Impact on Future Workforce
Impact on the Community
The program ' s community engagement commitment will leverage the extension of academic health systems into population health and establish a competitive infrastructure connecting people, classrooms, labs, and information services to the region. CDU ' s pipeline programs will provide career pathways for students, research collaborations with faculty, and joint programs that expand CDU ' s footprint. Further, healthcare systems in the region benefit from expanded medical education through physician recruitment cost savings, an increase in clinical services provided by faculty recruited for the school of medicine as well as physicians who graduate from the school, and revenue from quality outcomes that are assumed to increase along with a greater focus on academic medicine.
Teaching and research models focused on urban primary care needs while using the latest technologies to enrich understanding and application.
• Collaborative learning among students in medicine, nursing, and other healthcare professions to take advantage of unique opportunities in the community.
• A focus on health issues fundamental to the underserved areas throughout Los Angeles County and beyond.
• A focus on the appropriate delivery of care to diverse patients.
• Creative use of simulation and health informatics to educate healthcare professionals to meet the changing demands of healthcare in the future.
• Workforce needs will be addressed by expanding highly qualified graduates with local connections and interests.
• The research and education enterprise will be a strong foundation to strengthen regional public health systems and effectively provide high-quality, cost-effective health services.
The need to eradicate healthcare disparities throughout Los Angeles County, the state, and nationally is pervasive. Adding the increased cohort of trained physicians to fill the diminishing high-level professional labor supply offers an opportunity for the COM M. D. to assume that role. The economic base will grow with the presence of the physician cohort and the ancillary goods and services needed to support the effort.
Economic and Social Impact of the New Four-Year Medical School at CDU 2
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