About ISCOPES
ISCOPES is an evolving health focused service-learning initiative that places GW students and employees from various fields of study as well as community practitioners and neighbors from the DC Metro Area in interprofessional Learning Communities to address bigger picture health issues through smarter service. For 10 hours/month September - April, students serve on project teams within these Learning Communities and tackle these health issues with multi-dimensional service projects. Each Learning Community and its service project focuses on one of the following health domains: 1. Guardian Engagement - getting adults involved with kids’ health 2. Healthy Teen Scholars - adolescent health/health careers 3. Adult Health Literacy - digital health information, drug labels, and medical system literacy 4. Veterans History Project - achieving wellness through telling one’s story 5. Senior Wellness - living exceptionally ages 55+ Culturally competent service, inclusivity of diverse thought, and doing something about real health issues are the ingredients of ISCOPES. This is the world of health…evolved.
2015-2016 Applications Go to: www.iscopes.gwu.edu and click “Apply” today. Sign up to serve and learn with the people you care about and work on those health issues most important to you! Space is limited!
Online application will be available Monday, August 24, 2015! Applicants must: 1. Be enrolled as a GW student 2. Be interested in personal and communal healthy living 3. Commit at least 10 hours of service per month (average of 2 hours/week; not including commute time) from September through April 4. Agree to a background or security check, fingerprinting, and/or TB test, as applicable (TBD depending on community partner site requirements) Previous experiences with service, health education and promotion, and leadership are desirable, but not required.
What You Give From September through April, you will serve people of the DC Metro Area through three key steps:
1. Participate: Focus on the health issues you care about in one of our five Learning Communities. Teach others about what you have learned elsewhere and learn from others in the process. 2. Serve: Apply what you and colleagues have discussed in your Learning Community in the form of a team service project. Build relationships with community partner sites and serve people who are most vulnerable to negative health outcomes.
Through ISCOPES, you’ll hone skills and knowledge crucial for evolving into a stellar health-focused professional. You’ll also gain: 1. Connections with neighbors throughout the District – crucial for future rotations, practicums, internships, and jobs 2. New relationships formed with new colleagues – meet friends from different disciplines 3. Orientation to Washington, D.C. – a chance to explore our Nation’s Capital 4. Deeper awareness, understanding, and value of yourself, others, health, and healthcare 5. The desire to learn more – you’ll leave asking more questions than ever before 6. Access to content experts, faculty, and practitioners – many within your Learning Community 7. Out-of-classroom experiences – go beyond the lecture halls and books 8. Practice as a part of a health care team 9. Skills in health promotion/education 10. The chance to hone your time management skills and life balance skills 11. FUN! – make the most of your time at GW
3. Adapt: Analyze your project team’s ability to affect change with your service project. Use your creativity, classroom knowledge, and previous experience to adapt your project within your Learning Community to better affect the health outcomes of our neighbors in the DC Metro Area.
Providing uniquely talented individuals with the chance to engage in increasingly smarter service as a member of a diverse team is the core of ISCOPES. Together, you will address those health issues that cannot be overcome alone.
Find Out More: www.iscopes.gwu.edu
All students who successfully complete a year of service with ISCOPES will receive: 1. A special designation on their academic transcript 2. Verified content for resumes, references, and letters of recommendation 3. Award opportunities 4. Leadership opportunities with the ISCOPES Advisory Board 5. Find Out More: www.iscopes.gwu.edu
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