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 2025 (Spring 2025 elective information will be available in March)
Course number: Dermatology 170.01
Course title: Principles of Dermatology
Faculty: Ryan Arakaki
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Fridays, 12-1pm, Room S-159
Dates: 1/10, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14
Student coordinator: Alina Feng & Gabrielle Arkema
MD Competencies: PC, MK, PBLI, ICS, Prof, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Emergency Medicine 170.10
Course title: Introduction to Emergency Medicine
Faculty: Rachel Chin
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Wednesdays, 12-1pm, Room S-157
Dates: 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12
Student coordinator: Corey Carpenter
MD Competencies: PC, MK, PBLI
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: Family & Community Medicine 172B
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 1/7 – 3/11
Coordinator: Contact faculty with questions: [email protected]
MD Competencies: PC, ICS, Prof, IPC
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Medicine 170.01F (Listed as Special Issues in Health Care w/Cindy Lai)
Course title: Geriatrics & Palliative Care
Faculty: Hedieh Matinrad
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Mondays, 12-1pm, Room TBA
Dates: 1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17
Student coordinators: Jonah Goldman & Selma Alamarie
MD Competencies: IC, IPC, MK
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: I
Course number: Neurology 170.12 (register in Spring 2025)
Course title: Explorations in Neurology
Faculty: Courtney Lane-Donovan & Jill Goslinga
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Fridays, 12-1pm, Room CS 1107/1108 (rooms may change for Spring dates)
Dates: 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/28, 3/7, 4/4, 4/25, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 6/6
Student coordinators: Ilaria Stewart
MD Competencies: PC, MK
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
Course number: OBGYN 170.13
Course title: Introduction to High Value Care
Faculty: George Sawaya
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Tuesdays, 12-1pm, Zoom & some dates in person. Room CS 1111
Dates: January 21, 28; February 4, 11, 18, 25; March 4, 11 (Room CS 1116/1117), 18; March 25 & April 1 (Room CS 1116/1117).
Student coordinators: Lida Khoshniat-Rad, Farnaz Jahani, Alexander Chen, Yasmin Leon, Joyce Chen
MD Competencies: PC, MK, 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, 12:10-1pm, Hybrid In-Person & Zoom
Dates & Rooms: Thursday, January 9th to Thursday, March 13th, 2025; January 9 & 16 in CL-220/223 in Library; remainder of dates in CS 1107/1108
Student coordinators: Jessica Jang, Braxton Morrison, Alie Brussel Faria, Jessica Abrolat
MD Competencies: PC, MK, PBLI, ICS, Prof, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: I
Course number: Psychiatry 170.01
Course title: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Faculty: Descartes Li
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location: Mondays, 12-1pm, Room S-214 (Lecture Hall)
Evenings: Monday, 2/3 5-7pm in CS 1111; Tuesday, 2/25 5-7pm in CS 1111; Monday, 3/3 5-7pm in CS 1111
Dates: 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14
Student coordinator: Matthew Allen
MD Competencies: PC, MK
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: M
Course number: Psychiatry 170.17B (Register in Spring 2025, NOT Winter quarter)
Course title: Explorations in Psychiatry
Faculty: Descartes Li
# of units: 1.0
Day, time, & Room Location:
Dates 12-1pm: March 4, 18; April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3- in Room CS 1111
Dates 6-7:30pm: April 1, 29; May 6 in Room CS 1102/1103
Student coordinator: Hannah Silverman
MD Competencies: PC, MK, PBLI, SBP
Inter-Professional Level of Learning: U
