Course Listing
(3-18 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Students will work with a family physician in various sites which could include an urban or rural private practice, community-based clinic, or the Indian Health Service. Experiences will focus on students’ area of interest such as community oriented primary care, complementary and alternative medicine or maternal and child health.
(6-18 units)
Fa.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Field Work 40 hours.
Field work experience or research germane to social medicine individually arranged with consideration to student's major area of interest.
(6-18 units)
Wi.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Field Work 40 hours.
Field work experience or research germane to social medicine individually arranged with consideration to student's major area of interest.
(6-18 units)
Sp.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Field Work 40 hours.
Field work experience or research germane to social medicine individually arranged with consideration to student's major area of interest.
(6 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Senior medicine clerkship.
Clerkship 8 hours.
The Family Practice Inpatient Service at SFGH employs the family practice approach to hospitalized adult patients with diverse medical problems. Students function as members of the multidisciplinary inpatient team at a junior intern level. Attending rounds are held daily.
(6 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Medicine 110, Surgery 110, Pediatrics 110, Ob/Gyn 110.
Clinic 25-30 hours. ER and Hospital 10-15 hours.
Primary care at Selma Community Health Center, in an agricultural community near Fresno. Ambulatory practice includes pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, and chronic diseases. Includes patient rounds, deliveries, and emergency room experience at modern rural hospital. Exposure to rural private family practice available.
(6 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Medicine 110, FCM 110, fourth-year standing.
Lecture 5 hours. Seminar 2 hours.
Students function as subinterns on general medicine ward staffed by Family Practice residents and faculty. Acute medical care is provided with special input from department psychologist and health educator.
(6 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Medicine 110, or Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences 110 or Pediatrics 110 or consent of instructor.
Patient care experience in 4 different clinical settings with established Latino physicians; training in primary care research with the Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, seminars and discussions focused on Latino health care issues.
(6 units)
Su, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of 1st year medical school.
This course will focus on the concepts of culturally sensitive medical care by providing a conversational medical Spanish course as well as clinical skill development in four basic systems. Emersion with Spanish speaking populations will be achieved.
(3 units) Wi.
Classroom 24 hours. Outside study 30 hours. Patient Contact 12 hours.
This two week elective will foster students' understanding of the complexities of substance use and help gain a perspective on providing care to substance using patients. It will include seminars, medical outreach, ethnographic site visits, and an independent research project.
140.70. Community Medicine in International Perspective. (6-18 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Conversational command of language of country of placement and consent of instructor.
N. Hearst
A 4-12 week elective involving placement at a supervised primary care training and/or service site abroad. Placements will be made according to student interest and language capability, and according to availability of appropriately supervised sites, mainly in Latin America.
(3-18 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Clinical epidemiology, health services, or behavioral science research approaches are applied in the study of selected areas in family medicine or community health.
(6-18 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Medical student standing. Consent of instructor.
Clinical experience for pre-clerkship medical students, usually assigned to rural or underserved urban family medicine settings. This is an opportunity for students to practice and refine the clinical skills they learned in first year.
(1 units)
Fa.
Seminar 2 hours. Field Work 1 hours.
A seminar series and practical field experience providing basic information on a broad variety of issues in sports and dance medicine, including evaluation, prevention of injury, conditioning, environmental issues and sports psychology.
(3-12 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Laboratory 2-10 hours. Seminar 4-10 hours. Clinic 2-20 hours. Field Work 16 hours.
An elective involving placement at a supervised primary care training and/or service site abroad. Placements will be made according to student interest and language capability as well as availability of appropriately supervised sites.
170.01A. Special Issues in Health Care. (1 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Lecture 1 hours.
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
(1 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Lecture 1 hours.
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
(1 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Lecture 1 hours.
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
(1 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Lecture 1 hours.
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
(1 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Lecture 1 hours.
Explores in systematic (lecture/readings/discussion) format new issues in health care or special content areas related to family and community health. Topics are developed and prepared according to faculty-student interests.
(1 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Seminar 2 hours.
Course exposes medical and other health science students to the principles of rehabilitation and common therapeutic strategies. Emphasis will be on the development of a basic theoretical foundation on which the student can build clinical rehabilitation skills in practice.
(1 units)
Fa, Wi, Sp.
Prerequisites: Medical student status.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 1 hours.
A practical course designed to develop basic skills in overcoming cultural and linguistic barriers to health care for Spanish-speaking persons.
(1 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Lecture 1 hours.
A survey course covering the broad spectrum of living issues (health care, drug addiction, HIV, shelter life, etc.) confronting the homeless population of San Francisco. The seminar will be given in lecture format during the lunch hour. One session will be devoted to discussion of issues presented.
(1-5 units)
Fa, Wi,
Sp.
Restrictions: Limited to Medical students only.
Seminar 1 hours.
This course examines current theories of teaching effectiveness as related to medical student curriculum. Students will apply these theories to current courses by examining teaching effectiveness, preparing formal feedback and discussing implications for their own careeers.
(1.5 units)
Wi.
Lecture 3 hours. Workshop 3 hours.
Learning to strengthen your humanity and remain open-hearted can make the difference between professional burnout and a fulfilling life. An opportunity to learn tools for self care, healing loss, finding meaning, strengthening commitment and becoming a true physician.
(1 units)
Fa.
Lecture 1 hours.
This course will introduce some of the health care issues facing Asian and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. and will discuss the cultural considerations that come into play when addressing these issues in the API community.
(1 units)
Fa.
Workshop 1 hour.
The Student AIDS Forum provides an introduction to issues raised by the AIDS epidemic through workshops, films, and panels. The Forum challenges students to think through these issues as preparation for working with people with HIV.
(2 units)
Fa.
Lecture 2 hours.
Fundamental legal principles and procedures affecting medical practice, with emphasis on medical negligence; the physician's role in the litigation process; the areas of medical practice which most frequently involve litigation; and practical measures to minimize the risk of lawsuit.
(2 units)
Wi.
Lecture 2 hours.
Fundamental legal principles and procedures affecting medical practice, with emphasis on medical negligence; the physician's role in the litigation process; the areas of medical practice which most frequently involve litigation; and practical measures to minimize the risk of lawsuit.
(1 units)
Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Medical student status.
Seminar 2 hours.
An introduction to demographic, political/economic, anthropologic and sociologic issues of importance for the health of diverse Latino subcultures in the US.
(1-5 units)
Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Library 0-5 hours.
Library research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department.
