110

FCM Core Clerkship

(9 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):M. Vener Prerequisite(s): Third-rear standing in School of Medicine.

Activities: Lecture: 4 hours, Seminar: 2 hours, Project: 4 hours, Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 28 hours

Students will participate in patient care experiences in family practice centers and general medicine clinics. Locations include San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Salinas and Fresno. (FAM CM MED)

140.04

Family Medicine Clinical Clerkship

(3 - 18 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):M. Potter Prerequisite(s): 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. Activities: Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 40 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

140.05A

Social Medicine

(6 - 18 units)

Fall

Instructor(s):P. Braveman Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor

Activities: Field Work: 40 hours

Field work experience or research germane to social medicine individually arranged with consideration to student's major area of interest. (FAM CM MED)

140.05B

Social Medicine

(6 - 18 units)

Winter

Instructor(s):P. Braveman Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor

Activities: Field Work: 40 hours

Field work experience or research germane to social medicine individually arranged with consideration to student's major area of interest. (FAM CM MED)

140.05C

Social Medicine

(6 - 18 units)

Spring

Instructor(s):P. Braveman Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor

Activities: Field Work: 40 hours

Field work experience or research germane to social medicine individually arranged with consideration to student's major area of interest. (FAM CM MED)

140.16

Care of Adolescents & Adults with Developmental Disabilities

(3 - 6 units)

§

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):C. Kripke, G. Collins-Bride Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of 3rd year predoctoral medical coursework.

Restrictions:4th year predoctoral medical students.

Students will be mentored by a clinician who provides care to medically fragile patients with developmental disabilities in the community. Services will be delivered in a number of settings, including group homes, clinics, and community sites. Students will partner with a community agency and self advocates to complete a health promotion or resource development project. Participants will develop skills in working with teams. Activities and placements will be designed based on interests. (FAM CM MED)

140.17

PRIME-US Capstone Course

(6.0 units)

Fall

Instructor(s):E. Wilson

Restrictions:This course is restricted to students in their final year of the PRIME-US program. Activities: Lecture: 30 hours, Seminar: 30 hours, Project: 60 hours

Students taking this course will review the core principles and practices of underserved care, acquire new leadership skills, and work together on community-based projects. As the culminating curriculum for PRIME-US, this course provides students with an opportunity to reconnect with their peers, renew their commitment to underserved care, and build a foundation for future leadership roles. (FAM CM MED)

140.40

Advanced Inpatient Clerkship

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):M. Stafford Prerequisite(s): Medicine 110

Restrictions:None Activities: Clinical Clerkship: 40 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

140.42

Culture and Integrative Medicine

(3 units)

§

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):S. Adler Prerequisite(s): None.

Restrictions:This course is intended for 4th year medical students, but is open to any student at UCSF. Please contact course coordinator prior to enrolling in course. Activities: Block Elective: 40 hours

This two-week interdisciplinary elective will explore the interrelationship between Culture & Integrative Medicine, and include the following components: Core seminars: These two-hour core sessions will consist of both didactic and experiential learning. Preceptorships: Students will rotate through clinical integrative medicine sites. Independent learning: Students will design and carry out an independent project to be formally presented at the end of the elective. (FAM CM MED)

140.43

Ambulatory Care in Family Medicine

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):M. Vener Prerequisite(s): FCM 110, Longitudinal Clinical Experience

Restrictions:Intended for 4th year students with interest in outpatient primary and acute care

In this 4th year outpatient elective, students will work in the Family Health Center and provide care to a diverse urban underserved patient population. Students will provide primary care and acute care and work in the minor procedure clinic. Students will consult with preceptors but will have a high degree of autonomy. (FAM CM MED)

140.45

Integrative Approaches to End-of-Life Care

(3.0 units)

Spring

Instructor(s):S. Adler

Restrictions:None Activities: Block Elective: 80 hours

This elective takes an integrative and interprofessional approach to relationship-centered EOL care, cross-cultural understandings of death, and the spiritual dimension of dying. Highlights include didactic and experiential core seminars, presentations by EOL care providers (including integrative medicine practitioners), hospice visits, and the exploration of personal understandings and transformational opportunities of EOL care through the discussion of literature, writing, and reflection. (FAM CM MED)

140.47

Model SFGH Community Medicine

(3.0 units)

Fall, Winter, Summer

Instructor(s):M. Vener Prerequisite(s): None

Restrictions:Enrollment in Model SFGH Activities: Block Elective: 80 hours

The Model SFGH Community Medicine elective is an experience in community health intended to complement the Model SFGH experience in care of underserved patient populations. Students will engage in clinical work, community projects, outreach and other experiences in the SF public health/safety net system. This course is open only to students who are currently participating in Model SFGH. (FAM CM MED)

140.52

Rural Underserved Ambulatory Family Medicine - Fresno

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):A. Moir Prerequisite(s): Medicine 110, Surgery 110, Pediatrics 110, Ob/Gyn 110

Restrictions:None Activities: ER Hospital Experience: 10 - 15 hours, Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 25 - 30 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

140.53

Inpatient Medicine/Family Practice - Fresno

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):A. Moir, R. Tevendale Prerequisite(s): Medicine 110, FCM 110, fourth-year standing

Activities: Lecture: 5 hours, Seminar: 2 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

140.54

Primary Care in the Latino Community - Fresno

(6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):J. Ruvalcaba Prerequisite(s): Medicine 110, or Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences 110 or Pediatrics 110 or consent of instructor.

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. (FAM CM MED)

140.56

Rural Family Medicine OB/GYN

(6 - 12 units)

§

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):T. Lauck, J. Zweifler Prerequisite(s): 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. Activities: Lecture: 4 hours, Independent Study: 1 hours, Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 35 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

140.62

Understanding Complexities of Substance Abuse

(3 units)

Winter

Instructor(s):D. Ciccarone

Activities: Lecture: 5 hours, Seminar: 10 hours, Library: 5 hours, Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 10 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

140.69

Migrant & Farmwork Health - Fresno

(3 - 6 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):A. Padilla, A. Padilla Prerequisite(s): 3rd year core clerkships:Medicine,Pediatrics,OB/GYN,FCM.

Restrictions:4th year medical students. Activities: Seminar: 4 hours, Field Work: 12 hours, Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 24 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

140.70

Community Medicine in International Perspective

(6 - 18 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):M. Vener, N. Hearst Prerequisite(s): Conversational command of language of country of placement and consent of instructor.

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. (FAM CM MED)

150.01

Research in Fam Cm Med

(3 - 18 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):Staff Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Clinical epidemiology, health services, or behavioral science research approaches are applied in the study of selected areas in family medicine or community health. (FAM CM MED)

160.03

Family Medicine Pre-Clinical Preceptorship

(6 - 18 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):M. Vener Prerequisite(s): 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. Activities: Field Work: 4 hours, Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 40 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

160.10A

Preventive Health Care for the Underserved A

(1.0 units)

Fall

Instructor(s):M. Vener

Restrictions:None Activities: Lecture: 10 hours

In the fall quarter, students will learn about preventive care and receive training on how to take blood pressures and heart rates, counsel patients on whether the blood pressure is at goal using national guidelines, and provide focused counseling on diet, exercise and recommended preventive care. In the winter, students will work with underserved, diverse patients in the Family Health Center at SFGH to take blood pressures and counsel patients on preventative health. (FAM CM MED)

160.10B

Preventive Health Care for the Underserved B

(1.0 units)

Winter

Instructor(s):M. Vener

Restrictions:None Activities: Clinical Experience/Patient Contact: 30 hours

In the fall quarter, students will learn about preventive care and receive training on how to take blood pressures and heart rates, counsel patients on whether the blood pressure is at goal using national guidelines, and provide focused counseling on diet, exercise and recommended preventive care. In the winter, students will work with undeserved, diverse patients in the Family Health Center at SFGH to take blood pressures and counsel patients on preventative health. (FAM CM MED)

170.01A

Special Issues in Health Care

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):M. Vener Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Activities: Lecture: 1 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

170.01B

Special Issues in Health Care

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):M. Vener Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Activities: Lecture: 1 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

170.01C

Special Issues in Health Care

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):M. Vener Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Activities: Lecture: 1 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

170.01D

Special Issues in Health Care

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):M. Vener Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Activities: Lecture: 1 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

170.01E

Special Issues in Health Care

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):M. Vener Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Activities: Lecture: 1 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

170.06

Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved - PRIME-US

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):E. Wilson Prerequisite(s): Admission to PRIME-US

Restrictions:Only PRIME-US students

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. (FAM CM MED)

170.07

Communicating with the Latino Patient

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):P. Braveman Prerequisite(s): Medical student status.

Activities: Lecture: 2 hours, Laboratory: 1 hours

A practical course designed to develop basic skills in overcoming cultural and linguistic barriers to health care for Spanish-speaking persons. (FAM CM MED)

170.08

Complementary Paths of Healing

(1 units)

§

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):S. Adler Prerequisite(s): None.

Restrictions:None. Activities: Lecture: 1 hours

This course explores the general theory and practice of several widely utilized non-allopathic healing modalities with the aim of demonstrating how these therapies can be complementary to modern biomedicine. (FAM CM MED)

170.10A

Homeless Health Issues

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):J. Tulsky, M. Vener

Activities: Lecture: 1 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

170.17

Health and Social Justice

(1 units)

§

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):S. Adler Prerequisite(s): None.

Restrictions:Open to all UCSF students. Activities: Lecture: 1 hours

This course is a multimedia and faculty-led group discussion seminar series open to students from all schools. Each week we screen and discuss a short documentary focusing on health-related aspects of social issues such as race, ethnicity, and social class. Each 30-minute screening will be followed by a group discussion facilitated by a faculty member with interest and experience in issues of health disparities. (FAM CM MED)

170.18

Caring for the Underserved

(1.0 units)

§

Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):E. Wilson

Restrictions:None Activities: Lecture: 10 hours

This course is intended to raise awareness around important topics and issues concerning the care of underserved populations from an interdisciplinary perspective. Lecture topics focus on the principles, practices and populations of underserved care. Lecturers reflect a diversity of health professions ranging from social workers, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other community leaders that work with underserved communities. (FAM CM MED)

171.01

The Healer's Art

(1.5 units)

Winter

Instructor(s):R. Remen Prerequisite(s): 1st & 2nd year medical students.

Activities: Lecture: 3 hours, Workshop: 15 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

171.03

Student AIDS Forum

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):R. Goldschmidt

Activities: Workshop: 1 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

171.04

Integrative Medicine Forum

(1 units)

§

Spring

Instructor(s):S. Adler Prerequisite(s): None.

Restrictions:None. Activities: Lecture: 1 hours

The Integrative Medicine Forum is a student-run, multidisciplinary community conference for current and future leaders in all areas of healthcare including medicine, nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy. Through keynote addresses, panel discussions, and interactive workshops, attendees will examine key issues in alternative and integrative medicine. (FAM CM MED)

172A

Legal Medicine

(2 units)

Fall

Instructor(s):D. Tennenhouse

Activities: Lecture: 2 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

172B

Legal Medicine

(2 units)

Winter

Instructor(s):D. Tennenhouse

Activities: Lecture: 2 hours

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. (FAM CM MED)

173.01

Nutrition in the Outpatient Setting

(1.0 units)

§

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):M. Vener

Restrictions:None Activities: Lecture: 10 hours

Nutrition has unique challenges in different cultural, socioeconomic, and age-stratified groups. The ability to understand these challenges and connect with patients to improve their nutritional health is covered in a way that is practical, personal, and can be applied directly to clinical practice. This course invites a variety of healthcare professionals (e.g. nurses, dietitians, physicians, etc), to share their perspective on how to approach nutrition in a variety of patient populations. (FAM CM MED)

184

Contemporary Issues in Latino Health

(1 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring

Instructor(s):K. Grumbach Prerequisite(s): Medical student status.

Activities: Seminar: 2 hours

An introduction to demographic, political/economic, anthropologic and sociologic issues of importance for the health of diverse Latino subcultures in the US. (FAM CM MED)

198

Supervised Study

(1 - 5 units)

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Instructor(s):Staff Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Activities: Library: 0 - 5 hours

Library research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department. (FAM CM MED)