2023-04-20 17:35:12
The Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicineof the Kaiser Permanente hospital system is a medical school with highly advanced learning tools.
The faculty also offers the opportunity to study medicine, free of charge, to students who are eligible for its program.
“We are working on admissions for our fourth generation, and we have guaranteed free education for five generations,” said Dr. Manuel Barral Sanchez, professor and director of the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine.
Fifty young people began their medical studies at the new college sponsored by Kaiser Permanente
“The school is exploring possibilities to be able to extend free education to more generations.”
The process is competitive. For the previous academic year they received more than 11,000 applications to choose only 50 students.
“We are aware of their academic record but we also see their experience in life, what kind of difficulties they have had,” says Barral Sanchez. “We take note, for example of the challenges [que atraviesan]”.
These challenges include personal ones, those that your family is going through, and even your community.
Victor Silva Escobedo is one of the students chosen in 2021. He was born in San Diego
(California) but his mother is from Culiacán (Sinaloa) and his father’s relatives are from León (Guanajuato)
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (NHMC) and its Family Medicine Residency Program hosted a “Mini Medical School” for more than 40 Northridge Middle School students.
“My family has many heart problems and I worked as a research assistant with the cardiologist who takes care of my family,” said Silva Escobedo.
“Having that perspective of how advances in cardiology and working in the community can impact my family, it impacted me a lot.”
Being bilingual, Silva Escobedo was also a volunteer translator at a clinic for low-income patients in his community.
Israel Tavera is a regular student at the Diego Rivera Learning Complex at the Los Angeles Community School of Public Service. However, his life changed when he was awarded a scholarship from the California Association of School Administrators.
“That is specific to our Spanish population, because there are many studies that have shown that care, health outcomes are much better when the health provider can communicate in the patient’s language,” said Dr. Barral Sanchez.
The Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine will soon begin receiving a new round of applications for free medical education.
Those interested can submit their applications, starting May 30 on the page of the Association of American Medical Institutes (AAMC). To access that page, Click here.
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