California AB730 establishes a medical education program at the University of California, Merced, to address the shortage of primary care physicians.

California AB730 adds a new article to the Education Code, establishing a medical education program at the University of California, Merced (UCM). The program aims to address the shortage of primary care physicians in the San Joaquin Valley by developing a curriculum emphasizing primary care medicine, creating new residency training programs, and recruiting students and faculty from historically excluded populations. The UCM Medical Education Collaborative, a branch campus of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, will lead this initiative.

California AB730 establishes a medical education program at the University of California, Merced, to address the shortage of primary care physicians.

California AB730 adds a new article to the Education Code, establishing a medical education program at the University of California, Merced (UCM). The program aims to address the shortage of primary care physicians in the San Joaquin Valley by developing a curriculum emphasizing primary care medicine, creating new residency training programs, and recruiting students and faculty from historically excluded populations. The UCM Medical Education Collaborative, a branch campus of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, will lead this initiative.