History
For 30 years, the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine (UIC-COM) has taken a proactive stance on the admission and education of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. In 1969, the College initiated the Medical Opportunities Program (MOP). The goal of the MOP was to increase the increase the number of applicants and matriculants from minority groups underrepresented in the medical profession. It represents a tangible commitment by the College to increase the admission, retention, and graduation of Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans from its M.D. program. The ultimate goal if the MOP was to train a cadre of minority physicians, who would help alleviate the health care needs of unreserved communities in the city of Chicago and the rest of Illinois.
In 1978, the Illinois State Assembly voted to establish the Urban Health Program (UHP). The UHP has retained and expanded many of the goals of the Medical Opportunities Program and incorporated all the health profession colleges of UIC. The first cohort of UHP students enrolled in the Fall of 1979. Since 1973, the UIC College of Medicine has graduated over 1.300 minority MDs.
In 1978, the establishment of the Urban Health provided a foundation with with a strong track record for the education of minority physicians. Since 1989, the UHP has continued to refine and improve its efforts to remain a national leader in the education of minority physicians.
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