding opportunities for students to defray CSL project expenses