Regardless of specialty, physicians have both the opportunity and the responsibility to look beyond the signs and symptoms of the patients they see, so that they can prevent disease and promote health in the community. To be effective, physicians require skills in assessing health needs and resources, planning and organizing, counseling, education, negotiation, intercultural competence, qualitative and quantitative data collection and open-ended interviewing.

Community service is a required part of the first-year curriculum at Drexel University College of Medicine. And more than half of our students perform additional volunteer work because they are committed to helping people. The Community Outreach Program gives students a rich, rewarding experience that broadens their perspective on both medicine and the world.

More information on our Community Outreach Program is found at webcampus.drexelmed.edu/communityservice