UC Davis School of Medicine

The University of California Davis School of Medicine is one of five University of California medical schools in the state of California, and is associated with UC Davis.

History
Founded in 1966, the UC Davis School of Medicine graduated its first class of physicians in 1972. The school maintains research facilities on the Davis campus while the majority of the school's teaching and clinical space is located in Sacramento, 17 miles to the east of the Davis campus. With the December 2006 opening of its new Education Building,the school recently transitioned all medical school classes to the Sacramento campus. Research activities will continue at both campuses for the foreseeable future.

The school gained national attention when an applicant challenged the school's affirmative action admissions policy. The Supreme Court of the United States, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978), ruled that the applicant had unconstitutionally been denied admission, and Bakke was admitted.

Admissions and Ranking
As a result of UC Davis School of Medicine's reputation for excellence in education, small class size, desirable location in Northern California and relatively affordable tuition, admissions is highly competitive. In 2011, the school received 4,792 applications, offered interviews to 460 applicants of which 100 matriculated.[4] The acceptance rate for applicants to UC Davis School of Medicine is approximately 5%.For 2011, US News and World Report ranks UC Davis School of Medicine #24 based on primary care methodology and #42 based on research methodology.

Hospitals
UC Davis Medical Center, located in Sacramento, is one of five teaching hospitals in the University of California system. It ranks among the top 50 hospitals in America, according to an annual survey published by U.S. News and World Report. Other hospitals affiliated with UC Davis school of medicine include:

• UC Davis Children's Hospital
• UC Davis Cancer Center
• Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California
• Sacramento VA Medical Center
• Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in Sacramento, Roseville, and South Sacramento

Research
Faculty in the School of Medicine specializes in a wide range of basic and applied research, including those related to neuroscience, cancer biology, vascular biology, genetic diseases and functional genomics, health services, infectious diseases, nutrition, telemedicine, and vision science. The school receives approximately $90 million in NIH funding annually.[9] About half of UC Davis medical students conduct research during their training.
Primary Care Network

The UC Davis Medical Center operates a network of clinics that provides outpatient medical services to members of the HMO that UC Davis operates. These clinics are staffed by UC Davis medical school faculty and also by staff physicians hired directly by the primary care network (PCN).
Student Clinics
Virtual Hallucinations - A project of the UC Davis Health System using Second Life to educate about hallucinations.[10]

UC Davis School of Medicine is known[according to whom?] for the quality of its student-run clinics,[11] which offer free primary care to the uninsured, low-income and other underserved population of Sacramento and surrounding areas. These clinics provide patients quality health care and allow UC Davis medical students to gain real world clinical experience during the early stages of their training.

Celebrating 40 years of School of Medicine leadership

Dear Colleagues,
This year's School of Medicine Alumni Day included the celebration of an exciting milestone the medical school's 40th anniversary! More than 170 alumni and guests honored three award winners and paid special tribute to the school's 40 years of tremendous accomplishments. Congratulations and thank you to faculty, staff and students who have created one of the world's most highly regarded medical schools!

I am proud to be part of a leadership legacy as the school's fifth dean, and I extend my appreciation to my four predecessors C. John Tupper, our founding dean; Hibbard E. Williams; Gerald S. Lazarus; and Joseph Silva whose distinguished leadership helped to build the school's strong foundation and set the stage for a dynamic future.

I am proud to share a few highlights of the school's extraordinary expansion and progress.

Preparing a large, diverse health-care workforce: The Class of 1972 included 48 students, five women and 43 men. Forty years later, the school received nearly 5,200 applications for 109 spots in the Class of 2016, and accepted 60 women and 49 men. The school's leadership in creating a diverse health-care workforce is further demonstrated by almost half of the Class of 2016 coming from disadvantaged backgrounds and populations underrepresented in medicine. The new Multiple Mini-Interview process is a valuable tool for selecting a diverse group of students with the teamwork, problem-solving and communication skills that are required for a successful medical career.

Creating new education models and unique training programs: The School of Medicine is a national leader of many transformational changes in medical student education, including interprofessional courses to advance team-based learning, programs to increase the number of health professionals serving disadvantaged communities, and leveraging technology to enhance the learning process. For example, faculty are developing a pilot project that will transition in-class lectures to online videos available to students 24/7, and redesign class time to focus on interactive discussions and problem solving with faculty. Other innovative programs, such as PRIME which addresses the health needs of rural communities, are recognized in U.S. News & World Report's ranking of the School of Medicine as one of America's best medical schools for educational programs in rural medicine, primary care and research.

Conducting high-impact research: The medical school greatly expanded research funding from $23 million in 1987 to $200 million today. Some of the nationally and internationally recognized additions to our research enterprise include the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute for Regenerative Cures, MIND Institute, Imaging Research Center, the Visual Sciences program, and Clinical and Translational Science Center. The world's most prestigious research organizations and a wide array of foundation and industry partners recognize the School of Medicine as a research partner-of-choice.

Opening new centers of excellence: The school's history reflects an outstanding record of creating new institutes and programs to address unmet and emerging areas of health and health care. Most recently, the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement opened in November 2011 and joins a prestigious group of centers of excellence, including the Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Center for Health and Technology, and Alzheimer's Disease Center, and more.

Innovating improvements in patient care: There are many patient-care improvement initiatives under way that place our institution at the national forefront of developing new best practices. In one project, medical residents from all 23 of the health system's residency programs develop initiatives that integrate quality and safety improvement into their training. Another leading-edge initiative brings together patients, families and health-care team members to collaboratively improve patient-care quality, safety and satisfaction.

Leveraging technology to improve health: The health system is consistently designated as one of the nation's information technology leaders in health care. The Most Connected (U.S. News & World Report) and Most Wired (Hospitals & Health Networks) rankings recognize the comprehensive ways the health system harnesses technology, including our award-winning telehealth program, full implementation of electronic health records, and the UC Davis Center for Virtual Care, where patient-simulation and robotics technologies create a virtual hospital environment for health-care learners.

Expanding physical facilities: The Sacramento campus has increased in square footage nearly threefold since 1990. In just the past few years, significant capital projects include the new Education Building and Medical Library, the Pediatric and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at UC Davis Medical Center, Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion, expansion of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the soon-to-be-completed telehealth services facility. On the Davis campus, major upgrades to facilities, such as Tupper Hall, support state-of-the-art research and teaching programs.

Academic Advising
Providing assistance in the following areas:

• Academic Advising
• Tutorials
• USMLE Preparation
• Learning or other disability services
• Academic Progress
• Career Advising
• Financial Advising
• College Advising

Technologies: Projects and Resources

Administrative Systems Projects

• Admissions System
• Fourth Year Scheduling System
• Student Information System
• Space Scheduling System

Curriculum Management Projects

• Curriculum Database
• Curriculum Learning Object Search Engine

Teaching and Learning Resources

• MyCourses - Course Management System (Sakai)
• Virtual Microscopy and Radiology
• On-line Examination System
• Course and Faculty Evaluation System
• Audience Response System
• Clinical Resources Center Tools
• Center for Virtual Care Simulation Tools

Classroom Technology Services

• Learning space design and technical support
• Videoconferencing to support distance learning
• Digital video and audio capture and streaming
• Clinical Skills Assessment
• Multimedia production

UC Davis School of Medicine Degree Programs :

Medicine

Public Health

Video Presentation

Welcome to UC Davis School of Medicine

An exciting glimpse into UC Davis School of Medicine, where students find a rich and diverse academic environment in which ideas thrive and successful professional careers begin.