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The elective Global Service Learning course is part of the IUSD service programs (Community-based Dental Education), which aim at connecting meaningful community service experiences with academic and personal growth, as well as civic responsibility. Several of these programs utilize the service learning pedagogy, which includes additional components. For those programs, service learning is integrated into the curriculum and so provides structured time for reflection, enhances teaching and learning, and fosters civic responsibility.
The global service learning (GSL) programs will enhance students' linguistic and cultural skills through an immersion experience and by informing students about health care systems in other countries. In the GSL lecture course, students will learn about cultural humility through service learning abroad, world health views, the purpose of IUSD service programs, and cross cultural encounters.