What exactly are the goals of PRIME-US?
• attract medical students who intend to serve the urban underserved, • give these students the skills and support they need to succeed in their future medical practice, • create leaders in the field of urban underserved health care, and • increase the number of graduates devoted to the health of the urban underserved. Within these overarching goals, the program has several specific operational objectives to: • organize and teach a coherent curriculum that provides the conceptual framework, knowledge base, and tools to effectively work to improve the health care and health of vulnerable populations and communities. • establish partnerships with community clinics and community-based service organizations in underserved neighborhoods that recognize and support these community agencies as key educational resources and models of the cross-disciplinary collaboration needed to serve vulnerable populations. • provide each student in the program a coherent longitudinal immersion in a neighborh
