Language Barriers in Healthcare: Why They Matter
When a patient and a provider don’t share a language, the true point at the center of every appointment starts to break down and become blurred. Symptoms get described imprecisely,…
Chapters & Students
Fundraising Ideas for Student Clubs That Actually Work
Every student club runs into the same problem eventually: the ideas are bigger than the budget. Whether you’re covering event costs, supporting a partner organization, or making a trip affordable…
How to Write About Service in Your College Essay Without Sounding Cliché
The typical college essay service story follows a familiar script: a trip, a moment with a child, and a realization about how lucky the writer is. Admissions readers see it…
How A MEDLIFE Chapter Leader Won An Obama Foundation Scholarship
Maya, president of MEDLIFE’s chapter at Yale, was recently named a Voyager Scholarship recipient! The program includes a $10,000 stipend for a public service project and monthly coaching sessions. Her experience…
Club Fair Tips: How to Get Sign-Ups for a Brand-New Club
A brand-new club walks into a club fair with one big disadvantage: nobody has heard of it yet. There are no older students vouching for it and no photos from…
How to Put “MEDLIFE Chapter Founder” on Your Resume and Applications
Starting a MEDLIFE chapter takes real work: getting your school’s approval, recruiting an executive board, running fundraisers, and keeping the whole thing going after you graduate. That’s work that can…
How to Spot (and Avoid) Voluntourism
Wanting to spend your break doing something useful abroad is a good instinct. But not every trip that calls itself service actually serves the community it visits. “Voluntourism” is the…
Medical Summer Programs for High School Students
If you’re in high school and thinking about pursuing a career in health care, you’ve probably started looking into medical summer programs for high school students. There are a lot of…
Student Travel With Purpose: What It Looks Like for Canadian Students
Time abroad as a student can simply just be a vacation, and that’s a reasonable choice. But if you’re interested pre-health or public health and want your time abroad to mean…
Short-Term Volunteer Opportunities for Canadian University Students
Between course loads, part-time jobs, labs, group projects, and bustling personal lives, most Canadian undergrads today don’t have the spare time to fit in a service trip abroad. If you’re…
7 Leadership Skills You Can Build by Running a Student Chapter
Taking on an executive leadership role in a campus organization is one of the best ways to bridge classroom learning with practical management experience. Academic coursework is great for building…
Academic Preparation Redefines Health Education: The Berkeley Method
When pre-health students consider getting involved in international field education experiences, the standard model often follows a familiar pattern: sign up for a trip, complete basic pre-departure logistics, then travel. While…