Opportunities From: USC School of Medicine Greenville

AOA and the Lifestyle Medicine Student Interest Group will collaborate monthly to serve as Guest Chefs at the Ronald McDonald House (RMH). We will prepare well-balanced meals, provide health education based on lifestyle medicine principles, and engage meaningfully with families of hospitalized community members.

For more information please visit the website: https://rmhc-carolinas.org/participate/guest-chef-program/

prisma pm medic shift in Greer

Experience inpatient rounding with the Center for Family Medicine Greenville residency team. Please email Dr. Carek at Stephen.Carek@prismahealth.org for a specific meeting location on the day of your shift.

Experience inpatient rounding with the Center for Family Medicine Greenville residency team. Please email Dr. Prado at Melissa.Prado@prismahealth.org for a specific meeting location on the day of your shift.

Experience general outpatient family medicine with the Seneca Family Medicine residency program at the Center for Family Medicine Oconee clinic. Please email Lagena Rupe at lagena.rupe@prismahealth.org when you sign up for your shift. 

Experience inpatient rounding with the Center for Family Medicine Seneca residency team. Please email Lagena.Rupe@prismahealth.org when sign up for a shift. She will provide instructions. 

PM Shifts in Greenville

Work with Dr. Gilchrist at Furman University's Student Health Center. 

Experience inpatient rounding with the Center for Family Medicine Greenville residency team. Please email Dr. Amidon at joel.amidon@prismahealth.org for a specific meeting location on the day of your shift.

Experience outpatient family medicine with Dr. Peacock. Please email Dr. Peacock at brittany.peacock@prismahealth.org when to sign up for a shift. 

Looking for a meaningful, hands-on way to serve our local community? Join AOA and the Lifestyle Medicine Student Interest Group as we collaborate each month to serve as Guest Chefs at the Ronald McDonald House (RMH).

Together, we’ll prepare a well-balanced dinner that is rooted in lifestyle medicine principles, share simple health education tips, and engage with families whose loved ones are hospitalized. Each dinner serves 30-50 individuals and is prepared on-site in the RMH kitchen.

Volunteer Expectations:

- Arrive at 4:00 PM to help cook the meal from scratch 

- Engage with families during dinner by sharing brief, evidence-based tips on nutrition, wellness, and chronic disease prevention (Dinner is self-served starting at 6:00 PM)

- Stay through clean-up, helping ensure the kitchen is left clean and welcoming (Event ends by 7:30 PM)

Austin (or another AOA student leader) will send a confirmation email or text a few days before each dinner to confirm your participation and assign specific roles as needed.

This is an approved IPM service-learning opportunity and is open to all medical students, regardless of AOA membership. Join us to practice community-based service, apply our lifestyle medicine training in a real-world setting, and support families during a challenging time with warm meals and compassionate connection! 

More information on the RMH Guest Chef Program here

Come experience outpatient family medicine with Dr. Beacham at Easley Family Medicine

Work alongside Sports Medicine physician Dr. Vicki Nelson. Please contact Dr. Nelson via email for specific clinic site location based on your date. 

An opportunity to experience general Family Medicine clinic within the Resident Clinic at Center for Family Medicine.

This is a lecture given to third year medical students during the Family Medicine Clerkship. It is virtual. Please email Ashley.Pagliaro@prismahealth.org for the Teams Link.

We will be doing a weekly walking group on Tuesday nights at 7 PM! If you have done walking group with us or healing strides in the past, we will be meeting at the same spot - Cancer Survivor Park next to the Pavillon. You can rollover up to 10 hours from the summer for fall 2026. If you have questions, feel free to reach out to Zack Verdin or Allie Hyde :)

***REMINDER: To continue receiving service learning hours through Best Buddies, you MUST complete the 4 hour online training course located here. More details regarding this are posted under an opportunity on our page. Once completed, those 4 hours count as well.***

This opportunity is for planning meetings only, not day of the event participation.

Assisting residents of Phoenix Center with medication reconciliation. Helping Phoenix Center organize medications. 

I educate who are studying to take the GED science exam. I relate the content that they are learning back to their own health as I believe it is important to grow their health literacy while growing their general education.

Volunteering at the Taylors Free Medical Clinic

Please log this hour under your respective IPM tab as soon as you complete the handwashing training and the online training course. This hour will NOT be approved until you work your first volunteer training shift! But go ahead and log it as soon as you complete it so you don't forget and it will be approved later by the IPM faculty!

This is a lecture given to third year medical students during the Family Medicine Clerkship.

This is a lecture given to third year medical students during the Family Medicine Clerkship.

This is a lecture given to third year medical students during the Family Medicine Clerkship. It is virtual. Please email Ashley.Pagliaro@prismahealth.org for the Teams Link.

This is a lecture given to third year medical students during the Family Medicine Clerkship. It is virtual. Please email Ashley.Pagliaro@prismahealth.org for the Teams Link.

Please only respond to this opportunity if:

Once you respond to this opportunity, please email Lucy to let her know how many hours you are requesting and for what dates/events.  

**Please note that volunteering for admissions does not count towards iPM service-learning hours, it does count towards volunteer hours on campus connect. When logging your hours choose the user group USCSOMG instead of IPM.

Thank you!

Lucy

lconaway@greenvillemed.sc.edu

Alzheimer's Association's Walk to End Alzheimer's on Sunday, October 4, 2026. Volunteer opportunities from 1pm-6pm on this date to help with setup, advocacy, program & support information table, walk route, breakdown, and more.

Experience a specialty clinic at the Center for Family Medicine Greenville Residency Program. 

Experience a specialty clinic at the Center for Family Medicine Greenville Residency Program. 

Experience a specialty clinic at the Center for Family Medicine Greenville Residency Program. 

Experience a specialty clinic at the Center for Family Medicine Greenville Residency Program. 

Experience working within a specialty clinic at the Center for Family Medicine Greenville Residency Program. 

Experience a dermatology specialty clinic within the Center for Family Medicine Residency clinic. 

An opportunity to see a team based approach to managing diabetes within the Center for Family Medicine Greenville residency program. You will interact with FM attendings, FM Residents, Nurses, and Pharmacists. 

Learn from Dr. Heyn the essential of caring for pregnant women with hypertension. This is in conjunction with the Greenville Family Medicine intern orientation.

Learn from Dr. Joy Shen-Wagner the essentials of common dermatological pathology in the family medicine clinic. This lecture is part of the Greenville Family Medicine intern orientation. 

Learn from Dr. Joy Shen-Wagner on the essentials of caring for patients with hypertension in the family medicine clinic. This is in collaboration with the Prisma Health Family Medicine intern orientation. 

Learn alongside Dr. Joel Amidon has he covers  LGBTQ care within the Family Medicine clinic. This is in partnership with the Prisma Health Greenville Family Medicine Residency program. 

Please meet at United Way of Greenville County 15 minutes prior to your shift. Each session begins with a short team briefing, followed by canvassing (driving and walking) in assigned areas to count individuals experiencing homelessness.

Please use this link to register:

https://greenvilletogether.org/events/

Log hours spent working in medical roots garden for Sprin 2026

Worked to compile a list of applicable grants to fund QWC operations, wrote a grant for the medical center on site that provides gender affirming care

Experience an outpatient family medicine clinic with Dr. Cassidy Hood. Please email cassidy.hood@prismahealth.org when you sign up for a shift. 

Once a week on Thursdays, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, join internal medicine residents and internal medicine fellows to help teach cooking skills and healthy nutritional habits to patients and Life Center members. Located upstairs at the Prisma Health Life Center YMCA teaching kitchen. 

Once a week on Thursdays, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, join internal medicine residents and internal medicine fellows to help teach cooking skills and healthy nutritional habits to patients and Life Center members. Located upstairs at the Prisma Health Life Center YMCA teaching kitchen. 

This opportunity is to track hours spent with your one-on-one buddy outside of Best Buddies events. 

Reminder:  Complete the IDD in Healthcare course on our main page to be able to receive service learning credit for this event!

We have a great opportunity for students to gain valuable knowledge about treating patients in the IDD community. Through the link below, students can complete this 4 hour training course and gain a cme credit as long as the survey is also completed at the end of the course. This course is free for medical students and does not require any payment whatsoever. If you are having trouble accessing the course for free, please reach out to exec and we can help get you the course at no cost. Please respond to this post, submit your hours when you have completed the course, and email your course certificate to amhyde@email.sc.edu and zverdin@email.sc.edu. We can not approve your hours unless you submit them!!

https://replacingrisk.com/south-carolina-curriculum-in-idd-healthcare-elearn-registration/

This opportunity is to outline the process of matching in a one-on-one friendship. 

Step 1 is to fill out our membership application: www.bestbuddies.org/join. This step is for everyone, regardless of if you want to be matched or not. If you have already filled out a membership application, you do not need to fill out another form. Not sure if you have already filled out an application, just ask the Best Buddies program manager at bayleegoode@bestbuddies.org.

Step 2 is to fill out a background check. This step is for everyone (with or without IDD) regardless of if you want to be matched or not. Once you fill out your membership application, you will receive an email from Sterling Volunteers. Please fill out the background check and allow a week or two for it to come back. Unfortunately, we cannot accept a passed background check from any other site, it must go through our system. Thank you for your understanding.  

Step 3 is to fill out our match survey: Click here for match survey! This is for us to get to know you a little better and make sure we match you with the right person! We may even have a quick call to ask you some follow up questions!   You do not have to be matched to be a part of Best Buddies, but it is kind of the best part.  

Step 4 is to wait to be matched with the right person! We match people based on mutual interest so you may not be matched right away but it will be worth the wait!   Reach out to bayleegoode@bestbuddies.org with any questions!

Reminder:  Complete the IDD in Healthcare course on our main page to be able to receive service learning credit for this event! 

november 

This form is for Best Buddies leaders to record events held outside the group, such as fundraisers or activities representing Best Buddies in the community.

Volunteer EMT for a local church medical team (EMT credit and IPM service learning approved).

Responsibilities include:

Respondents must include the following for approval:

Instructions for Submission:

Volunteer at Harvest Hope Food Bank’s Emergency Pantry to support families in the Greenville community. Assist with food distribution, intake interviews, client check-in, or helping clients shop in the pantry.

We are excited to announce that we are teaming up with Healing Strides for their walking events every Wednesday. We meet at Cancer Survivors Park Parking Lot at 6 pm and walk for an hour, typically to Unity Park and back. Join us and make some new friends within our Best Buddies Citizens Chapter. 

Follow our Instagram for updates on a week-to-week basis if the walk ends up being canceled! Join the email list for more updates and information on our other big events.

To Join Chapter: Best Buddies Registration

To join/leave email List: Email List

Instagram: @gvlcitizensbestbuddies

GroupMe: GroupMe 

International Website: Best Buddies Website

LinkTree: LinkTree

To track your hours-

1) Register for this opportunity

2) Click on your profile logo (upper right side of the page)

3) Navigate to "Track Hours"

4) Select "Add Hours" or scroll to the bottom of the page. 

5) Fill out the details of the form each time you meet with your mentee, and make sure to choose  "Mentor Upstate (on-going)" as the opportunity. 

6) Click on the "Submit Hour Entry" button at the bottom. 

Mentoring for Clemson undergrads to include one-on-one mentoring meetings, lectures/tours given throughout the semester, application help session, etc. 

Time spent contacting families, submitting paperwork, shopping for supplies, etc.

Kleats for Kids is an initiative dedicated to providing new and gently used sports equipment to children and schools in underserved communities. By ensuring every child has access to the gear they need, we empower young athletes to stay active and pursue their passions without financial barriers. Beyond donations, we also promote healthy living by educating kids and families on the importance of nutrition and an active lifestyle. Together, we’re building healthier, happier communities through the power of sports and education.

Attended a Wish Reveal

This opportunity is specifically for MOTM subcommittee members.

Use this opportunity to track the amount of time you have spent volunteering with your hospice patients. 

This opportunity is for the online asynchronous portion of Interim Hospice Volunteer training.

This opportunity is for people who are volunteers through the Child Life Program at Prisma Health Children's Hospital. You must sign up for volunteering through the Child Life website (https://prismahealthchildrens.org/ways-to-help/volunteer)

This can be used as service learning for IPM, as long as you write a written reflection on how your experience will work to improve the health of your patients. This reflection should be sent to Dr. Springhart.