Culturally Competent, Socially Inclusive Care

UC Davis School of Medicine students

We’re working to serve cultures and communities that have been underrepresented and marginalized by the health care system, and to ensure all feel welcome by reflecting our community's diversity in our hiring and clinical practices. Some examples of work in this area:

Some examples of our efforts:

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TRAINING FOR ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

Spotlight: Community Health Scholars

A long-established goal of the UC Davis School of Medicine is to train physicians for practice in diverse communities where they are most needed to bridge California’s health equity gap.

The school’s innovative Community Health Scholars programs train future doctors to practice in California’s rural, urban, valley and tribal communities, most of which are challenged by health disparities.

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INVESTED AND RECOGNIZED

Spotlight: Leader in Healthcare Equality (LGBTQ+)

Named a LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader for 13 consecutive years by the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign, a national-scale nonprofit that strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. 

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TRAINING FOR ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

Spotlight: National honors for educational diversity

Despite California’s long-standing ban on affirmative action, the UC Davis School of Medicine has become one of the nation’s most diverse medical schools as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

The medical school and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, which employs similar holistic admissions practices, each have received excellence awards from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, and are in the policy and media spotlight as national models.

More Believe in Better Highlights

Some recent examples of our ongoing efforts to advance health for all.

UC Davis researchers help decode the cause of aggressive breast cancer in women of color

Cancer center researchers may have uncovered the specific biomarker that causes Black women to get triple-negative breast cancer at higher rates than other women.

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New report highlights ways to advance women’s health research

A committee of experts, including UC Davis Health’s Nancy E. Lane, advised Congress on how to address gaps in research on women’s health.

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Student-run Clínica Tepati celebrates 50th anniversary

Clínica Tepati, the UC Davis student-run free clinic in Midtown Sacramento, celebrates 50 years of caring for underserved patients.

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Personal experience propels student to improve mental health for other Californians

A collaborative program among UC nursing schools aims to meet need for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners.

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