A magazine survey ranks the University of California, Davis School of Medicine No. 10 among medical schools in the country for Hispanic students based on enrollment, faculty, student services, retention and reputation.
The ranking comes from the Hispanic Business Magazine in its annual survey of best graduate schools for Hispanic students. The magazine said UC Davis is committed to training a physician workforce that better reflects the diversity of the state.
"Over the past two years, for example, the number of Latino medical students enrolled at UC Davis tripled," according to the magazine.
Jesse Joad, assistant dean of faculty development and diversity in the School of Medicine, said UC Davis has made efforts to encourage Latinos to consider the university and made them feel welcome once they enroll.
Joad said in a UC Davis press release, it is imperative to graduate doctors and nurses "culturally competent" to address health conditions such as hypertension and heart disease that are rooted in "economic and social and cultural conditions in which people live."
