Threads for Med Ed, or T4ME, a medical student club at Penn State’s College of Medicine, is taking a creative, multidimensional approach to addressing issues of sustainability. T4ME collects donations of professional clothing from College of Medicine faculty and staff to redistribute to medical students in preparation for their clerkships and/or interviews. T4ME collects donations of professional clothing from College of Medicine faculty and staff to redistribute to medical students in preparation for their clerkships and/or interviews. “Originally, the vision was to alleviate the financial burden on our medical students when buying professional clothing,” said Dr. Amanda Cooper, a trauma and acute care surgeon and an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at Penn State College of Medicine.

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