Medical schools around the country are utilizing service-learning as a method of promoting cultural humility among future physicians and strengthening partnerships between academic institutions and their surrounding communities. Critical service-learning (CSL) is an approach which emphasizes the need to address the power dynamics inherent to service through guided critical self-reflection for student learners, and centers autonomy and self-determination for community stakeholders. STEM Stars is an afterschool STEM enrichment program at a community center in North Philadelphia which was piloted in the 2019-2020 academic year. It was created with a trauma-informed design to address the social and emotional needs of K-6 students at the community center and to introduce trauma-informed practices to staff at the center. STEM Stars also served as a more intensive CSL opportunity for medical student volunteers and a model for future service-learning programs at the medical school. This thesis is a gap analysis of STEM Stars: it will provide a background of the program, review the pilot year, assess its successes and shortcomings, and propose changes to be made in the coming years. / Urban Bioethics
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TEMPLE/oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/6524 |
Date | January 2021 |
Creators | Stark, Aron |
Contributors | Cabey, Vielka Whitney |
Publisher | Temple University. Libraries |
Source Sets | Temple University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis/Dissertation, Text |
Format | 43 pages |
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Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/6506, Theses and Dissertations |
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