Faculty members and students interested in common career activities are grouped into academic colleges during year four. The colleges are designed to

• strengthen career advising,
• improve the quality and selection of electives,
• provide a means of honing clinical skills,
• stimulate discussion of new findings in the basic, social, and clinical sciences relevant to the future practice of medicine.

College activities include an introductory course focused on advanced clinical skills and decision making, a monthly series of evening seminars, a longitudinal academic activity that can be either teaching or scholarship, and regular advisory meetings.

Acute Care -- Careers in emergency medicine, anesthesia, and critical care specialties. Themes include time-based decision making, physiologic correlations, and crisis management.

Applied Anatomy -- Careers in the various surgical specialties, obstetrics & gynecology, radiology, radiation oncology, ophthalmology, and pathology. The unifying theme is anatomical implications in medical practice.

Medical Science -- Careers that will include research or subspecialty training programs that require research. The theme is the development of skills in basic and clinical research.

Primary Care -- Careers in internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, and psychiatry. Themes include prevention, mental health, international health, geriatrics, and women's health.

MBA/MPH -- Careers in health care management. Members of this college are enrolled in one of two joint-degree programs with either the Anderson School of Management or the UCLA School of Public Health. Students have extended their curriculum for about one year to earn a second degree. Integrated coursework has been developed.

Drew Urban Underserved -- Members of this college are students in the combined UCLA/Drew University program, which is recognized for its placement of graduates in underserved communities.

This page was last updated on August 14, 2003 by Christina Yoon (CYoon@mednet.ucla.edu).