“When we develop a satellite campus and when we develop a freestanding medical school is entirely dependent upon philanthropy and state funding,” said Frederick Meyers, executive associate dean of the UC-Davis School of Medicine and executive director of medical school planning at UC-Merced. “Our vision is not of a traditional medical school.” He explained that there will be an anchor hospital of some kind, but students also will train in other locations in the Central Valley. UC-Riverside began planning its medical school nearly a decade ago. This year, the university encountered a stumbling block when the state budget cut funding for its medical school. As a result, the university was refused accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which cited a lack of a “sufficient financial resources” as the primary reason for denying the application. The university has the buildings, the faculty and the senior leadership to run the school; it just lacks the funding, said G. Richard Olds, dean of UC-Riverside’s School of Medicine.

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by Lauren McSherry, California Healthline.

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