UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
BERKELEY • DAVIS • IRVINE • LOS ANGELES • RIVERSIDE • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO
SANTA BARilARA • SANTA CRUZ
School of Medicine
Office of Student and Resident Diversity
4610 X Street, Suite 4101
Sacramento, CA 95817
TEL (916) 734-2615
FAX (916)703-5568
Dear Colleague:
We are pleased to announce the Office of Student and Resident Diversity at the University of
4th year Visiting Clerkship Program. Our program t~rgets
socio-economically disadvantaged students who come from traditionally Under-Represented in
Medicine communities.
~California Davis is sponsoring2-subsidized
The VCP is for qualified fourth year students who are considering completing their residency at UC
Davis and would like to do an Acting Internship/ Externship at the University of California Davis
Medical Center to see if we are a good fit!
The Visiting Clerkship Program is an excellent opportunity to:
Get a first hand look at University of California, Davis Residency Programs
Get a first hand look at the Sacramento community
Receive Financial assistance towards travel expenses, food and housing
Interact with LMSA and SMNA medical students and house staff
We see attached application. If you have any questions or please feel free to contact us at 916-7342615 or email me at [email protected]
Thank you,
D~:*
Asst. Dean Student and Resident Diversity
The Visiting C lerkship Program provides support for fourth-year students from socially and economically
disadvantaged backgrounds who have historically been underrepresented in medicine. This program is
sponsored by the UC Davis School of Medicine's Office of Student and Resident Diversity, in collaboration
with the departments of Family and Community Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pedjairics.
The program is designed to:
Courses oHered: Acting Internship and Externships in
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Expose students to both the academic medicine and
community service opportunities offered though the
above UC Davis Residency Programs
Family and Community Medicine, Internal Medicine and
Pediatrics. Visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis .edu/mdprogram/
registrar/visiting .html for more information.
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Allow students to care for a racially and ethnically
diverse patient population from both rural and urban
communities
Financial assistance:
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Reimburse up to $500 toward travel costs
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Provide a $500 food allowance
Encourage students from diverse backgrounds to
apply to the UC Davis Residency Programs
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Waive the application processing fee ($150)
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Eligibility: Eligible participants are: full-Lime, fourth-
year medical students in good standing at accredited
U.S. medical schools. Students remain registered at
their own schools while participating in the externship
at UC Davis; however, stud ent must complete an
application form through American Association of
Medical Colleges' Visiting Student Application Service
(VSAS): www.aamc .org/programs/vsas/start.htm .
Length: Rotations are four weeks in duration and are
subject to space availability.
Housing: The Visiting Clerkshi p Program provides
housing for participating stu dents at the Courtyard
by Marriott , which is on the Sacramento campus of
UC Davis, where the School of Medicine is located.
Applications: Please· submit both th e VSAS application ,
which has a link located on this page, and a UC Davis
Office of Student and Resident Diversity \fisiting
Clerksh ip Program application, which can be found
in the Quick Links section on this webpage: www.
ucdmc . ucdavis.edu/ mdprogram/ registrar/visiting . html
Mentoring and Networking opportunities: The
students will meet Darin Latimore, assistant dean of the
Office of Student and Resident Diversity. Students also
will be in troduced to members of the Latino Medical
Student Association, the Student National Medical
Association and the LGBT Students in Medicine group,
if interested.
Office of Student and Resident Diversity
For information about the Visiting Clerkship Program,
please contact darin .latimore@ucdmc .ucdavis .edu.
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