*All students must participate in Part I and II. We discourage program participants from taking summer school classes or working during MCAT prep course. Eligibility Must be a junior, senior, or recent graduate of California State University Sacramento or the University of California, Davis. Minimum overall & BCPM GPA of 3. 2 Application Process Eligible students who wish to be considered should submit this online application. After completing the online application, all supplemental materials must be emailed to by 11:59 pm on Friday, November 13, 2020, using the subject header: MSPEP Application for {applicant last name, the applicant first name}. Essay Questions Why should you be selected to participate in the Medical School Preparatory Enhancement Program? Describe a difficult situation you have had to overcome in your life or during your college academic experience. How do you feel this has prepared you for a career in medicine? Please describe activities that you have done that demonstrated your commitment to providing services to individuals from economically and medically disadvantaged communities.
The UCR School of Medicine's unique Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) curriculum prepares our students for distinguished careers in clinical practice, teaching, and research. This site contains information about and resources for the UME program for students, faculty and staff. For more information, contact About our Curriculum The curriculum in the first two years integrates the science of human biology and disease, recognizing that medicine is a multi-faceted discipline that pulls simultaneously from many aspects of science to focus on the medical concerns of individual patients. Years 1 & 2 also introduces students to fundamental clinical skills. Instruction is driven by cases explored in small groups, laboratories, conferences, clinical skills workshops and independent study. There are five instructional blocks in the first year, focusing primarily on an integrated approach to human biological systems. Also in year 1, students will begin their three-year Longitudinal Ambulatory Care Experience where they participate in the care of patients under the supervision of a physician-mentor.
Student profiles "The REMS program has become a much larger part of my life than I truthfully would have ever expected it to. Obviously avoiding the MCAT is a plus to getting into medical school, but the big things I have taken away from this program have been the opportunities I've made, the freedoms away from medicine I have been afforded, and the friends I have made along the way. These friends are likely to be lifelong and have been great resources and sources of strength when I haven't possessed it myself. Throughout my undergraduate experience on the River Campus, I chose to participate in activities and classes that genuinely interested me. I chose to be a chemistry major (I know, not everyone's first choice, but to each their own) with a history minor and to study abroad for a semester in Stockholm, Sweden. I chose to get involved with the Judicial Branch of student government, the Quidditch Team, Greek Life, the on-campus EMS organization: RC MERT, and genuinely explored as many different interests as I could.