AMSA
AMSA's Local Chapter Project Directory
| PROJECT DESCRIPTION/CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Project title | Cultural Competency Week |
| Project type(s) | Speaker |
| Date completed | 02/10/2006 |
| Chapter | University of Illinois COM @ Chicago |
| Project Coordinator | Jenny Tsang |
| Summary of project | AMSA invited all of the UIC-COM student organizations to do a 20 minute presentation about their culture, specifically asking the organziations to provide some clinically relevant information. Eight student organziations joined us for this effort for a week's worth of lunchtime programming. |
| Content area | Other |
| Number of participants | 150 |
| Participant hours involved | 300 hour(s) |
| PROJECT PLANNING | |
| Coordinator roles | |
| Coordinator hours | hour(s) |
| FUNDING & ADVERTISING | |
| Total project cost | $400 |
| Project funding | Local chapter funds |
| Funding breakdown of sources and/or donations: | |
| Project advertising | Email and announcements on the classroom blackboards. |
| PROJECT EVALUATION | |
| Success rating (1 = unsuccesful, 5 = very successful) |
5 |
| Lessons/suggestions | Talk to student group leadership early on in the year to determine their programming schedule to avoid conflicts or combine speakers (we lucked out--almost had SNMA conflict with their efforts for African-American History Month). |
