Presentation given by Dr. Don Hilty and Michelle Villegas-Frazier from the UC Davis Medical School on the Panel: "Harvesting Health: Growing our own Health Care Professionals" at the Great Valley Center's Sacramento Valley Forum on October 27, 2010 in Chico, CA.

1. Harvesting Health: Growing Our Own Health Care Professionals Great Valley Center, Chico, CA Don Hilty, MD Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, UC Davis School of Medicine Director, Rural Program in Medical Education (Rural-PRIME) Co-Director, UC Merced San Joaquin Valley PRIME University of California, Davis, School of Medicine Michelle Villegas-Frazier, MA Manager, Office of Diversity and Community Engagement October 27 th , 2010

2. The vision of the Office of Diversity at UC Davis School of Medicine is to create an environment where individuals from diverse backgrounds feel included and respected , produce a physician workforce that reflects the diversity of the state of California, and achieve educational and clinical standards of cultural competence that ultimately will reduce health disparities and provide the best care for all patients.

17. “ Big-Sib” Program

18. The Colleges For Advising Iakona Rouleaux Viega HuGE

20. Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds WELLNESS ROOM Student Lounge

21. Rural-PRIME A Solution to the Provider Shortage in Rural California Don Hilty, MD, Director Suzanne Eidson-Ton, MD, MPH, Co-Director Thomas Nesbitt, MD, MPH, Associate Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Technologies & Alliances Sneha Patel, Manager Rebecca Miller, Coordinator

28. UC Merced San Joaquin Valley PRIME A Solution to the Provider Shortage in the Valley Frederick J. Meyers, MD, MACP Executive Director, Medical Education & Academic Planning UC Merced Medical Education and Health Sciences Executive Associate Dean, UC Davis School of Medicine Don Hilty, MD, Co-Director Sneha Patel, Manager Rebecca Miller, Coordinator