The Department of Medical Education (DOME) coordinates all aspects of medical education efforts across the educational spectrum at UC Merced, including:
Supporting UC Merced undergraduate students by:
- Collaborating with the UC Merced Career Advising Team
- Providing MCAT preparation and individualized medical school application support
- Connecting students with opportunities to work in SJV community sites promoting health and wellness
- Create partnerships with community health organizations for students to shadow practicing health professionals
- Connecting interested students with research mentors
- Supporting the Health Scholars in a Living and Learning Community and pre-health career experiences including advising, community engagement, research, shadowing, and application support.
SJV PRIME+ BS to MD Program Students by:
- Collaborating with UC Merced Outreach and Admissions and provide student support
- Hosting welcome and orientation and providing a student navigator to coordinate services.
- Providing para-curricular activities including mentoring, community engagement, health care shadowing, research opportunities.
- Providing a medical school curriculum, including preparing and delivering UCSF School of Medicine Foundations 1 curriculum
- Building partnerships with SJV community clinical sites for student volunteering, shadowing, and learning experiences
- We collaborate across three campuses, coordinating with UCSF and UCSF Fresno for BS/MD program.
Medical Education Evaluation and Assessment:
- We conduct ongoing evaluation of UCM medical education programs and student needs to promote continuous improvement, including assessment of medical student progress, and assessment of needs of students who transfer to UC Merced from community colleges and desire pre-health careers. We assure adherence to Licensing Committee on Medical Education standards.
