First- and Second-Year Electives

The list below documents electives that change from quarter to quarter. This is a partial listing; additional electives may be advertised on separate announcements or offered by other schools. For more information on elective coordination and advertising to other UCSF schools, please see this Elective Coordinators website.

Supervised Study and Laboratory Project Course Offerings: Please see the Registrar's Course Catalog.

Sign up for Electives via your online study list on Registrar's SAA Portal

MD Competencies referenced in elective listings:

Patient Care (PC)
Medical Knowledge (MK)
Practice-Based Learning & Improvement (PBLI)
Interpersonal & Communication Skills (ICS)
Professionalism (Prof)
Systems-Based Practice (SBP)
Interprofessional Collaboration (IPC) - indicated using the IP codes below

Inter-Professional Level of Learning² referenced in elective listings: Adapted by Dr. Susan Hyde from Reeves S, Lewin S, Espin S, Zwarenstein M (2010) Interprofessional Teamwork for Health and Social Care. Blackwell-Wiley, London.

Interprofessional Education (I): Members (or students) of two or more health and/or social care professions engage in learning with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the delivery of care.
Multiprofessional Education (M): Members (or students) of two or more professions learn alongside one another; in other words, parallel rather than interactive learning.
Uniprofessional Education (U): Education that is undertaken by individuals within the same profession.

Rooms:
S is Medical Sciences, 513 Parnassus
CS is Clinical Sciences, 521 Parnassus
CL is Campus Library 2nd floor

Winter 2026 (Spring 2026 elective information will be available in March)

Course number: Anesthesia 170.04
Course title: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Faculty: Andrew Bishara
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: TBA
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PBLI
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U

Course number: Dermatology 170.01
Course title: Principles of Dermatology
Faculty: Joanna Tu
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Fridays, 12:10-1pm, Room CSB 1111
Dates: 1/9/26, 1/30/26, 2/6/26, 2/20/26, 2/27/26, 3/6/26, 3/13/26
Student Coordinators: Josh Perez, Nicole Huang
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PBLI
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U

Course number: Family & Community Medicine 172B
Course title: Legal Medicine
Faculty: Dan Tennenhouse
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays, 5:10-7pm, via Zoom
Dates: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10
MD Competencies: MK, ICS, IPC, PBLI
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M

Course number: Medicine 170.01A (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care w/Cindy Lai)
Course title: Women's Midlife Health: Menopause, Metabolism & Beyond
Faculty: Alison Huang
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Thursdays, 12:10-1pm, Room CSB 1111 (March 5th is in CSB 1113/1114)
Student coordinators: Ayushi Balan, Leona Hariharan
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, PBLI, ICS
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M

Course number: Medicine 170.01C (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care w/Cindy Lai)
Course title: Gastroenterology Interest Group
Faculty: Vivek Rudrapatna
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Thursdays, 12:10-1pm, Room CSB 1116/1117
Dates: 1/5, 1/12, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/30
Student coordinators: Eshani Arumalla, Mihir Gowda
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, PBLI, ICS
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U

Course number: Medicine 170.01D (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care w/Cindy Lai)
Course title: Medical Genetics & Genomics: From Bench to Bedside
Faculty: Kathy Hyland
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Mondays, 12:10-1pm, Room CSB 1107/1108
Dates: 1/5/26, 1/12/26, 1/26/26, 2/2/26, 2/9/26, 2/23/26, 3/2/26, 3/9/26, 3/16/26, 3/23/26
Student coordinators: Brendan Rose, Sarah Girma
MD Competencies: MK, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M

Course number: OBGYN 170.13
Course title: Introduction to High Value Care
Faculty: Naomi Stotland & George Sawaya
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesdays, 12:10-1pm, Room TBA
Dates: TBA
Student coordinators: Stephanie Zhang, Alexander Chen
MD Competencies: PC, MK, PBLI, ICS, Prof, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U

Course number: Pediatrics 160.04
Course title: Trans & Gender Expansive Health
Faculty: Abby Cobb-Walch
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Thursdays, 12-1pm, Room CSB 1102/1103 (On January 22nd, CSB 1113/1114)
Dates: 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12
Student coordinators: Jackie Ngo, Vin Saxena, Gracie Rule, Chris Wooden
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP, PC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M