The meeting began with public comments. A group from the Teamsters complained about assignmnent for which sufficient training had not been provided. There were complaints in addition about antisemitism at UC-San Francisco and - related to an item on clinical training for medical students - complaints about improper programming relted to the Israel-Gaza conflict at UCLA. There were also pro-Palestine remarks and support for mental health services.
UC President Drake praised UC-Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry Yang who is retiring. An approval was made for planning of a new medical facility for UC-San Diego.
Clinical training of med students was discussed, largely from the viewpoint of finding sites (hospitals) for clinical rotations in underserved area, particularly the Inland Empire and the San Juaquin Valley. Apparently, there are legal barriers to paying hospitals to take UC med students as well as concern for the quality of care provided at some facilities. It might be possible to deal with the payment issue via legislative means. It was also suggested that sites might be found that were not in the immediate area, but that approach would require dealing with housing for the students.
Finally, there was discussion of "integrative health" in various UC facilities including UCLA. What that seemed to mean was "eastern" therapies such as acupuncture and a "whole patient" approach which seemed to mean not just focusing on particular organs or systems.
As always, we preserve recordings of Regents meetings indefinitely since the Regents have no policy on duration of retention. You can find the August 14th meeting at:
https://archive.org/details/health-services-committee-10-am.
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