By 2020, the U.S. will face a deficit of up to 90,000 primary care doctors. Right now, nearly one in five Americans — 60 million people — don’t have access to a primary care doctor. Rural and Urban areas are especially hard hit.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine is addressing this problem head on through its Primary Care Track.

In this video, see how first year student Helen Cheung is is learning about primary care by working side-by-side with a primary care physician in an underserved neighborhood in Baltimore.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine serves as the anchor for a large academic health center which aims to provide the best medical education, conduct the most innovative biomedical research and provide the best patient care and community service to Maryland and beyond.

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