Currently Accepting Mentor Applications for the 2022-23 School Year.
The A.T. Still University Community Mentor Project partners medical students with members of the intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) community to mutually help each other achieve goals. Students and Mentors work on goals each month in order to help the mentor achieve whatever goals they have in mind. The Mentor/Mentee program is a key component of the IDD Elective at ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Infused an elective medical course with content relevant to treating patients who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities
Created/implemented the Project Advisory Committee
Matched 23 Mentors (Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities) with 46 Mentees (ATSU medical students)
Hosted four health fairs
Conducted three standardized patient encounters each year
Created two end-of-the-year virtual symposium, including lectures from experts in the field
“I learn that the coming doctors show us that they do cared about us the disabled as real persons not problems may they working with us and not on us." - Mentor
A HUGE thank you to the SB40 board for their support for this project and their continuous support for the local IDD community.