PRIME-LC Curriculum Admissions Nuestra Familia Alumni FAQs Curriculum For the first three years of the PRIME-LC program, Chicano-Latino Studies classes provide students with a different perspective as a complement to the traditional medical school curriculum. Classes are taught in small group discussion sessions, which allows students to participate in robust conversations on important issues regarding Latino culture and healthcare. Home Education Curriculum Chicano-Latino Studies Chicano-Latino Studies classes provide students with a different perspective as a complement to the traditional medical school curriculum. Classes are taught in small group discussion sessions, which allows students to participate in robust conversations on important issues regarding Latino culture and healthcare. Professors from the School of Social Sciences with expertise in anthropology and social ecology help students think critically about the complicated issues of race, culture and identity that are always present in healthcare. The first class begins during the pre-MS1 summer session and is taught in Spanish. Subsequent classes are taught in Spanish and English. Faculty Leader Dr. Belinda Campos PRIME-LC Curriculum At-A-Glance Pre-MS1 Summer MS1 MS2 MS3 International Rotation Master's MS4 Immersion Program Clinical foundations with Latino health emphasis Patient-centered (PACE) clerkship in clinics serving Latino communities Clinical rotations in Santa Ana and other underserved locations. One month clinical rotation in Latin America. Options include: MPH, MBA and others Over 95% match into preferred specialty Chicano-Latino Studies Seminar Chicano-Latino Studies Seminar Chicano-Latino Studies Seminar "I'm so thankful to PRIME-LC for allowing me the opportunity to receive an MPH along with my medical degree. Through my master's degree, I am learning to work with a multidisciplinary mindset by connecting with people around the world and I am gaining the tools to address the systemic issues my patients face." -Kara Percival, who received her master's in Public Health from Harvard University, and her medical degree from UCI. Pre-MS1 Summer Curriculum Education for the PRIME-LC program starts one month before the traditional medical school curriculum. The goals of this program are to expose students to health conditions in California’s Latino communities and to engage them on their path toward becoming physician leaders and advocates for the Latino community. Tuition, fees and travel costs are covered by the program. View Sample Pre-MS1 Summer Schedule Education in Community & Policy Engagement PRIME-LC students visit the state capitol in Sacramento to advocate for improving healthcare disparities and learn about healthcare policy. PRIME-LC students visit U.S.-Mexico border to learn about immigration politics and regulation. Activities include interviewing day laborers and a visit to a border cemetery with Border Angels, a local nonprofit. PRIME-LC students learn about rural healthcare by interviewing migrant farmworkers as well as shadowing physicians at rural clinics in the Central Valley. PRIME-LC students working with farmers in Sacramento PRIME-LC Students visit the state capitol and Lobby Day PRIME_LC students meet with government leaders PRIME-LC students being trained on ultrasound machine PRIME-LC student working at Gaspar clinic PRIME-LC students group picture PRIME-LC student working in the medical simulation lab. PRIME-LC students in Lima, Peru. Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 International Rotation The capstone project for PRIME-LC is an international rotation which allows students to compare patient-physician interaction and health systems in the US and Latin America. Immediately after their third year, PRIME-LC students travel to Latin America for a four-week international clinical rotation. While there, medical students see patients working alongside residents and attending physicians. While on the clinical rotation, students also gain exposure to tropical medicine, and are exposed to a variety of clinical scenarios and advanced pathology they wouldn't generally encounter in their clinical rotations. Instruction from outside clinical faculty gives students greater understanding, not only of tropical medicine, but also of cultural factors and socio-economic determinants of health that influence populations. Masters Year Immediately after their third year, PRIME-LC students travel to Latin America for a four-week international clinical rotation. While there, medical students see patients working alongside residents and attending physicians. While working in Latin America, students also gain exposure to tropical medicine, and are exposed to a variety of clinical scenarios and advanced pathology they wouldn't generally encounter in their clinical rotations. Instruction from outside clinical faculty gives students greater understanding, not only of tropical medicine, but also of cultural factors and socio-economic determinants of health that influence populations.