Resident physician Dr. Annie Dai, left, discusses a medical issue with UCI medical students Scott Kendall and Sharine Wittkopp at the UC Irvine Outreach Clinic, a student-run free clinic. The clinic provides healthcare for many patients who are uninsured. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
UCI medical student John Shin, right, checks patient Reyna Paniagua, 25. Paniagua was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and told she would be on medication for the rest of her life. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Most of the “doctors” and “nurses” at the UC Irvine Outreach Clinic are medical and nursing students, some of whom recently finished their undergraduate studies. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
