First Person: Hands-on service in the Richmond community

Through the School of Medicine’s Patient, Physician and Society course, first-year medical students complete 20 hours of hands-on service in the Richmond community to better understand their new home — and the patients they will care for over the next four years. The Class of 2028’s Vandanaa Jayaprakash chose to volunteer with Peter Paul RVA, a nonprofit whose mission is to support the residents of Richmond’s East End and educate its children.


Class of 2028’s Vandanaa Jayaprakash (Contributed photo)

Class of 2028’s Vandanaa Jayaprakash (Contributed photo)


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By Vandanaa Jayaprakash MedAlum@vcu.edu

February 3, 2025