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.
Fall 2024 (Winter 2025 elective information will be available in December)
Course number: Emergency Medicine 170.13
Course title: Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Faculty: Sally Graglia
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesdays 5:30-7:30pm in S-20/22; 9/18, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16. Friday, 11/15, 5:30-7:30pm, S-20/22 (Kanbar rooms in MedSci)
Student coordinators: Julia Wolf, Elaine Kim, Abigail Kim
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Family & Community Medicine 170.01A (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Course title: Expanding Culture Humility in Healthcare
Faculty: Margo Vener
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays 12:10-1pm, 8/27, 9/17, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 11/12, 12/3 - Rooms for 8/27 (CS-1116/1117) & 12/3 (CS-1102/1103) – All other sessions only by Zoom
Student coordinators: Maram Kiran, Manreet Dosanjh, Isaac Avila-Vargas, Rhiannon Olivarez-Kidwell, Jeanine Sandra Esteban, Tou Bee Thao
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, ICS, PBLI, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Family & Community Medicine 170.01B (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Course title: Community Organizing, Environmental Justice & the Bayview Neighborhood
Faculty: Margo Vener is faculty of record; Kim Rhoads is faculty advisor
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Thursdays, 12 pm - 1pm, 9/19 in CS-1111, 9/26 in CS-0101, 10/3 in S-214, 10/10 in CS-0101, 10/17 in S-214, 10/24 in CS-0101, 11/7 in CS-0101, 11/14 in CS-0101, 12/12 in S-214
Student coordinators: Daniel Zager, Sidney Ezenwugo, Mallory Shingle, Sophie Oubaha, Annemarie Charlesworth
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, ICS, PBLI, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course title: Health & Incarceration
Faculty: Margo Vener is faculty of record
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Thursdays, 12:10-1:00pm on 8/29, 9/12, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5 by Zoom
Student coordinators: Palveen Sekhon, Psalm Pineo-Cavanaugh, Eva Kitlen
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, ICS, PBLI, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Family & Community Medicine 170.01E (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Course title: Medical Chinese - Mandarin & Medical Chinese - Cantonese
Faculty: Margo Vener is faculty of record
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Mondays 12 pm-1pm: 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, Zoom
Student coordinators: Joyce Chen (coordinator for Mandarin section) & Alyssa Hew (coordinator for Cantonese section)
MD Competencies: PC, Prof, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Family & Community Medicine 170.02
Course title: Compassionate Care: The Art of Healing Communication
Faculty: Shieva Khayam-Bashi & Tom McNalley
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays 12:10-1pm: 8/20, 8/27, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 11/5, 11/12, 12/10 – Location for 8/20, 8/27 & 10/8 in CL 220/223. All other dates are in CS-0101.
Student coordinators: Eva Kitlen, Ellie Hough and Rachel Huynh
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, ICS, PBLI, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Family & Community Medicine 171.06
Course title: Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health: The Clinician's Role (Register for: Forensic Evaluation and Education of Political Asylum Seeker; medical students only)
Faculty: Rebeccah Brusca & Triveni Defries
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Mondays 12:10-1pm; 8/19, 8/26, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 11/4; Rooms vary by date. CS-1107/1108: 8/19, 8/26, 10/14; CS-1116/1118: 9/16, 9/30, 10/7, 10/21, 11/4. S-157: 9/23
Student coordinator: Nebyou Mergia
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, ICS, PBLI, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Family & Community Medicine 171.07
Course title: Harm Reduction and Addiction Medicine
Faculty: Dan Ciccarone
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesdays 12:10-1pm; 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, and 11/13; Via Zoom.
Student coordinators: Abbott Gifford, Sidney Ezenwugo, Askash Shanmugan
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, ICS, PBLI, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course title: Houselessness and Health Inequities (co-registered as Provision of Pharmacy Services in a Homeless Clinic)
Faculty: Erica Brode, MD, MPH & Crystal Zhou, PharmD
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesdays 12-1pm, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, Room Location 9/25 in CS-1102/1103. Remaining dates in CS-1106
Student coordinators: Sophia Chan, Bradley Oh, Austine Peng, Hudson Lin, Eva Kitlen, Alexandra So, Miriam Minsk
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, ICS, PBLI, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Family & Community Medicine 172A
Course title: Legal Medicine
Faculty: Dan Tennenhouse, MD, JD
# of units: 2.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays, 5:10-7:00 pm, via Zoom; Dates 10/1 – 12/3
Coordinator: Contact faculty with questions: [email protected]
MD Competencies: PC, ICS, Prof, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Family & Community Medicine 184
Course title: Contemporary Issues in Latine Health
Faculty: Manuel Tapia
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Mondays 12:10-1pm; 8/12-10/28; Room S-159
Student coordinators: Lizeth Estrada & Gerardo Gamino
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC, ICS, PBLI, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Global Health Sciences 170.51
Course title: Global Health Interest Group Elective
Faculty: Carmen Cobb-Walch
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesdays, 12:10-1pm, Room S-157 (MedSci), 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20
Student coordinators: Diego Martinez Mendiola, Abigail Kim, Alessandra Veinbachs
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Medicine 170.01A (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Course title: Food as Medicine
Faculty: Cindy Lai is faculty of record; Diana Thiara is faculty advisor
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesdays 12:10-1pm: 8/21, 8/28, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 11/6, 11/13, 12/11; 10/2 (which will be in the evening 5-8PM); CS 1113-1114
Student coordinator: Rachel Huynh, Sharlene Shirali, Elaine Kim, Daniel Chan, Kaitlyn Hsu & Mariel Magdits
MD Competencies: MK, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: I
Course number: Medicine 170.01B (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Course title: Gut Instincts: A Journey through Gastroenterology
Faculty: Cindy Lai is faculty of record; Rishika Chugh & Michael Kattah are faculty advisors
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesdays 12:10-1pm: 8/14, 8/21, 9/25, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/11, 12/18; CS 1107-1108
Student coordinators: Kaitlyn Crowley, Nicole Garcia, Renee Landzberg, Anjeli Mase, Daniel Zager
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, PC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Medicine 170.01C (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Course title: Narrative Medicine Elective
Faculty: Cindy Lai is faculty of record; Ashley McMullen & David Elkin are faculty advisors
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Thursdays 12:10-1pm: 9/26, 10/3, 10/10 (CS 1108), 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7 (CS 1108), 11/14, 11/21, 12/5; Hybrid Zoom & in person, CS 1107/1108
Student coordinators: Ruben Hernandez, Mallory Shingle, Toyosi Oluwole, & Matthew Yee
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, PC, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Medicine 170.01D (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Course title: Health Policy & Medical Student Advocacy
Faculty: Cindy Lai is faculty of record; Beth Griffiths is faculty advisor
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Fridays 12:10-1pm; Fridays: 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 9/20, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/4, 11/8, 11/15; CS 1113 & 1114 from 8/16 - 8/30; CS 1111 from 9/20 - 10/25, CS 1113 & 1114 from 11/1 - 11/15
Student coordinators: Renee Landzberg, Palveen Sekhon & Sapna Ramappa
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, PC, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Medicine 170.01E
Course title: Bugs & Drugs: An Introduction to Infectious Disease Lecture Series
Faculty: Cindy Lai is faculty of record; Brian Schwartz and Conan McDougall are faculty advisors
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesday, 12:10-1pm; via Zoom (link provided through weekly email)
Dates: 10/16, 10/23,10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11
Student coordinators: Caleb Hwang, Moujan Allai, Balpreet Badhesha
MD Competencies: PC, MK, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Medicine 170.01F (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Course title: Oncology Interest Group Elective
Faculty: Cindy Lai is faculty of record; Emily Bergsland is faculty advisor
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays 12:10-1pm
Dates: Tuesday: 8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10 - Summer 2024 (9/24, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19 - Fall quarter); Summer 2024 & Fall 2024: CS 1113& 1114. 9/24: CS 1111
Student coordinator: Alyssa Fuentes, Austine Peng, Christopher Rios, Ben Hyams, Matthew Yee
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, PC, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course Number: Medicine 170.07
Course Title: Communicating with the Latino Patient
Faculty: Leslie Seijo
# of units: 1.0
Dates: Fridays, 12-1pm: 8/23, 9/6, 9/20, 10/4, 10/18, 11/01, 11/15; Room CS 1102/1103
Student coordinators: Nicole Garcia, Benjamin Blue, Isaac Avila-Vargas, Sharlene Shirali, Daniel Miranda Juarez, Wendy Rivera, Isela Lopez
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course Number: Medicine 170.34A
Course Title: Disaggregating and Addressing AAPI Health Inequities
Faculty: Cindy Lai
# of units: 1.0
Dates: 8/16, 8/23, 9/13, 9/20, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15
Day, Time, Room location: Fridays, 12:10-1pm, Zoom
Student coordinator: Tiffany Hussman, Runa Cheng, Yimeng Li
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Medicine 170.49
Course title: Native Health Elective
Faculty: Tasce Bongiovanni
# of units: 1.0
Day, Time & Room Location: Thursdays, 12:10-1PM, Hybrid (Zoom and in-person), Room: CS- 1101 except 11/7 (held in CS-1110)
Dates: 8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/26, 10/3, 10/17, 10/24, 11/7, 11/14
Student coordinators: Shivany Y. Condor Montes, Madison Thompson
MD Competencies*: MK, Prof, SBP
Interprofessional Level of Learning: I
Course number: Medicine 170.50
Course title: Explore Cardiology: Cardiology Interest Group Elective
Faculty: Binh An Phan
# of units: 1.0
Day, Time & Room Location: Mondays, 12-1PM, S-157 (Med Sci Building)
Dates: 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2
Student name(s) and contact information (e-mail address): Isabelle Vu, Aditya Dwivedi, Shreyas Kiran
MD Competencies*: PC, MK, Prof, SBP
Interprofessional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Medicine 170.54
Course title: Queer Health Elective
Faculty: Sam Brondfield
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Thursdays: 12:10-1pm; via Zoom
Dates: 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 12/5
Student coordinators: Nicholas White & Neal Mukherjee
MD Competencies: MK, PC, PBLI, SBP, Prof, ICS
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Medicine 170.55
Course title: Nephrology Interest Group (NephrIG) Elective
Faculty: Chi-Yuan Hsu
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Fridays, 12:10-1pm, CS 1107/1108; Zoom option available for certain sessions.
Dates 9/20, 10/11, 10/18, 11/8, 11/15, 12/6, 12/13
Student coordinators: Debbie Adam & Daniel Chan
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Neurology 170.11
Course title: Exploring Pediatric Neurology
Faculty: Sharon Wietstock
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Thursdays (Oct 14 is a Monday); 12-1pm, 8/15, 8/22: CS 1107/1108, 9/19: CS 1113/1114, 10/10: CS 1113/1114, 10/14: CS 1102/1103, 11/7: CS 1116/1117, 11/14: CS 1113/1114, 12/12: Med Sci S-163
Dates August 15, 22, Sept 19, October 10, 14, November 7, 14, Dec 12
Student coordinators: Nicole Garcia, Julia Wolf, Runa Cheng, Bradley Oh
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, PC, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Obstetrics & Gynecology 170.02
Course title: UTEACH
Faculty: Rebecca Amirault, CNM
# of units: 1 or 2
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays, 12:10-1pm, Room CL-221 for 8/27 & 9/3; Room CS 1111 for 9/10, 9/17; Room CS 1107/1108 for 10/29; Room CS 1116/1117 for 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 11/5; 9/24 via Zoom.
Dates: 8/27, 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5
Student coordinators: Rachel Mundaden, Miriam Simon, Nikhita Mahendru, Claudia Brewer
MD Competencies: MK, PC, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Obstetrics & Gynecology 170.03
Course title: Family Planning & Reproductive Choices
Faculty: Naomi Stotland
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Thursdays, 12:10-1pm; 8/22 & 8/29 in CL 213/214; 10/3, 10/10, 10/17 10/29 (Tuesday), & 11/7 in S-159; 10/24 in S-157; 11/14 in CS 1116/1117.
Student coordinators: Danielle Houston, Mahika Nayak & Sapna Ramappa
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Obstetrics & Gynecology 170.04
Course title: Introduction to Procedures & Surgical Skills
Faculty: Naomi Stotland
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, dates & Room Location: Mondays, 12-1pm; Fridays, 3-5pm; Room CL-258 for 9/16, 11/4, 11/18; Room CS 1113/1114 for 9/20, 10/11, 11/8. Friday, 11/1 will be virtual.
Student coordinators: Danielle Houston, Nikki Mahendru, Rachel Mundaden, Lasya Gudipudi, Jessica Liang
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Obstetrics & Gynecology 170.06
Course title: Advocacy for Black Health
Faculty: Naomi Stotland & Andrea Jackson
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, dates & Room Location: Wednesdays, 12:10-1pm; Dates: 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/13, 11/27, 12/4, 12/11 on Zoom.
Student coordinators: Korena Boyd
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Ophthalmology 160.01
Course title: Introduction to Clinical Ophthalmology
Faculty: Neeti Parikh
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays, 12:10-1pm, Zoom (Starts 9/17)
Staff Coordinator: Shelle Libberton
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Otolaryngology 170.01
Course title: Introduction to Otolaryngology
Faculty: Patricia Loftus
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Mondays, 12:10-1pm, Room CS 11113-1114; On 8/19 Room CL-220
Dates 8/19, 8/26, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/2, 11/4, 11/18
Student coordinators: Tiffany Husman, Leon Sarpong, Hudson Lin, Sophia Yin
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, PC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Pediatrics 170.01A
Course title: Pediatric Interest Group Elective (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care)
Faculty: Erica Lawson is faculty of record; Michele Long is faculty advisor
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Mondays, 12:10-1pm, Room CS 1102/1103
Dates: 8/26, 9/16, 9/30. 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 11/4, 12/2
Student Coordinators: Julia Wolf & Maram Kiran
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Pediatrics 170.01B
Course title: Vietnamese Language
Faculty: Erica Lawson
Units: 1.0
Day, time and location of elective: Sept 30, Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 18, 25, Dec 2 - 5:30-6:30 PM (Mondays) - via Zoom
Student Coordinator: Alina Huynh
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Psychiatry 170.01B
Course title: Explorations in Psychiatry
Faculty: Descartes Li
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesdays, 12-1pm, CS 1102/1103.
Dates 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4.
Student Coordinators: Seth Zupanc, Amanda Leon, Shiv Gupta
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Radiology 170.04
Course title: Intro to Radiology
Faculty: Emma Webb
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays, 12:10-1pm, via Zoom
Staff Coordinator: Samira Zebarjadian
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, ICS, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Surgery 160.10
Course title: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Interventions
Faculty: Shant Vartanian
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays, 12-1pm, Room S-176 (9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10)
Student coordinators: Amartya Dave & Shreyas Kiran
MD Competencies: MK, PC, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Surgery 160.15
Course title: Exploring Plastic Surgery
Faculty: Scott Hansen
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Fridays, 8/23-12/20, 12-1pm, 8/23 (CS 1109), 9/16 (CS 1111), 9/24 (S-180), 9/30 (CS 1111), 10/29 (S-157), 11/5 (CS 1111)
Student coordinators: Mitchell Koss, Reta Benham, Nathan Ramrakhiani & Pariswi Tewari
MD Competencies: MK, PBLI, Prof
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: I & M
Course number: Surgery 160.16
Course title: OASIS Clinic Care Elective
Faculty: Scott Hansen
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Fridays, 8/23-12/20, 12-1pm; held in Dept .of Surgery clinical space.
Student coordinators: Mitchell Koss, Reta Benham, Nathan Ramrakhiani & Pariswi Tewari
MD Competencies: PC, MK, PBLI, ICS, Prof, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: I & M
Course number: Urology 170.10
Course title: Introduction to Urology
Faculty: Yi Li
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Resident and Medical Student Urology Meet and Greet - 10/14/2024 - In person; Lunchtime Lecture Series -Hybrid (In-person + Zoom); Dates: 9/24, 9/30, 10/9, 10/17, 11/6, 11/12, 11/15, 11/20.
Student coordinators: Marvin Carlisle, Katemanee Burapachaisri, Kevin Li, Alejandro (Alex) Lopez, William (Aidan) Pace
MD Competencies: MK, SBP, PC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
