Co-curricular and Educationally Purposeful Activities

Students enroll at Samuel Merritt university not only for the quality of the program in their chosen discipline, but also because of the university’s mission, values, and its commitment to meeting the health needs of our communities through equitable and just health practices. At SMU, students have the opportunity to deepen the learning that occurs within the disciplines of the academic programs through co-curricular activities, where students come together with faculty and staff to learn from one another on all of the campuses and in the surrounding communities. Core values of trust, respect, and integrity drive this co-curricular work as the university promotes inclusion and social justice in active partnership with students, faculty, staff, and community.

Alignment of Co-curricular Programming with SMU's ILOs

Selected Presentations and Training Sessions - 2018, 2019, 2020

ILO 2: Ethics, Professionalism, Compassion

ILO 4: : Structural and Social Determinants of Health

ILO 6: Leadership

ILO 8: Self-Care

HEALS Training and Implicit Bias Training

 

 

 

 

Transgender Healthcare

 

 

 

 

Community Reads Program

 

 

 

 

Strategies to address health disparities; Healthcare ethics and health disparities, Dr. P. C. Jones, “Cliff of Good Health”

 

 

 

 

Community-based health and wellness

 

 

 

 

TeamSTEPPS training for collaborative practice

 

 

 

 

Lyena Strellkoff “For the Better: Spinal Cord Injury and Its Power to Heal”

 

 

 

 

MBSR and Stress management training

 

 

 

 

Multicultural Wellness Walks, Wellness Corps

 

 

 

 

Hypertension Sunday, Habitat for Humanity, Second Harvest, Martin de Porres Hospitality House, Oakland Chinatown StreetFest

 

 

 

 

Day of Wellness, On-campus health and exercise activities, Wellness Symposium for Healthcare Professionals

 

 

 

 

Participation in Co-curricular Programming

Source: Co-curricular program participation via SMU Pulse

Students particpating in at least one co-curricular activity

2018-2019

2019-2020

1772 (65%)

1921(74%)

Evaluation of SMU's Co-curricular Programming Experiences

Source: Co-curricular programming evaluation via SMU Pulse

 (% of students indicating “yes”)

2017-2018

2018-2019

2019-2020

Co-curricular programming met expected ILOs

100%

99%

99%

Co-curricular programming contributed to my success as a student

99%

99%

97%

Co-curricular programming contributed to my development as a professional

100%

99%

94%