Diversity Hub

Free faculty development workshops fall into several series to serve UCSF faculty and learners at all levels of educational development and interest that includes: 1) Key Educational Skills Series: Foundational educational knowledge; 2) Clinical Education Skills Series: Topics with a clinical teaching focus; 3) Simulation Education Skills Series: Skills for teaching with simulation; 4) Interprofessional Teaching Skills Series: Skills for creating and maximizing interprofessional learning opportunities; 5) Teaching for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety: Skills for teaching QI/PS in didactic and clinical settings; 6) Education Leadership Skills Series: Skills for current and aspiring education leaders; 7) Assessment and Education Research Skills Series: Skills used in learner assessment, program evaluation, and education research; 8) Medical Education Grand Rounds: Short, up-to-the minute lectures, often with visiting scholars; 9) Special Topics in Education Series: Timely and cutting edge topics by invited and local faculty developers. The workshops address one or more of six educational themes: (1) Assessment; (2) Curriculum Development; (3) Leadership and Career ; (4) Learning; (5) Teaching; and (6) Research.

The program creates defined educational paths so that individuals can develop focused teaching skills and receive a certificate in recognition of achievement. The program is open to current and future faculty at UCSF and at affiliated institutions (i.e., residents, fellows, volunteer faculty). Participants complete specific sets of UCSF Educational Skills Workshops. Credit toward the certificate is given after demonstration of competence through assessments that are completed during each workshop. Currently, certificate tracks include: 1) General Teaching; 2) Clinical Teaching; 3) Simulation Teaching; 4) Interprofessional Teaching; 5) Teaching Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QI/PS); 6) Education Leadership.

The monthly stem cell seminar series brings scientists from all over the world to the forefront of regenerative medicine, and emphasizes the basic research and translational themes of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF. These seminars provide an opportunity for the UCSF community to learn about the work being done by prestigious researchers from other institutions, preview unpublished scientific results, initiate collaborations and build networks. The speakers that are invited to the series provide novel insights into stem cell functions, tissue development, and cell-based approaches for the treatment of diseases. Seminars generally occur on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 12:00 pm.

This annual one-day event helps demystify the application process for UCSF medical school aspirants.

The School of Medicine Office of Post Baccalaureate and Outreach Programs visits 5-6 local community colleges annually to talk about medical school admissions. Schools include: SF City College, Ohlone College, Laney (Peralta Colleges), Diablo Valley College, De Anza College.

Dozier-Libbey Medical High School is located in Antioch, CA a primarily underserved community. Each year, we host a program for their junior physiology class in which students visit UCSF and experience a pathology seminar, visit to the Kanbar Center, hear from a UCSF faculty member and learn about medical school admissions.

Each year, for the past 18 years, approx. 75 seniors from the Doctor's Academy schools in the Central Valley (Sunnyside HS, Coruthers HS, and Selma HS) visit UCSF to experience a pathology lab and hear a faculty speaker. This program is in conjunction with the UCSF Fresno Latino Center.

MedLink is a partnership between UCSF medical students, SFUSD, OUSD and community organizations. Our mission is to inspire and support high school students from communities that are under-represented in the health professions through mentorship and hands-on activities in the health sciences. We envision a future in which healthcare workers come from backgrounds that are as ethnically and economically diverse as the communities they serve.

1-Week Neuroscience camp for rising high school juniors or seniors from SFUSD. Hands on activities, lectures about neuroscience diseases and research and lots of fun!

Annually faculty, medical students and/or staff visit undergraduate campuses to talk about medical school admissions or the UCSF Post Baccalaureate Program. Schools/conferences included in these visits include UC Berkeley (featured speakers, post-bac program panelist, Minorities in Health Conference speakers), Stanford University (SUMMA conference--targeted to minority students), CSU East Bay, SFSU, LMSA, and SNMA national/regional conferences (tabling)