David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA School of Dentistry
Los Angeles, California

Overview

The UCLA SMDEP will serve as a model learning community in which students examine health-care issues in medically underserved communities. Through a research project, problem-based learning cases, lectures, clinical experiences, and small-group discussions, students will also improve their learning skills and increase their science knowledge. On completing this six-week program, students will be more aware of the types of health professions needed in medically underserved communities and the educational pathways that lead to those professions.

Targeting educationally and financially disadvantaged community college students, UCLA SMDEP will give students the opportunity to meet and work with other students whose interests in health professions parallel their own. Students will also have the opportunity to work with expert faculty and staff who are eager to mentor students and share knowledge in their individual fields.

Finances

• Meals: Breakfast and dinner, 7 days a week, in residence hall dining commons; lunch available at on-campus eateries at expense of student
  
  
• Travel Assistance: None available
  
  
• Stipend: Two installments in the middle and at the end of the program

Living

• Housing: UCLA dormitories (double capacity rooms)
  
  
• Health Insurance: Not provided. Possible support on a limited basis for uninsured students
  
  
• Social Activities: Sunday tours of places such as the Fowler Museum, Museum of Tolerance, Venice Beach Surf and Sand, Santa Monica Beach Exercise Walk and the Getty Museum.

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