110. FCM Core Clerkship. (9 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Third-rear standing in School of Medicine. Lecture 4 hours. Seminar 2 hours. Clinic 28 hours. Project 4 hours.
M. Vener
Students will participate in patient care experiences in family practice centers and general medicine clinics. Locations include San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Salinas and Fresno.
140.04. Family Medicine Clinical Clerkship. (3-18 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Completed core clerkships. Written objectives with specific plans. Consent of instructor. Third or fourth year medical student tanding. Restrictions: Only medical students. Students must work with a family physician as primary preceptor. Patient Contact 40 hours.
M. Potter
Students will work with a family medicine physician in various sites which could include an urban or rural private practice, community based clinic, or the Indian Health Service. Experiences will focus on students area of interest such as community oriented primary care, complementary & alternative medicine or maternal and child health.
140.05A. Social Medicine. (6-18 units) Fa. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Field Work 40 hours.
P. Braveman
Field work experience or research germane to social medicine individually arranged with consideration to student's major area of interest.
140.05B. Social Medicine. (6-18 units) Wi. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Field Work 40 hours.
P. Braveman
Field work experience or research germane to social medicine individually arranged with consideration to student's major area of interest.
140.05C. Social Medicine. (6-18 units) Sp. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Field Work 40 hours.
P. Braveman
Field work experience or research germane to social medicine individually arranged with consideration to student's major area of interest.
140.40. Advanced Inpatient Clerkship. (6 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Medicine 110. Restrictions: None Clinical Clerkship 40 hours.
T. May
The Family Medicine Inpatient Service at SFGH employs a family practice approach to the care of hospitalized adult patients with diverse medical problems. Students function as members of the multidisciplinary inpatient team at a junior intern level. Students review their patients with the attending daily. Formal attending teaching rounds are held daily and include weekly behavioral science and radiology rounds in addition to interactive small group teaching on core inpatient medicine topics.
140.41. Correctional Medicine Clinical Elective. (3-6 units) § Su, Fa, Wi, Sp. Prerequisites: None. Restrictions: Fourth-year medical students
Nursing
Graduate academics Clinical Clerkship 40 hours.
L. Kohler, S. Shavit
Recently in efforts to improve medical care in the California state prison system, UCSF faculty consultants are evaluating high risk patients, health care delivery systems, and promoting peer education and professional development. In this prison-based clinical elective, students, paired with on-site faculty, will participate in these high-risk medical consultations, systems evaluations, case conferences, and didactics.
140.52. Rural Underserved Ambulatory Family Medicine - Fresno. (6 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp. Prerequisites: Medicine 110, Surgery 110, Pediatrics 110, Ob/Gyn 110. Restrictions: None Clinic 25-30 hours. ER and Hospital 10-15 hours.
A. Moir
Primary care at Selma Community Health Center, in an agricultural community near Fresno. Ambulatory practice includes pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, and chronic diseases. Includes patient rounds, deliveries, and emergency room experience at modern rural hospital. Exposure to rural private family practice available.
140.53. Inpatient Medicine/Family Practice - Fresno. (6 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Medicine 110, FCM 110, fourth-year standing. Lecture 5 hours. Seminar 2 hours.
A. Moir, R. Tevendale, R. Mortimer
Students function as subinterns on general medicine ward staffed by Family Practice residents and faculty. Acute medical care is provided with special input from department psychologist and health educator.
140.54. Primary Care in the Latino Community - Fresno. (6 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Medicine 110, or Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences 110 or Pediatrics 110 or consent of instructor.
J. Zweifler
Patient care experience in 4 different clinical settings with established Latino physicians; training in primary care research with the Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, seminars and discussions focused on Latino health care issues.
140.55. Medical Spanish & Clinical Skills. (6 units) Su, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Successful completion of 1st year medical school.
A. Padilla
This course will focus on the concepts of culturally sensitive medical care by provieding a conversational medical spanish course as well as clinical skill development in four basic systems. Emersion with spanish speakiong populations will be achieved.
140.56. Rural Family Medicine OB/GYN. (6-12 units) § Su, Fa, Wi, Sp. Prerequisites: This course will be offered to 3rd and 4th year medical students in good standing. Restrictions: Students must work with a family physician or primary care physician as their preceptor. Lecture 4 hours. Patient Contact 35 hours. Independent Study 1 hours.
J. Zweifler, T. Lauck
A four-week family-centered rural obstetric and gynecology rotation led by family medicine faculty will provide a busy comprehensive experience in obstetrics and gynecology in a small community hospital. Family-centered obstetric and gynecological care is a collaborative effort with local OG/GYN faculty. Weekly didactics will be provided.
140.62. Understanding Complexities of Substance Abuse. (3 units) Wi. Lecture 5 hours. Seminar 10 hours. Library 5 hours. Patient Contact 10 hours.
D. Ciccarone, P. Bourgois
This two week elective will foster students' understanding of the complexities of substance use and help gain a perspective on providing caren to substance using patients. It will include seminars, medical outreach, ethnographic site visits, and an independent research project.
140.69. Migrant & Farmwork Health. (3-6 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: 3rd year core clerkships:Medicine,Pediatrics,OB/GYN,FCM. Restrictions: 4th year medical students. Seminar 4 hours. Clinic 24 hours. Field Work 12 hours.
A. Padilla
An immersion into the farmwork community in the san Joaquin Valley. Clinic work, course work on selected topics and cultural investigation will be expected. Students are encouraged to live with a family as a form of cultural immersion and to improve Spanish language skills.
140.70. Community Medicine in International Perspective. (6-18 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Conversational command of language of country of placement and consent of instructor.
M. Vener, N. Hearst
A 4-12 week elective involving placement at a supervised primary care training and/or service site abroad. Placements will be made according to student interest and language capability, and according to availability of appropriately supervised sites, mainly in Latin America.
150.01. Research in Fam Cm Med. (3-18 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Staff
Clinical epidemiology, health services, or behavioral science research approaches are applied in the study of selected areas in family medicine or community health.
160.03. Family Medicine Pre-Clinical Preceptorship. (6-18 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: First/second year standing. Written objectives with specific plans. Consent of instructor: to include meeting before and after. Restrictions: Only medical students. Students must work with a family physician or primary care physician as primary preceptor. Field Work 4 hours. Patient Contact 40 hours.
M. Vener
This preceptorship provides clinical experience for four weeks for pre-clerkship medical students. This is an opportunity for students to practice and refine the clinical skills they learned in the first year. Students are usually assigned to rural or underserved urban family medicine settings. In rural areas, students will have the opportunity to learn about how family physicians balance their professional and personal lives.
160.70. Community Medicine in International Perspectives. (3-12 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Laboratory 2-10 hours. Seminar 4-10 hours. Clinic 2-20 hours. Field Work 16 hours.
M. Vener, N. Hearst
An elective involving placement at a supervised primary care training and/or service site abroad. Placements will be made according to student interest and language capability as well as availability of appropriately supervised sites.
170.01A. Special Issues in Health Care. (1 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Lecture 1 hours.
M. Vener
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
170.01B. Special Issues in Health Care. (1 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Lecture 1 hours.
M. Vener
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
170.01C. Special Issues in Health Care. (1 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Lecture 1 hours.
M. Vener
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
170.01D. Special Issues in Health Care. (1 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Lecture 1 hours.
M. Vener
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
170.01E. Special Issues in Health Care. (1 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Lecture 1 hours.
M. Vener
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
170.04. Rehabilitation in Primary Care. (1 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Seminar 2 hours.
N. Byl
Course exposes medical and other health science students to the principles of rehabilitation and common therapeutic strategies. Emphasis will be on the development of a basic theoretical foundation on which the student can build clinical rehabilitation skills in practice.
170.06. Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved - PRIME-US. (1 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Admission to PRIME-US. Restrictions: Only PRIME-US students
E. Wilson
This seminar provides the core didactic experience for students participating in the program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved program. The seminar features interactive teaching sessions with experts in the care of urban underserved populations and field trips to sites in the Bay Area that demonstrate health problems and/or solutions for urban underserved populations and communities.
170.07. Communicating with the Latino Patient. (1 units) Fa, Wi, Sp. Prerequisites: Medical student status. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 1 hours.
P. Braveman
A practical course designed to develop basic skills in overcoming cultural and linguistic barriers to health care for Spanish-speaking persons.
170.10A. Homeless Health Issues. (1 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Lecture 1 hours.
J. Tulsky, M. Vener
A survey course covering the broad spectrum of living issues (health care, drug addiction, HIV, shelter life, etc.) confronting the homeless population of San Francisco. The seminar will be given in lecture format during the lunch hour. One session will be devoted to discussion of issues presented.
170.11. Teaching Effectiveness Seminar. (1-5 units) Fa, Wi, Sp. Restrictions: Limited to Medical students only. Seminar 1 hours.
D. Irby, J. Muller
This course examines current theories of teaching effectiveness as related to medical student curriculum. Students will apply these theories to current courses by examining teaching effectiveness, preparing formal feedback and discussing implications for their own careeers.
170.13. Hepatitis B: Community Outreach and Patient Education. (1 units) § Fa. Prerequisites: UCSF students in good academic standing. Restrictions: UCSF students only Lecture 1 hours.
A. Yu
Acquire a background in the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis B. Learn about Hepatitis B through a series of lectures. Practice patient education skills. Attend at least one community health event for a three-hour shift. Provide patient education about Hepatitis B.
170.14. Hepatitis B: Clinical Training. (1 units) § Fa, Sp. Prerequisites: UCSF students must be in good academic standing. Students must have previously completed and passed or be concurrently enrolled in FCM 170.13. Restrictions: None. Clinical Skills: .9; Lect: .1 1 hours.
A. Yu
This course integrates clinical skills for Hepatitis B detection and prevention with its prerequisite course FCM 170.13: Hepatitis B: Community Outreach and Patient Education. A One-hour lecture will be given on universal precautions. Students will be required to attend two three-hour training sessions on phlebotomy and IM vaccination and to use these acquired skills at a Hepatitis B community health event for three hours.
171.01. The Healer's Art. (1.5 units) Wi. Prerequisites: 1st & 2nd year medical students. Lecture 3 hours. Workshop 15 hours.
R. Remen
Learning to strenghthen your humanity and remain open-hearted can make the difference between professional burnout and a fulfilling life. An opportunity to learn tools for self care, healing loss, finding meaning, strenghthening commitment and becoming a true physician.
171.03. Student AIDS Forum. (1 units) Fa. Workshop 1 hours.
R. Goldschmidt
The Student AIDS Forum provides an introduction to issues raised by the AIDS epidemic through workshops, films, and panels. The Forum challenges students to think through these issues as preparation for working with people with HIV.
172A. Legal Medicine. (2 units) Fa. Lecture 2 hours.
D. Tennenhouse
Fundamental legal principles and procedures affecting medical practice, with emphasis on medical negligence; the physician's role in the litigation process; the areas of medical practice which most frequently involve litigation; and practical measures to minimize the risk of lawsuit.
172B. Legal Medicine. (2 units) Wi. Lecture 2 hours.
D. Tennenhouse
Fundamental legal principles and procedures affecting medical practice, with emphasis on medical negligence; the physician's role in the litigation process; the areas of medical practice which most frequently involve litigation; and practical measures to minimize the risk of lawsuit.
184. Contemporary Issues in Latino Health. (1 units) Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Medical student status. Seminar 2 hours.
P. Braveman
An introduction to demographic, political/economic, anthropologic and sociologic issues of importance for the health of diverse Latino subcultures in the US.
198. Supervised Study. (1-5 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Library 0-5 hours.
Staff
Library research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department.
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