PRIME-LC Nuestra Familia Admissions Curriculum Alumni FAQs Curriculum For the first three years of the PRIME-LC program, students are enrolled in small-group discussion Chicano-Latino Studies courses that help them think critically about the complicated issues of socioeconomic status, culture and identity that are always present in healthcare. Home Education Prime-LC 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 socioeconomic status, culture and identity that are always present in healthcare. Dedicated to student success Faculty Leader Dr. Belinda Campos was named the 2019 Angell Faculty Fellow. Learn more PRIME-LC Curriculum At-A-Glance MS1 MS2 MS3 International Rotation Master's MS4 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 Community Site Visits Border and Central Valley educational programs 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 the U.S.-Mexico border to learn about immigration politics and regulations. Activities include interviewing day laborers and visiting 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 the four-week international clinical rotation. While there, medical students see patients working alongside residents and attending physicians. 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. "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