Here are five takeaways:
1. In California, the minimum physician-to-people ration is 60 patients to every 100,000 people. Sacramento and the Bay area are the only two regions with ration above the minimum.
2. Students work under the supervision of Kaiser Permanente doctors and are exposed to patients early on in their training.
3. Within the first week of the program, students are in the clinic doing histories and working with patients.
4. The program helps solve the physician shortage problem and cuts down the cost of medical school.
5. The increasing population is having a negative affect on access to healthcare, causing medical schools around the country to change their four year programs to three years.
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