Students

Medical Students

Medical students are the essential piece to CCRU Outreach! CCRU is a medical student-run organization, so we depend on the dedication of our medical student volunteers. There are a variety of volunteer opportunities and events that go on throughout the year. The CCRU Clinic is a year-round volunteer opportunity available to medical students. Participation allows students to gain early clinic experience, interact with other students and physicians in a real clinic learning environment, strengthen clinical skills, foster cultural humility, and build a greater understanding of health inequity and social determinants of health.

Each night at the clinic, medical student positions include one triager (any year), three patient interviewers (any year), one M3/M4 patient interviewer (reserved for M3s and M4s), and one floor manager (reserved for CCRU Executive Team). Please check the Sign-Up Genius to sign up for a shift, or contact one of our student schedulers for inquiries about student volunteering. Student schedulers include Molly Daugherty (molly.daugherty@uky.edu) and Kathryn Zalla (kathryn.zalla@uky.edu). 

Volunteering at the CCRU Clinic can easily fulfill various ICM requirements for first-year students. Working as a triager or patient interviewer with an appropriate portfolio entry can be used as independent learning credit; interviewing a patient with an appropriate write-up can be used to fulfill the second patient story requirement.

For M1, M2, or M3 students who wish to enhance their leadership skills further and take a more active role in CCRU Outreach operations as executive team members, applications are opened each Spring.