Acute Care College -- The Acute Care College focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to make rapid decisions on acutely ill patients with a focus on the clinical correlation of physiology, anatomy, and pharmacology to acute care. The curriculum consists of the weeklong Foundations Course (AC01) at the beginning of the senior year and the year-long Transition to Internship Course, consisting of monthly meetings that address: (1) didactic sessions focusing on acute management; (2) career preparation seminars; and (3) physician well-being and life strategies after medical school. Typical careers represented by the Acute Care College are anesthesiology; emergency medicine; adult critical care (cardiology, pulmonary medicine and hospitalist); and Pediatric Critical Care (cardiology and neonatology).
 

Applied Anatomy College -- The typical careers in the College of Applied Anatomy are surgery and the surgical subspecialties (i.e. general, gynecology, head & neck, neurosurgery, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, plastics, thoracic, urology and vascular); radiology, radiation oncology, and pathology. The faculty and students of the College of Applied Anatomy are committed to the development of knowledge and skills that will support the choice of a career in those specialties in which expertise in anatomy is critical to competency. Through organized activities, including personal advising and counseling, the college will create a meaningful adjunctive program for the medical school for its fourth-year students.

Medical Specialties College -- The mission of the Medical Specialties College is to develop an individualized educational pathway for those students who are considering a career in subspecialty Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, or Pathology; or for students who have remained actively engaged in research, enjoyed their STTP summer research project but have not had a chance to continue, or who are considering some type of academic career involving research and teaching.  Members of this college include all specialties, including surgical specialties, with a focus on academics.

Primary Care College -- Primary care is the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community.  The Primary Care College’s mission is to nurture the development of students who are considering a career in primary care as well as those who want a solid foundation in generalist medicine.  Members of the Primary Care College include, but are not limited to, those with interests in general internal medicine, general pediatrics, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry.  As a part of the College, the faculty provide intensive mentoring for students applying for their residency positions, opportunities in community and service-learning activities, international experiences including travel stipends, exposure to public health and public policy, and mentoring on research and other scholarly projects during the fourth year in preparation for Senior Scholarship Day.

Medical Leadership College -- Medical students accepted into a Master’s Program in one of the UCLA professional schools in our combined degree program is enrolled in the fourth year Medical Leadership College. The schools currently include Anderson School of Business, UCLA School of Public Health and soon the Public Policy Department in the School of Public Affairs. Students receive counseling, seminars on career opportunity-related topics, general health systems information, and other areas to broaden their experience and address industry and societal concerns.

The Medical Leadership College mission is to prepare students to lead positive change in the health care delivery systems where they receive their residency training and ultimately where they practice. A key asset students acquire in the College is understanding a second vocabulary in addition to that of medicine: at The Anderson, students learn the specialized concepts and vocabulary of business; at the School of Public Health they may learn health services or epidemiology concepts; and at the Public Policy program they focus on health policy. The majority of teaching occurs within each student’s chosen master’s degree program. These are supplemented with evening seminars in which health care leaders from a variety of enterprises are invited to discuss both career options and topical issues in health care policy, finance and management.
 

Drew Urban Underserved College -- Students enrolled in the Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program have selected the Urban/Underserved College at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science for their fourth year.

The Urban/Underserved College is committed to providing excellent didactic and practical training, and career counseling for individuals interested in serving urban, underserved populations.  Students enrolled in the College also complete a longitudinal research thesis project.  While the overall theme of the thesis project is to eliminate health care disparities, students have wide latitude to choose research projects and mentors across a spectrum of specialties with application to underserved communities.  The fourth-year medical students present their research thesis results at the Annual Medical Student Research Colloquium.

The Chair of the Urban/Underserved College is charged with planning scholarly and mentorship activities and career counseling.  College activities include clinical skills workshops, mentorship support program, dinner seminars, and community service.