Profession
Calif. medical school proposal moves forward
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Jan. 1, 2007
The University of California at Riverside is taking the next step toward building a four-year medical school on campus. With approval from the University of California's governing board, UC Riverside began a national search for a dean. School officials expect to open the medical school in fall 2012.
Total projected operating costs for the medical school between 2007 and 2022 is $860 million. Total capital costs for the same 15-year period are estimated at $496 million. The university plans renovations to existing facilities to create space for a medical library, teaching and research. It will seek financial support from the California Legislature and the federal government; it has already begun to receive private contributions.
The university now trains medical students for their first two years through the UC Riverside/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences. By 2022, the UC Riverside School of Medicine is scheduled to have a total enrollment of 384 medical students, 160 PhD students and more than 400 UC Riverside-affiliated medical residents.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/01/01/prbf0101.htm.
