What is Mini Medical School?
The UC Riverside School of Medicine's Mini Medical School (MMS) is a pathway program that helps students, including those from educationally and/or economically disadvantaged backgrounds, to build their skills as they prepare for careers in the health industry. Founded in 2013, the UCR School of Medicine MMS was a response to the physician shortage and growing health gap within Inland Southern California and allows students to create and present culturally and linguistically appropriate and actionable health education programs to community members in community settings.
The MMS at UCR is adapted from the program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where medical students and faculty invited members of their communities to come to the medical school to learn about diseases and public health. In contrast, the UCR School of Medicine program takes its presentations to the community. This allows our MMS to bring students together to benefit the community and help them live the UCR School of Medicine mission: to serve the underserved.
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