Learning Beyond the Classroom

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Evaluate Your Intellectual Wellness – Complete Survey for a Chance to Win a MUSC Promotional Prize
• Create a Wellness Challenge for the MUSC Student Body
• Use the Center for Academic Excellence or Writing Center
• Student Events on Engage
• MUSC Office of Equity
  • Training and Intercultural Education Sessions
  • Exploring Unconscious Bias Tools and Resources
• MUSC Office of Humanities
  • Humanitas
  • Compassion in Action
  • Story Health
• MUSC IP Elective Courses
  • CLARION Competition

Introduction

Intellectual enrichment measures the degree to which an individual engages in creative mental activities and pursues Growing intellectually, maintaining curiosity about all there is to learn, valuing lifelong learning, and responding positively to intellectual challenges. An intellectual healthy person uses the resources available to increase their knowledge and skills while sharing them with others.

Characteristics of Intellectual Wellness:

• Attending Classes
• Completing assignments
• Maintaining an adequate amount of sleep
• Communicating with professors and university staff
• Attending presentations, lectures, programs offered through the university
• Exposing yourself to new experiences
• Maintaining organization skills 

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Evaluate Your Intellectual Well-being – Complete Survey for a Chance to Win an MUSC Promotional Prize

Share your story with us on what you already do that contributes to your nutritional well-being and why it is beneficial to you. At the end of each month, we will draw from the submissions and award multiple MUSC Promotional Prizes (e.g. water bottle, beach towel, yoga mat)!

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Create a Wellness Challenge for the MUSC Student Body

The challenges contained within this program reflect the contributions and efforts of several levels of the university and academic community; however, there are still so many more ways to enhance and optimize well-being in our student body. 

If you have any idea for a challenge, Submit a Wellness Challenge to our ever growing list of ways to live the best lives we can. Your submission will be sent to the Student Wellness Advisory Group for review and if selected, you will receive a MUSC Promotional Prize!

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Use the Center for Academic Excellence or Writing Center

Writing, Learning and Teaching are essential to providing effective care and discovering new ways to improve health.   The Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) and the Writing Center at MUSC assists us in multiple ways including:

• National Board Preparation and Review
• Individual and group appointments for
  • Learning Styles Assessment
  • Study skills training
  • Test taking strategies
  • Time management skills
• Supplemental instruction
• Writing Consultation and Review of
  • Papers
  • Scholarship Applications
  • CV, resume and cover letters
  • Grant Writing

Make an appointment today to take advantage of this very valuable service! 

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University-Wide and College Specific Educational Student Events

MUSC has vibrant student life offering various opportunities for students to meaningfully engage with each other and the community around them, and provide opportunities for personal, cultural, and professional development. Events are offered from all levels of the enterprise (e.g. university-wide, college-specific, clinical, student organizations, etc.), and sometimes it can be difficult to find out about what is at your disposal.

The Office of Student Engagement maintains a listing of all campus events through Engage. Visit Student Events on Engage today to stay informed on what’s happening on campus!

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MUSC Office of Equity

MUSC embracing diversity and inclusion is a priority. The MUSC Office of Equity leads the university's strategic approach to creating and sustaining a community where students, faculty, staff, patients, families, and visitors are welcomed and feel valued and respected.

Training and Intercultural Education Sessions

The Office of Training and Intercultural Education is committed to enhancing diversity and inclusion education and professional development to ensure every member of the MUSC community develops an appreciation for the richness that our diversity brings and demonstrates a commitment to our culture of inclusion.

Visit their website to learn more about upcoming trainings, events and workshops including the Safe Zone Program at MUSC and NCBI and Diversity and Inclusion Workshops.

Exploring Unconscious Bias Tools and Resources

In addition to a variety of programs and services that are offered annually, the office's website is also home to a variety of diversity, equity, and inclusion online resources. Visit the Unconscious Bias resource page for your opportunity for growth and reflection with the following interactive tools:

• Unconscious Bias in Academic Medicine
• Video Implicit Association Test (IAT)
• Kirwan Institute Training Modules
• Center for Worklife Law - Identifying and Interrupting Bias in Performance Evaluations
• WISELI's Searching for Excellence and Diversity Guide

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MUSC Office of Humanities

The health (or medical) humanities is an interdisciplinary field of study in which the arts, humanities, and social sciences are applied to issues of health and health care. Sociology, anthropology, literature, writing, history, ethics, law, and the visual and performing arts all fall under this umbrella.

Through studies in the  health humanities students learn communication, observation, and critical thinking skills associated with better patient experiences and outcomes.

Students and clinicians can also practice self-care to prevent burnout through programs that foster self-awareness, self-expression, and reflection

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Story Health

The Office of Humanities now collaborates with several partners to bring reading and writing initiatives to MUSC and the community through the Story Health Program. Students, faculty, and staff across MUSC will participate in an umbrella initiative that collaborates with:

• Waring Library’s Lecture Series
• SGA Book Club
• Patient and Family Centered Care Healthcare Story Workshops
• CHP and SPSD Septima P. Clark Poetry Contest

Online Story Health Modules will be made available for anyone at MUSC seeking to practice self-care through expressive writing. Contact the Office of Humanities to get involved!

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