Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC)

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Program in Medical Education for the Latino
Community (PRIME-LC)

• Jose J. Rea, M.A.
• Academic Coordinator
• Office of Educational Affairs
• School of Medicine
• University of California, Irvine

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PRIME-LC GOAL

• PRIME-LC goal is to provide specialized training
  for future physicians, strongly committed to
  careers in public service, to improve the health
  needs of underserved Latino Communities as
  Latinos become the largest population group in
  California

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PRIME-LC is a response to an increasing demand
for physician-leaders, who are culturally
sensitive and linguistically competent, to
address specific health needs of Latinos of all
ages and backgrounds

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PRIME-LC Components

• Medical School Training (Undergrad Med Ed)
• Combined MD and Masters (MPH or MBA) with
  research project
• Residency (Graduate Med Ed)
• Special consideration for Family Med,
  Pediatrics, Internal Med, Psychiatry, Emergency
  Medicine and Ob/Gyn at UCIMC (PRIME-LC students
  not limited to UCI residencies or primary care)
• Post-Residency (Continuing Med Ed)
• Annual CME Retreat and Placement opportunities
  in leadership roles

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PRIME-LC provides specialized training to improve
health care delivery, research and policy in
underserved Latino communities
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Unique Features of PRIME-LC

• Five Year combined MD and Masters (MPH or MBA)
  with research project
• Masters project on Latino health disparities,
  public health or health care policy
• Residency experience to enhance specialized
  medical school training
• Continuing Medical Education on major health
  issues facing Latinos in the U.S.
• Customized placement in leadership roles in
  public health practice, health policy, health
  management, clinical and academic medicine.
• Language, cultural immersion, and clinical
  experiences obtained both in Mexico and U.S.

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Other Significant Features of PRIME-LC

• Epidemiology and biostatistics of diseases with
  high incidence and prevalence in Latinos
• Specialized Patient-Doctor clinical courses,
  clinical experiences in Latino communities and
  tailored problem-based learning (PBL)
• Core clinical clerkships and additional PBL
  groups focused on Latino culture, social
  structure, demography, immigration, and health
  beliefs practices
• Tailored Masters-level courses taught by UCI The
  Paul Merage School of Business, the
  multidisciplinary Chicano/Latino Studies, and CSU
  Long Beach Community Medicine MPH.
• Medical electives in U.S. Latino Communities
  Latin America

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Who will qualify for PRIME-LC?

• Carefully selected group of students from all
  backgrounds enrolling at UCI COM who can
• Meet all requirements for medical school
  admission
• Demonstrate commitment to health care needs of
  the underserved
• Demonstrate basic Spanish language skills

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PRIME-LC Application

• All applicants must complete an AMCAS
  application
• Qualified candidates will be sent a UCI
  secondary application including a supplemental
  application for the PRIME-LC program
• Secondary application will be reviewed by the
  Admissions Committee
• Selected applicants will be interviewed by
  faculty and student with a third interview
  conducted in Spanish

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PRIME-LC Faculty Committee

• Alberto Manetta, M.D. John Boker, Ph.D.
• Senior Associate Dean of Educational Affairs
  Research in Medical Education Director
• Obstetrics Gynecology and Epidemiology
  Professor Family Medicine Professor
• Lloyd Rucker, M.D. Michael Montoya, Ph.D.
• Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs Anthropology
  and Chicano/Latino Studies Professor
• Program Director for Internal Medicine
  Residency School of Social Sciences
• Michael Prislin, M.D. Federico Vaca, M.D.,
  M.P.H.
• Associate Dean of Student Affairs Associate
  Clinical Professor
• Family Medicine Professor Emergency Medicine
• Ellena Peterson, Ph.D. Charles Vega, M.D.
• Pathology Professor Assistant Clinical
  Professor
• Associate Dean of Admissions Outreach Family
  Medicine

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PRIME-LCCommunity Advisory Board

• Chair Felix Aguilar, M.D., M.P.H. David
  Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D.
• Long Beach Health Human Services Professor and
  Director
• UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health
  Culture
• America Bracho, M.D., M.P.H. Jorge Lopez, M.D.
• Latino Health Access CEO Director California
  Latino Medical Association
• Board of Directors Member
• Leo Chavez, Ph.D. Jose Mayorga, MS3
• Professor, Anthropology Latino Medical Student
  Association (LMSA)
• UCI Chicano/Latino Studies Director Southern
  Region Coordinator
• Robert H. Friis, Ph.D. Jose Y. Sandoval, M.D.
• Professor Chair Family Medicine Clinical
  Professor
• Health Science, CSU Long Beach UCI Santa Ana
  Family Health Center
• Hector Flores, M.D. Ex Officio José J. Rea,
  M.A.

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PRIME-LC ChallengeFinancial Aid to Students

• Scholarships to Students
• Present Funding
• The California Endowment
• Molina Health, Inc.
• UniHealth Foundation
• UC Permanent Funding (Approved)

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Financial Support

• Students accepted into the PRIME-LC can apply
  for scholarship plus other types of need-based
  financial aid. The remaining financial need may
  be financed with federal loans including
  primary care loans.
• In addition, PRIME-LC graduate physicians
  committed to work in medically underserved areas
  of the state may be eligible for the Office of
  State Health Planning and Development (OSHPD)
  NHSC/State loan repayment program. In this
  program, students can receive up to 120,000 loan
  forgiveness.

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PRIME-LC Increased Admission of UIMs

• 2003-2004
• 5 of 8 PRIME-LC Students are UIMs
• 10 UIMs in Class of 100 10
• 2004-2005
• 8 of 11 PRIME-LC Students are UIMs
• 13 UIMs in Class of 103 12.6
• 68 of PRIME-LC are UIM

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PRIME-LC 1st 2nd Year Cohorts
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End Result educate highly qualified physicians
who are linguistically and culturally competent
to impact and improve care access and outcomes in
the local communities they serve in California

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Program in Medical Education for the Latino
Community (PRIME-LC)

• For more information
• www.ucihs.uci.edu/PRIMELC
• [phone]
• primelc_at_uci.edu