Psychiatry

Available Electives

Department Contacts

Tina Tai
Education & Training Coordinator, UCSF
Department of Psychiatry, SFGH
1001 Potrero Avenue, Room: 7M26
San Francisco, CA 94110
Campus Mail Box 0852
telephone: (415) 206-5219

Special Instructions

  1. Please initiate applications as soon as possible, ideally a minimum of 8 weeks before the elective start date
  2. Complete the UCSF Department of Psychiatry Visiting Student Elective Supplemental Form (download to view as a fillable form) and upload to VSLO.
  3. Two letters of recommendation. It is fine to receive one of the letters of recommendation from the chief resident or a faculty member of your psychiatry department. Letters written for residency applications are acceptable. 
  4. All students must have successfully completed USMLE Step 1 at the time of application. Other medical licensing examinations are not an acceptable substitute.
  5. Please list at least 3 alternate UCSF Psychiatry electives (either course or date) on your application.