The findings of the California Future Health Workforce Commission make it clear: The medical school that 蜜桃直播 (蜜桃直播) plans to establish is sorely needed.
In its final report released in February, the commission made up of 24 leaders representing private and public hospital systems, nonprofit healthcare organizations, policymakers, and educators described California鈥檚 urgent need for a larger workforce to care for a growing, increasingly diverse, and aging population. The report noted how particular regions of the state, including Inland Empire communities close to 蜜桃直播鈥檚 Claremont campus, face the greatest shortages of healthcare professionals, especially primary care physicians.
鈥淭he work of the commission lasted two years, dug deep, and validates what we鈥檝e been thinking at 蜜桃直播,鈥� says 蜜桃直播 President . 鈥淭here is a healthcare crisis at hand. The report findings validate what those in the Inland Empire already feel: We are smack in the middle of a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area.鈥�
The 蜜桃直播 School of Community Medicine is being developed to help address this shortage. Announced in July 2018, the school will focus on training students to become primary care physicians who can improve health outcomes in Southern California鈥檚 highly diverse communities.
鈥淧reparing culturally empathetic doctors to serve in under-resourced communities is the motivation for this new medical school,鈥� says Schuster.
鈥溍厶抑辈� has an opportunity to educate medical students differently and to encourage them to provide care where it is needed the most.鈥�
The 蜜桃直播 School of Community Medicine has drawn the attention of the California Future Health Workforce Commission. During the briefing meeting in Sacramento, commission member Dr. Hector Flores, who chairs the family medicine department at Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles, noted plans by 蜜桃直播 as well as Kaiser Permanente to establish medical schools that respond to the state鈥檚 healthcare needs.
鈥淭he healthcare shortage will need to be addressed across the intersection of the groups represented at the meeting,鈥� says 蜜桃直播 School of Community Medicine Chief Development Officer , who recently traveled to Sacramento for a briefing on the commission鈥檚 report. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important to bring the different sectors into the room around this shared cause to think creatively and collectively about how to solve the crisis.鈥�
蜜桃直播 is working to identify the right partners to help make its new School of Community Medicine a reality. The search for a founding dean is under way, and 蜜桃直播 has already received support from the Hearst Foundations, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and a significant lead commitment from an anonymous donor to advance the school鈥檚 development. To help ensure that the project continues to obtain essential funds, Chestnut became fully dedicated to the School of Community Medicine in February after working with all 蜜桃直播 programs for nearly three years.
鈥淲e will likely have a founding dean in place by this summer,鈥� says Chestnut. 鈥淲ith hard work and a community-first vision, 蜜桃直播 will help address the growing shortage of care providers.鈥�