.@UCSDMedSchool Class of 2027: most inclusive cohort
34% URiM (Underrepresented in Medicine)
24% first-generation college graduates
A warm welcome in the 40 languages they collectively speak and diverse communities they represent
Community centered #WomenInMedicine. Mahalo to all our volunteer medical students, fa’afetai to supportive PRIME-Health Equity medical students @LRCASTEL
@AGallegosMD Of course! Let me know when you have a less intense rotation and we can set up a time to chat. Or when you come to SD to visit family. Just let me know.
1st yr medical students: PRIME-Health Equity and PRIME-TIDE (Transforming Indigenous Doctor Education) programs @UCSDMedSchool w/Dr. Jacob Bailey, Assistant Director, PRIME-HEq (also UCSDSOM PRIME-HEq alumnus), and Co-Director, Region 10, California Medical Scholars Program
Congratulations to our PRIME Health Equity graduates @UCSDMedSchool! Tremendous accomplishment for our new physician-leaders!!! #healthequity, #Champions
Congratulations to Katherine Garcia, PhD, @UCSDMedSchool PRIME-Health Equity Coordinator, who gave an outstanding oral defense of her dissertation, "An examination of cultural assets in Latinx student persistence in premedical studies."
Felicidades Dra. Garcia!
All surgical consults I saw yesterday happened to be COVID positive and we have another week of cancelled elective cases. We may not see the true impact on surgical and medical education until a few years from now as our training volume has been significantly altered. #MedEd
Congratulations to our outstanding medical students @UCSDMedSchool! Thank you for the support from @UCSDHealth Faculty, Staff and our Students. #Perseverance
Sometimes all the pieces just fall together. Introducing the 2021 @UCSDMedSchool Association of Native American Medical Students, 8 Students, 7 Tribes, 1 Family. Looking forward to the years to come. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth