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 in your UCSF Student 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

Spring 2026 (Fall 2026 elective information will be available in July)

Course number: Family & Community Medicine 1701.E (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Course title: Caring for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Patient Population
Faculty: Mary Turocy
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Mondays, 12:10-1pm, CSB 1102/1103
Dates: 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 6/1
Student Coordinators: Liliana Espinosa & Sophie Kakarala
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: Healthlink Course with Bay Area High Schools
Faculty: Karim Bayanzay
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Sundays 8am-1pm, Rooms CS 0101 & CS 1111
Dates: 4/5, 4/26, 5/17
Student coordinators: Arezo Ahmadi & Selma Alamarie
MD Competencies: Prof, PBLI, ICS
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: I

Course number: Medicine 170.01B (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care w/Cindy Lai)
Course title: Medical Mandarin
Faculty: Theresa Cheng
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays, 12:10-1pm, Room CS 1116/1117
Dates: 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/12, 5/19, 6/3
Student coordinators: Xinyu Chen, Stephanie Zhang, Rebecca Li, Nicole Huang
MD Competencies: PC, PBLI, ICS
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: I

Course number: Medicine 170.41
Course title: Word on the Wards: Inpatient Health Education at SFGH
Faculty: K. Han & J. Yao
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesday, 3/4 & Wednesday, 4/15, Room TBD
Dates: Runs 3/30-6/24/2026
Student coordinators: Leona Hariharan, Sarah Gayer, Sophia Li, Chelsea Okoro, Kariamu Cross, Jada Co
MD Competencies: PC, PBLI, ICS
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M

Course number: Medicine 170.53
Course title: Innovating Healthcare: From Need to Impact
Faculty: Ryan Pierce
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm on each Wednesday from April 1 to June 10 (April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; May 6, 13, 20, 27; June 3, 10); CS 1111 (except on April 15th- CS 0101)
MD Competencies: MK, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M

Course number: OBGYN 170.15
Course title: Birth Equity for African American & Black Families
Faculty: Andrea Jackson
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Zoom & off site Community Locations
Dates: TBD
Student coordinators: Leona Hariharan, Folohanmi Asebiomo, Tsion Yared, Busola Banjoh, Chelsea Okoro
MD Competencies: PC, MK, ICS, Prof, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: I