PhysioCamp: Cultivating Leaders Throughout Medical School

Holly Ingram; Lauren Rodriguez; Jahnavi Meka; Dmitry Tumin; Stephen Charles

doi:10.1007/s40670-022-01686-8

PhysioCamp: Cultivating Leaders Throughout Medical School

Med Sci Educ. 2022 Nov 17;32(6):1309-1312. doi: 10.1007/s40670-022-01686-8. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Holly Ingram^{1

2}, Lauren Rodriguez^{3

4}, Jahnavi Meka⁵, Dmitry Tumin¹, Stephen Charles⁶

Affiliations

¹ Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC USA.
² Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC USA.
³ Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC USA.
⁴ College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University, Auburn, AL USA.
⁵ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA USA.
⁶ Baylor College of Medicine, School of Medicine Temple Campus, Temple, TX USA.

Abstract

To prepare medical students for leadership roles, medical student organizations should provide longitudinal leadership opportunities spanning the entire duration of the medical school curriculum. These long-term roles need to be adaptable to medical students' changing and busy schedules, provide a robust structure for communication, improve access to resources and mentors, and allow autonomy for individual decisions to facilitate effective engagement as a leader. We describe the design of a student-led organization, PhysioCamp, which facilitates opportunities for longitudinal medical student leadership through an internship program for high school graduates.

Keywords: Communication; Leadership; Longitudinal; Organization; Student-led.