Our Pillars

Value-Added Education

• Experiential learning that adds value and capacity to our health care systems
• Improve health care today while educating the leaders of tomorrow
• Harnessing untapped capacity of thousands of students

Service - Learning

• Learners are participating to meet curricular requirements
• The planning and implementation of the SL curriculum is done in partnership
• SL places equal value on the service objectives defined by the community as it does on the learning objectives

• Mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources
• Grounded in partnership, reciprocity, mutual respect, shared authority and co-creation of goals and outcomes
• Partnerships help mobilize resources and influence systems, change relationships among partners, and serve as catalysts for changing policies, programs, and practices