{"id":2892,"date":"2026-02-25T16:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/?page_id=2892"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:03:44","slug":"about-the-csl-program-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/about-the-csl-program-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About the CSL Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><strong style=\"color: #444444;font-size: 16px\">The Community Service Learning (CSL) Program<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Staff Contacts<br \/>\nLisa M. McBride, PhD (she\/her\/hers)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (ADDEIB)<br \/>\nThe DICE Office<br \/>\nlisa.m.mcbride@dartmouth.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Contact<br \/>\n<\/strong>Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College<br \/>\nRemsen Suite 315<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Geisel.Service.Learning@dartmouth.edu<br \/>\n603-646-5572<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Definition of Community Service Learning (CSL)<\/strong><br \/>\nService learning is a structured learning experience that combines community service with mentored preparation and reflection. Students provide service in response to community-identified concerns and learn about the context in which illness develops, the connection between their service and their academic coursework, and their roles as citizens and professionals\u00b9. Students use what they learn both inside and outside the classroom to empower medically underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p>The CSL Program at the Geisel School of Medicine engages faculty, staff, institutional, and community support of these activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b9Definition adapted from:<br \/>\nSeifer SD. (1998). Service-learning: Community-campus partnerships for health professions education. Academic Medicine, 73(3):273-277.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nBenefits of Community Service Learning (CSL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CSL is a mutually beneficial process. The student benefits by applying abstract concepts and theories from the classroom in real-world situations; developing a relationship with a mentor; and gaining practical experience for career path exploration, skill-building and interprofessional collaboration. The community agency benefits by addressing identified needs for clients; enhancing capacity to achieve its mission; and receiving assistance with training, research and program evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of benefits to community organizations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>community needs assessments<\/li>\n<li>focus groups to better engage community members<\/li>\n<li>health and wellness education (health and digital health literacy promotion)<\/li>\n<li>health screenings and referrals<\/li>\n<li>basic medical services provided under the guidance of faculty mentors<\/li>\n<li>program monitoring and evaluation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Annual CSL Symposium<\/strong>\u00a0will bring together community leaders (students, staff, faculty, and community partners) to showcase their community engaged service projects that they worked on throughout the year. More information about the presentation is forthcoming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Community Service Learning (CSL) Program Staff Contacts Lisa M. McBride, PhD (she\/her\/hers) Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (ADDEIB) The DICE Office lisa.m.mcbride@dartmouth.edu Program Contact Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College Remsen Suite 315 Geisel.Service.Learning@dartmouth.edu 603-646-5572 Definition of Community Service Learning (CSL) Service learning is a [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/about-the-csl-program-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2892","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","author-253"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PbNKOb-KE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2892"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2897,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2892\/revisions\/2897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}