Building a Pipeline of Diverse Doctors |
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This summer marks the 23rd year of the Post Baccalaureate Program, a long-standing program designed to increase diversity of the physician workforce.
Each year, the program accepts up to 15 individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds or underserved communities in California. These students have completed their undergraduate course work, but feel they need more preparation before applying or reapplying to medical school. It is part of the University of California Post-Baccalaureate Consortium, which supports students from educationally and/or economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and who are committed to practicing in underserved communities of California, gain admission to medical school.
“I think it’s really important that patients see physicians who look like them and understand them,” said Program Director Alma Martinez, MD, MPH.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
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Anti-Oppression Curriculum (AOC) Welcomes 9 Faculty Leaders
Michelle Guy, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of Diversity for Graduate Medical Education, will be serving as the Interim Associate Director, Faculty Consultation for the next year to ensure that AOC plans move forward, particularly with respect to faculty educator needs. In addition, eight faculty educators will serve as Curriculum Component Liaisons who will collaborate with current curricular leaders to adjust and enhance the curriculum using an anti-oppressive lens:
- Rosny Daniel, MD (Emergency Medicine)
- Monica Hahn, MD, MPH, MS (Family and Community Medicine, OBGYN)
- Corina Iacopetti, MD, MA (Pediatrics)
- Kelly Knight, PhD (Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Katherine Lupton, MD (Medicine)
- Willieford (Willie) Moses, MD (Surgery)
- Mia Williams, MD (Medicine)
- Peter Ureste, MD (Psychiatry)
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New Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) |
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Aimee Kao, MD, PhD has been appointed MSTP Director at the UCSF School of Medicine. Dr. Kao is Associate Professor of Neurology and the John Douglas French Foundation Endowed Professor. She is an award-winning physician scientist whose laboratory studies the basic mechanisms underlying neurogenerative disorders. She co-directs the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Biomarker Core. Dr. Kao received the Glenn Award for Research in the Biological Mechanisms of Aging and the Derek Denny Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award, the American Neurological Association’s most prestigious award for early to mid-career scientists.
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Medical Education Coaches |
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We are pleased to announce that two new faculty members have become medical student coaches for the 2021-22 academic year.
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Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
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Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine
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Academy of Medical Educators Celebrates 20 Years of Community
On Thursday, June 24, 2021, the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators marked its 20-year anniversary through a virtual meeting, which included a panel discussion looking back at the history of the Academy, in addition to a look toward the future with a presentation from the task force charged with shaping the priorities and direction of the Academy for the next several years.
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Medical Education Began Re-Opening July 1, 2021
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Classroom-Based Instruction: All small group activities should be in person. All large group activities are now allowed to be in person.
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Clinical-Based Education: All educational activities based in clinical environments will adhere to the guidance of the institution at which they are based.
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Clinical Simulation-Based Education: To the extent possible, simulation-based activities will require the same precautions used in clinical care at the host institution.
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Extra-Curricular Classroom-Based Activities: All activities are permitted in person. These include didactic, social, and skill-based activities.
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Extra-Curricular Clinical-Based Activities: As soon as density restrictions in the clinical environment are relaxed, all extra-curricular clinical-based activities (e.g., shadowing, free clinics) will no longer be restricted.
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Standardized Clerkship Orientation Prepares Students for the Clerkships
To ensure consistency of medical student learning experiences and outcomes across clerkship sites, the Foundations 2 clerkships implemented a standardized clerkship orientation in 2020. Occurring at the start of each clerkship, the orientation ensures all students receive the same information in a familiar format about expectations, study and space information, Foundations 2 policies, and assessment and grading procedures.
Students rated this innovation highly in their 2020 Clerkship Evaluations. Students cited how the orientation provided them with important information about requirements and expectations. The standardized clerkship orientation was particularly useful and impactful in preparing students for the clerkships during 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted ongoing education practices.
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