Thursday, September 4, 2014
Student Medical Reserve Corps
When looking at a list of organizations offered at UK, I came across one that caught my eye. The information about the Student Medical Reserve Corps (SMRC) on getinvolved.uky.edu was very brief, so from there I went to the National organization's website and found more details there. SMRC is basically a group of volunteers that promote health and safety to their local community. The organization was created after 9/11 by the government in an attempt to inform citizens how to prepare for and respond to natural disasters and other unexpected events. Volunteers participate in activities such as emergency shelter, health screenings, first aid, and many, many more. Many volunteers are medically trained or have an interest in the medical field, however some have no medical background at all. This organization is great for anyone with an interest in public health and/or administration. It can provide great training and experience. However, I wondered what cities these organizations are located in and if anyone can volunteer? Why was it created after 9/11 and not earlier? Do these volunteers take the place of other emergency services such as the police or ambulances? This organization is one that interests me and one that I would want to learn more about.
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Caitlyn, I'm glad you've been able to research a couple of local spaces/organizations that are related to your own career interests. You do a nice job summarizing the sources you've found and asking questions that could further your research. The next step is to also reflect on how these sources could potentially be used in a documentary project. For both of the sources you used this week, you are getting good background information. You could say that you want to use them at the beginning of the documentary to give that background information, or you could also say that you wouldn't want to use these sources in the documentary at all. Instead, they might be springboards for future research that you would actually include in a documentary. Reflecting like this will help you reach the minimum word count as well.
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