Curriculum & Training

First Year 

eQuality ‘sLGBTQ+ Healthcare Elective

A series of lunchtime lectures by field experts who expand the existing UC Irvine School of Medicine’s LGBTQ+ Healthcare curriculum on a variety of important topics for our community. 
 

Mission-Based Clinical Preceptorships (PACE 1)

Through the UC Irvine School of Medicine Patient and Community Engagement (PACE) Preceptorships, students will be paired with faculty who work specifically with the LGBTQ+ community for a combination of primary or specialty care.  

Second Year

UC Irvine + CUSM LGBTQ+ Healthcare Certificate Training

This is a fully asynchronous course organized into eight core modules, each focusing on critical areas of LGBTQ+ healthcare. Every module includes opportunities for deeper engagement through optional Enrichment Materials and quizzes to gauge understanding.
 

Mission-Based Clinical Preceptorships (PACE 2)

Continuation of the UC Irvine School of Medicine Patient and Community Engagement (PACE) Preceptorships, students will be paired with faculty who work specifically with the LGBTQ+ community for a combination of primary or specialty care.    

Third Year

LEAD-PRIDE Reflection, Advocacy, Public Speaking (RAPS) Elective

The LEAD-PRIDE RAPS elective is a required elective for LEAD-PRIDE medical student scholars. The elective provides students with facilitated learning opportunities for reflection about the intersections of gender, sexuality, health inequities and healthcare during the clinical years of training and it is a vital course furthering students’ sense of belonging and professional development as future leaders and advocates for the LGBTQ+ Community.

The elective consists of ten mandatory sessions which cover four hours of work per session. Students will engage with the materials through didactic instruction, group reflection, self-reflection, repetition of course concepts and mentorship from faculty and peers. mentorship from faculty and peers.

RAPS Curriculum

Four Year

625Z - UC Irvine Intro to Gender Diversity Elective

Students will spend two weeks in an outpatient clinic setting. The majority clinical elective at Memorial Care with Odrin Castillo, DO, with supplemental clinical and didactic experiences drawing on other clinicians and organizations in Orange County.

This introduction to Gender Diversity curriculum is designed to broaden the student’s understanding of providing medical care to LGBTQ+ patients. LGBTQ+ medicine is a new, rapidly evolving field of medicine, born of necessity in the context of health disparities between LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ patients.

Intro to Gender Diversity Elective

• Social Justice: Awareness, Acknowledgement & Action
• RAPS Thread: Reflection, Advocacy, Public Speaking
• Narrative Medicine

• Critical Consciousness
• Socio-ecological Model
• Transtheoretical Model for Change