At Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion 91短视频, we are dedicated to improving the health and the lives of our surrounding communities. By participating in Community-Engaged Learning (CEL), Medical and Health Professions students enhance their skills in providing community-based healthcare services through medical outreach activities, medical and community education, specialized medical training, and other service-based opportunities to engage with the community.

Our students are always looking for creative ways to address the needs of the populations we partner with and often look to groups and organizations in the community where they can have maximum impact.

Our community partners include businesses, faith-based institutions, colleges, community groups, civic organizations, non-profit organizations and other networks dedicated to making a collective difference.

Whether you are looking for a one-time event or a longstanding partnership, our initiatives can often be customized to meet the needs of your organization.

Resources

Community Resources Application

CEL is dedicated to continue to provide resources to our new and existing community partners. Funds awarded through the Resource Application are not limited to organizations currently affiliated with our medical school. Resources may include, but are not limited to: advocacy, fundraising, volunteerism, monetary awards, etc. If your organization would like to apply for CEL resources, please complete the .

Initiative Facilitator Application

Our community and faculty facilitators are the driving force behind the success of our initiatives. If you would like to become a facilitator, please complete the .

If you would like to host a health fair in partnership with Community-Engaged Learning

Volunteer Opportunities (Physicians Only)

To become a provider in one of our clinical initiatives (HOPES student-run free clinic, or Community Faculty Privileges), please email vhscommunityengagedlearning@odu.edu. Through our initiatives, physicians, residents and physician assistants are able to mentor and assist students in providing healthcare to vulnerable patients of the Norfolk and Portsmouth communities. Providers across numerous specialties currently volunteer in our clinical initiatives and have the flexibility to choose a schedule that suits their availability.

To volunteer in Clinical Esperanza, our Spanish-speaking clinic, please contact Community-Engaged Learning for more information.

Contribute to a Specific Initiative

Your gift to the Foundation is a testament that you believe in the values and mission of the school. Your generosity has a tremendous impact on our students, our faculty, our programs and our community.

They are many payment options to fund your gift:


  • Make a one-time gift using our secure online donation form. This form can be used to make an honor or memorial gift.

  • By planning your commitment with a pledge, you can complete your gift by making regular payments over time.
  • Host a fundraiser
    You or your organization can host a fundraising event to benefit a program or research center at our medical school.
  • Gifts-in-kind
    Non-cash donations of materials or long-lived assets that serve to further the mission and purposes of CEL initiative may be accepted if accompanied by adequate documentation of the purpose, nature, and approximate value of the gift. Such gift shall be reported at $1 unless the donor submits an independent appraisal and an IRS Form 8283 to substantiate the fair market value of the goods donated. If you would like to consider giving a material donation, send us an email with a description of the item and we will get back to you.

Questions? Send an email to Community-Engaged Learning

Brock Virginia Health Sciences Community Engaged Learning

Contact

Brock Virginia Health Sciences Community Engaged Learning

757-446-7140