Drew is a private university located in south LA with its own community clinics and hospitals but does not have a separate medical school. This program is a partnership between UCLA and Drew and we are all UCLA students—just consider this program like a track like MSTP or PRIME, etc. Drew is a separate location from the UCLA campus but we are not required to go there often, at least as far as I know as a first year. All our classes are at geffen/we all live in Westwood. Our formal education is mainly thru UCLA and our research and rotation sites opportunities are a mix of UCLA and Drew.
We get 2 white coat ceremonies, and our diploma will have both schools listed but we receive only one MD. We have additional clinical rotation sites available to us with Drew’s hospitals. In addition to the support at UCLA, we also get administrative support (tutoring support, another dean, etc) from Drew.
We are also obligated to write a research thesis as part of our program.
Hope this clears up some confusion!
