Co-curricular and Educationally Purposeful Activities
At Samuel Merritt University, learning extends beyond academic coursework. Co-curricular activities give students opportunities to deepen their learning while working alongside faculty, staff, and community partners in ways that reflect SMU's mission and commitment to equitable healthcare.
Learning Beyond the Classroom
Co-curricular experiences help students build on what they learn in their academic programs while developing the professional values reflected in SMU's Institutional Learning Outcomes. These activities bring students together across SMU's campuses and surrounding communities.
Alignment of Co-curricular Programming With SMU's ILOs
SMU's co-curricular programs support Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) related to ethics and professionalism, social determinants of health, leadership, and self-care.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 |
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| Transgender Healthcare |
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| Community Reads Program |
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| Strategies to address health disparities; Healthcare ethics and health disparities, Dr. P. C. Jones, “Cliff of Good Health” |
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| Community-based health and wellness |
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| TeamSTEPPS training for collaborative practice |
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| Lyena Strellkoff “For the Better: Spinal Cord Injury and Its Power to Heal” |
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| MBSR and Stress management training |
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| Multicultural Wellness Walks, Wellness Corps |
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| Hypertension Sunday, Habitat for Humanity, Second Harvest, Martin de Porres Hospitality House, Oakland Chinatown StreetFest |
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| Day of Wellness, On-campus health and exercise activities, Wellness Symposium for Healthcare Professionals |
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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% |
