Med School Needed at UC-Merced, Advocates Say
On Thursday, members of the Valley Coalition for a Medical School at a "community listening tour" said they hoped that UC-Merced could implement a medical school by 2015, five years ahead of the campus' scheduled implementation. Attendees said that a medical school is needed in San Joaquin Valley because the valley has 31% fewer primary care physicians and 51% fewer specialists than the rest of the state.
- "Valley Coalition Wants Med School Sooner" (Gaines, Merced Sun-Star, 7/31).