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Rural-PRIME
Rural-PRIME is a combined, five-year M.D. and master’s degree program focusing on developing physicians who can become leaders and advocates for improving healthcare delivery throughout the state’s smaller, more isolated communities.
Rural-PRIME offers an innovative curriculum, specifically geared towards students from rural backgrounds who have a strong desire to make a difference in communities like the ones they were raised in.
A significant feature of Rural-PRIME is the integration of telemedicine training, leveraging UC Davis' expertise in this area to offer quick access from remote areas to specialty care at UC Davis Health System.
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"Students at UC Davis will train for rural medicine in a way far different from their predecessors. Our focus combines team medical practice, advanced information and telecommunication technologies and evidenced-based medicine, while still recognizing what has always made rural medicine fulfilling and fun: that broad scope of practice, great relationships with patients and the knowledge that you are making a difference." — Thomas Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H. |
For more information, please contact the Rural Prime Coordinator at (916) 734-4105.