CORE is meant to serve as a community of growth for individuals involved in service-learning and outreach programs. Members of CORE will benefit from learning about the efforts of others involved in similar work while serving as a source of best practices within the field of service-learning and outreach.
Specifically, CORE will promote a rigorous scholarly approach to service-learning and community outreach and engagement. Additional goals of this COG are to develop and share best practices in service-learning and outreach and provide support for individuals looking to create or improve their own outreach or service-learning program.
The hope is that CORE will serve as a starting point for those looking to get more involved in service- learning, and outreach, or for those looking to make the switch to a more rigorous scholarly approach. As such, CORE will work towards developing workshops and presentations (such as those at IAMSE 2022 and ASPBP 2023) as well as best practices documents.
Through this work, we hope to develop a reputation as a welcoming and beneficial group for both novices and veterans within the field of service learning and outreach. CORE will help to lead the way in the field of service-learning and outreach, particularly among medical school professionals. By improving the rigor of the field there is a hope that service-learning and outreach will be recognized as a valuable form of scholarly work. This will be achieved both through the creation of a community of growth and by encouraging scholarly presentations examining service-learning and outreach in the form of articles, posters, presentations, and workshops.
Meeting time:
The meetings are held every other month on either Monday at 3:00 PM ET or Thursday at 11:00 AM ET. Dates may vary. To join the listserv please click here.
For questions regarding CORE please contact Peter J. Vollbrecht and Natascha Heise.
For more information about the CORE CoG, as well as the other active IAMSE CoGs, click here.
Thank you,
Peter Vollbrecht and Natascha Heise
CORE Community of Growth Leaders