Due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the UC College of Medicine’s Orientation Week will look very different this year.

Instead of the typical gathering of all first-year medical students attending presentations, luncheons, dinners and social gatherings during the first week of August, this year, the 180 first-year students will be broken into small groups of nine with a Student Orientation Leader (SOL) to guide them. Each day, two small groups will be on campus in the mornings and afternoons from Aug. 3 through Aug. 7 to maintain the 10-person gathering limit while still allowing time together to get acquainted with fellow students and learn the medical campus. Otherwise, much of the rest of their week will be spent online with live and recorded sessions. Learn more.