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Students Offering Optimism To Help (SOOTHE)

School of Medicine - Medical Student - Medicine, Advocacy, Nursing

Website Mission

Contact: Shreya Sriram, Email group officers

Mission
Purpose: To engage patients and distract them from their pain so they may feel short-term relief and long-term improvement in their pain perception and/or condition.

Vision: A multi-disciplinary volunteer organization that provides patients with relief, companionship, and joy while enabling physicians-in-training to improve competency and comfort in interacting with patients in distress.

Values: As student doctors, we do not aim to cure, treat, or manage these patients. Patients should whole-heartedly choose to participate in this initiative, with thorough knowledge of the benefits and risks. Students will attend shifts as volunteers, learners, and with a warm presence fueled by the purpose of providing solace.

Membership Benefits

Joining this group requires a jhu.edu email address.

Lifetime membership