Who Are we?

Who are we?

 The Service Learning Academy (SLA) expands community-campus partnerships through the integration of SL educational experiences in local, regional, national, and international community-based organizations.

Hosted by the UNMC College of Public Health, the goal of the SLA is to provide students in Public Health and other Health Professions with the opportunity to experience the unique Service Learning pedagogy and prepare competent and community-responsive health professionals. The SLA offers unique interdisciplinary and interprofessional service-learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate level students enrolled at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campuses.

While practice environments are comprised of interprofessional teams, most education of health professionals occurs in silos. Interprofessional education seeks to change the learning culture by bringing together students from various professions to learn with, from, and about each other, and build foundations for a safe and collaborative healthcare practice. Interprofessional experiences are promoted by our SLA.

Activities facilitated by the SLA provide community-based experiences for health profession students, address community-identified priorities, advance community health, and foster civic engagement among students, staff, and faculty. Service Learning activities may facilitate collaborative research and scholarship and new health related initiatives.