Loma Linda University School of Medicine was recently recognized by the American Academy of Family Physicians as one of 18 medical school Family Medicine Interest Groups (FMIG) to win the 2020 Program of Excellence Award for exemplary efforts to grow and support interest in family medicine.
The FMIG was recognized for its excellence in adaptability for not only adapting events for students to move to a virtual match panel and other virtual programming during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also for starting the LLU Aid Program to provide pandemic-specific community service. They coordinated volunteer efforts to grocery shop, pet sit, provide childcare, and run errands, and created and maintained a website for people to volunteer or request aid.