UC Riverside Center for Simulated Patient Care

So much fun meeting student groups, community members, and prospective med students at UCR School of Medicine Open House today!

Exciting Match Day 2026 for us at the CSPC! Dr. Javed, who has been working with our team for the last two years, just matched into the Family Medicine Residency Valley Health team program in Fresno. Congratulations, Dr. Javed!

Valentine's Day Staff Potluck at School of Medicine

Happy holidays!

The School of Medicine was pleased to welcome Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez (AD-36) today. He took a tour of the SOM Education Building II and met with VC and Dean Deborah Deas, MD, MPH, Distinguished Professor David Lo, MD, PhD, and Chair of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health Mark Wolfson, PhD.

Also pictured are SOM Chief of Staff Katherine Browder, Assistant Director of Advocacy & Institutional Relations Denise Davis, and Executive Analyst & Assistant to the AVC of GCR Alexandra Leon

Join us tomorrow for a candid panel with Standardized Patients (SPs) as they share real stories, challenges, and insights from their work shaping medical education. Be sure to register at the link below.

🗓️ Oct 14 | 12–1 PM ET
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mtu6fyyb

Join us for the first of 3 conversations on Professional Resilience, starting with Essentialism by Greg McKeown. As demands grow and resources shrink, let’s refocus on what truly matters—for our learners, teams, and our own well-being.
Oct 23, 2025
1:00–2:30 PM ET
Register: https://tinyurl.com/mwnbvky2 (edited)

Get Ready for ASPE Accreditation!
Join us for a webinar on October 8, 2025, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET and learn key strategies for a successful ASPE Accreditation application, including insights into the structure, self-study process, and how the SOBP guides your submission.
Prepare for the 2026 cycle – opening October 2025!
Presented by F. Shawn Galin, PhD
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2s3rnrr9

Healthcare Simulation Week 2025 is ROCKING! Hundreds of organizations & professionals - ACROSS SIX CONTINENTS - are loud and proud this week celebrating the work you do! Nearly 80 events are on our calendar - so if you're, you know, looking for something fun, check it out!

See the calendar & get on the map: https://www.ssih.org/healthcare-simulation-week-2025

Way to go, Jocelyn!

Congratulations to UCR School of Medicine Class of 2027 student Joslyn Santana on being named a recipient of the 2025 National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Medical Student of the Year Award. The award was presented at the annual NHMA Conference on June 5-7, 2025.

The award recognizes academic excellence, leadership, and unwavering commitment to serving the Latino community through medicine. Santana has been heavily involved in serving the Hispanic community since her days as an undergraduate student.

Santana was nominated by Liliana Casas, MD, her LACE preceptor and a physician at Kaiser Permanente Indian Hills.

View from outside the CSPC today...