UCSD School of Medicine

URL: medicine.ucsd.edu

Type of Institution: Medical School

Foreword from Edward W. Holmes, M.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine...

"This is an exhilarating and challenging time to enter the field of health care and biomedical research. The pace of progress is rapid, and the sophisticated tools available to physicians and scientists today - from molecular biology and genomics, to bioinformatics, to new technologies supporting clinical research - far surpass anything that could have been predicted only a few decades ago.

"The physician of the future must be prepared to practice medicine and keep pace with new developments in the life sciences. The UCSD School of Medicine is uniquely positioned to provide a solid foundation for a successful career, whether your focus turns out to be primary care, subspecialty medicine, academia or private practice. We seek to train compassionate physicians and physician-scientists who are highly skilled practitioners, innovators and leaders.

"Our educational philosophy is to give students an opportunity to go beyond the core curriculum and pursue electives and independent study, with a wide range of opportunities for second degrees. Students have many opportunities for extracurricular experience, whether working in the laboratory of an internationally prominent investigator, or caring for a family with no health insurance through our superb student-run Free Clinic program.

"And for students seeking a dual-degree, we offer a variety of advanced training opportunities, leading to master's and Ph.D. degrees in multiple disciplines. We have expanded our post-graduate opportunities beyond the usual health and science disciplines to support second degrees in areas such as management and the humanities.

"There is no better place to find teachers and mentors at the forefront in their fields, whose work in clinical, laboratory and community settings is dedicated to biomedical discovery and advancing health care practice and policy."

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