In addition, the Primary Care Associate Program includes a multicultural lecture series in social, economic, and health issues within the Latino, Black, Asian, and American Indian ethnic groups. A Medical Spanish course is offered for students who already possess some proficiency in the Spanish language. Students receive classroom instruction at the Stanford University School of Medicine. They have access to the medical library, learning resource center and labs. All clinical experiences take place in community preceptorships away from the School of Medicine.
Students also participate in a hospital-based inpatient rotation.
The Primary Care Associate Program curriculum provides for advanced education as a family nurse practitioner. The registered nurse builds on prior academic and clinical skills to develop expertise in primary health care with special emphasis on medically- underserved communities. Advanced nursing practice is an evolving discipline identified by its unique knowledge of caring and its application of that knowledge to those it serves. It is through continued development of concepts, principles, and processes of primary health care as well as evaluation of research and practice efforts that the scope of advanced nursing practice for nurse practitioners continues to be defined. Applicants who are admitted through community-based admissions are expected to complete preceptorships in the counties corresponding to their admission site.