作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2022年7月18日

博彩平台将与加州大学洪堡分校和加州大学戴维斯分校医学院合作，帮助社区大学学生为医疗事业做好准备，并鼓励他们在加州急需医生的农村和其他地区实习。

The Avenue M project, launching this fall, is designed for students who are interested in studying medicine but may think their goal is unattainable, said Richard Aguirre, services coordinator of 囊状态’s Science Educational Equity (SEE) program. 萨克州立大学和加州保利洪堡大学将在社区学院找到这些学生，为他们提供学术支持，帮助他们转到STEM学习，并引导他们进入医学院。  

The program’s goals align with SEE’s mission to improve access to health care in underserved areas and foster diversity and inclusion in health care, said Aguirre.

“A lot of our students from underserved areas start at community colleges, and they don’t get access to the mentoring and other resources needed to prepare for careers in health care,” Aguirre said.

Avenue M将提供这些资源，同时增加萨克州立大学和加州保利洪堡大学最终进入医学院的学生人数。 项目组织者希望，在完成他们的医疗培训后，新毕业的医生将选择在他们的家乡社区执业。

加州大学戴维斯分校医学院将领导这个项目，由加州社区学院基金会提供180万美元的资助。 The foundation’s California Medicine Effort advances diversity and health equity in the state. 加州大学河滨分校、加州大学圣地亚哥分校和加州大学旧金山分校弗雷斯诺分校也获得了类似项目的资助。

Recent studies show that about 75% of people in California’s northern and Sierra regions reside in areas with a shortage of primary care providers. 许多地区都有庞大的拉丁裔、黑人和美洲原住民社区。

加州大学旧金山分校健康力量中心的一份报告显示，到2030年，加州将缺少4000名初级保健医生。 在像中央山谷这样的地区，居民们已经要等待很长时间才能看医生，或者必须长途跋涉才能预约。 据该中心称，这些情况可能会使工薪家庭不愿定期就医，从而损害他们的健康。

Statistics from 2019 show that 39% of Californian population identified as Hispanic, yet only 4% of the state’s doctors are from that ethnic group. Blacks represent 6% of the state’s population, yet only 2.5% of its physicians.

Beth Broome, senior advisor to the provost for UC Davis STEM Strategies, said Avenue M will offer “interventions and wraparound services” for community college students, ultimately increasing the pool of diverse scholars entering pre-medicine programs at 囊状态 and other participating institutions.

“The partnership between UC Davis and 萨克拉门托 State is an important and significant one, as we seek to eliminate barriers that prevent participation in critical STEM fields,” Broome said. “We both embrace the mission to prepare and graduate the next generation of leaders who are ready to positively impact the health and well-being of the 萨克拉门托 region.”

The UC Davis medical school and 囊状态’s SEE program have a longstanding partnership, said Charlene K. Greene, director of Outreach, Recruitment, and Retention at the medical school. 她说，十多年来，这两所机构帮助本科生、大三学生和大四学生申请医学院，并成功完成医学院入学考试。

“Many of these students don’t often see physicians who look like them. This program will help them do that.” -- Richard Aguirre, services coordinator of 囊状态’s Science Educational Equity (SEE) program

格林说，Avenue M将扩大这一努力，为社区大学生提供密集的咨询、指导、与医生一起建立社区、研究机会、接触临床环境等资源。

Beginning this fall, 囊状态’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and College of Health and Human Services will reach out to community colleges in the region to identify students who have shown interest in pursuing careers in health care. 这些学者将获得Sac州立学术顾问的指导，他们将帮助他们实现成为医学专业人士的目标。

“One of the biggest things is to connect them with people who have achieved that goal, so that they can hear from others who have been in their shoes,” Aguirre said. 囊状态 alumni such as Dr. 布兰登·亨利, chief athletics medical officer at California Baptist University, are mentors who can inspire community college students to chase their dreams, he said.

“Many of these students don’t often see physicians who look like them,” Aguirre said. “Perhaps if they met a Hispanic or Black doctor, they would see themselves in that role and think, ‘I want to make a change in my community.’ This program will help them do that.”