Community Engagement Resources
At UMass Chan Medical School . . .
UMass Chan Population Health Clerkship is a team-based, inter-professional, community engaged experience required of all second year medical and graduate nursing students. The clerkship provides a relevant real-world context as students expand their understanding of public and population health concepts.
UMass Chan Summer Service-Learning Assistantship offers rising second-year medical students the opportunity to work in a wide variety of community-based health, educational and human service organizations throughout the Commonwealth. This summer assistantship uses elements of service-learning to expand future physicians’ understanding of the impact of context on people’s health.
UMass Chan Martin Luther King Semester of Service Student Awards allows students to apply for funding awards of $500 to pursue innovative engaged work in local communities.
UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science conducts clinical and translational research across the five University of Massachusetts campuses with clinical and other key partners, particularly patients and communities.
UMass Chan Prevention Research Center is part of a nationwide network of Prevention Research Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These centers bring together academic institutions and community organizations in partnered research that fosters health and prevents disease.
Community Engagement Library Guides support community engaged research aimed at improving health. They do this through providing a wealth of information for understanding health status and issues in Massachusetts communities, learning about community-engaged research, and developing proposals for future work.
OutReach Programs
Worcester Pipeline Collabiorative - activities include: mentoring, job-shadowing, tutoring, clinical,observerships, research internships, after-school science programs, visiting scientist programs, a speaker's bureau and family involvement activities. Through these efforts, students learn to set high expectations for themselves, as they participate in rigorous K-12 mathematics and science curricula, and develop language skills required to enter competitive collegiate programs.
High School Health Careers Program - The High School Health Careers Program (HSHCP) is a four week, tuition-free, residential program. It offers current sophomore and junior high school students unique opportunities to learn about the broad spectrum of careers in Biomedical Research, Biotechnology and the health professions (BBHP). It is designed to improve academic study and communication skills of the participants.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program - The UMass Chan Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Program is a non-credit, ten-week, structured research experience sponsored by UMass Chan Office of Outreach Programs. The program consists of "hands-on" laboratory research with an investigator serving as a mentor, role model and advisor.
Summer Enrichment Program - The College Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) is a tuition-free four-week residential program for undergraduate sophomores and juniors interested in entering the health professions. The program includes enrichment classes to enhance participants academic and communication skills. Seminars include the professional school application process with emphasis on medical school admissions and financing professional school. Seminars on biomedical research and cultural and contemporary health issues are also provided. Additionally, the SEP offers participants the opportunity to interact with medical students, scientists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals. Optional weekend observations in the Emergency Department are provided. Upon successful completion of the program, each participant is awarded a Certificate of Achievement and a stipend.
Dynamic Futures - is a youth career pathway program designed to provide scholars ages 16-18 years old with an introduction to the field of mental and behavioral health. Our program directly addresses the drastic workforce shortage of behavioral health clinicians, specifically focusing on the more dire shortage of clinicians of color. Our program addresses educational, financial, and social barriers in underrepresented communities in the hopes of building clear pathways for our scholars to join the behavioral health workforce.