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Through their eyes and in their voices: UC PRIME alums reflect on 20 years

In 2004, the late Dr. Alberto Manetta, then senior associate dean for Educational Affairs at UC Irvine’s School of Medicine, had a vision: create a training curriculum and model that would address California’s statewide need to increase health care delivery in under-resourced areas, serve the medical needs of underserved communities, expand the number of physician leaders committed to addressing these health care disparities, and address California’s workforce shortages.

Twenty years and more than 800 physicians later, UC Programs in Medical Education (UC PRIME) continue to educate and produce medical professionals committed to addressing and solving the state’s most daunting and complex health care challenges around health equity.

In commemoration of UC PRIME’s 20th anniversary, the UC Health Newsroom looks back at the programs through the experiences our alums have shared, and highlights aspects of the UC PRIME programs that make them so unique.

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