UMass Chan Summer in  Community 

The UMass Chan Summer in Community (aka Community Health Assistantship) for rising second-year medical students offers summer service learning placements working with a variety of health and human service organizations throughout the Commonwealth. These placements allow students to develop deeper understanding of the social determinants and environmental influences on health as they build relationships with a range of health professionals in the communities they intend to serve.  

Summer 2023 dates: June 27 - August 18, 2023

 

Goals:  

 


Funding: 

Placements can be funded for 160 hours at $15/hour through the Office of Undergraduate Medical Education using the same mechanism and process as the Global Health, Research Programs - note that you can only draw one salary from the OUME source.    The deadline to commit to the SCHA if you plan to use this funding stream is March 31.  You will have until mid-May to finalize details with the placement site, but we need to know you want to participate by March 31.   Mirela Skaka in OUME will manage the paperwork for these  stipends, so watch for email from her. Information will be updated here as it becomes available. 

Additional hours may be funded by AHEC for Rural Health, Urban Health and AHEC Scholars, or by other sources identified by faculty, community partners, PIs or students.    

Program activities: 

SCHA participants are required to meet some requirements of all OUME Summer Programs including:

Beyond this OUME-designed core of required  activity, the SCHA invites participants to:

As the dates and details become known, they will be added to the Timeline page.

Questions may be directed to any of the following: