Fastpay Program Expanded

The Medical Center's Fastpay program has expanded to include:

• Nursing Courtyard Caffe
• Carmelina's Taqueria
• Cafe Bellini
• Palio Paninoteca
• Panda Express
• Subway
• University Bookstore (COMING SOON!)
• University Express (COMING SOON!)
• University Tech Store (COMING SOON!)

What is FastPay?

FastPay is the new cashless program available to faculty, staff, student, and other individuals affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Developed by the Department of Nutrition & Food Services (NFS) in partnership with Campus Life Services (CLS), this voluntary program is available to anyone at no cost

Check out the Fast Pay Program. Sign up now and get $5 added to you account.

Quarterly Medical Education Staff Meetings

Medical Education will be hosting the first all staff meeting on October 29th from 8:30am - 10:30am. We are planning quarterly Medical Education Staff Meetings to increase communications across Medical Education units. These meetings will provide time for Medical Education staff to share information and updates on unit projects. More information on the October 29th meeting to follow.

Medical Education Fall Social - October 16th

Vice Dean Irby would like to invite everyone to enjoy a Fall Celebration honoring the start of a new academic year for medical education.

We will host the event at our new medical education suite at China Basin/Wharfside Building across from AT&T Park.

The celebration starts at 3pm with an open house at the medical education suite, following by reception at the Promenade.

China Basin Landing
85 Berry Street, Suite 5350

Transportation Options: (Map)

• Parking is available for $8 at Lot A of AT&T Park
• N-Judah to Cal-Train Station
• Shuttle to Mission Bay with 10 minute walk to China Basin Landing (Schedule)
  

Please reserve a ½ hour travel time to China Basin.

Pathways to Discovery Coordinator Position

We are excited to begin the recruitment for the Pathways to Discovery Coordinator. The Coordinator will serve as the administrative manager to coordinate the five pathways to discovery areas, including enrollment and progress of trainees, oversight of training funds, and coordinating Pathways Director meetings and executive meetings. The Coordinator will serve as the strategic coordinator to develop, implement, and evaluate the policies, procedures, and processes to oversee the Pathways program. They will serve on SOM committees and represent the Pathways to Discovery Program to other schools, academic institutions, and community programs.

This position is classified as an Analyst III, please feel free to forward the posting to any qualified candidates:

http://medschool.ucsf.edu/medicaleducation/pathways_analystIII.aspx

Educational Research Analyst I Position Posted

We are excited to announce the recruitment for the Educational Research Analyst I who will support the Educational Research unit. The research analyst provides broad educational research support to faculty and students in professions education. The Research Analyst will perform data collection and preparation, survey design, and assist with data organization and statistical analysis. They will provide pre- and post-award coordination for educational research grants, and provide research study support to four educational research faculty in our China Basin Medical Education suite.

Please feel free to forward the job posting to individuals who may be interested.
http://medschool.ucsf.edu/medicaleducation/edresearch_analystI.aspx

White Coat Ceremony

The Office of Student Affairs completed a successful orientation week with the White Coat Ceremony. The Dean's Office wrote a feature article on the significance of the white coat. Check out the article to get to know some of the new faces in Medical Education

White Coats on a Rainbow of Students

Staff Survey Results Look Good for Medcial Education

The results of the 2008 Staff Opinion Survey show a marked increase in overall ratings for Medical Education Units from the 2006 survey. We would like to thank everyone for participating in the Staff Opinion Survey, your feedback is valued by the leadership team, directors, and managers of Medical Education. We had an approximately 61% response rate, up from 27% in 2006. The Assistant Dean and directors are reviewing the results and are looking forward to working with everyone on getting continued feedback.

Reports from the Survey:

Strengths (the favorable score was 85% or more):

• The person I report to supports me in balancing my work life and personal life.
• The person I report to supports me in developing new skills.
• My ideas and suggestions are seriously considered.
• My work unit conducts business in an ethical manner.
• The person I report to cares about quality improvement.
• My work unit provides excellent service.
• I am satisfied with the recognition I receive from the person I report to for doing a good job.
• I respect the abilities of the person to whom I report.
• I understand how my work unit contributes to UCSF's mission, vision, values, and goals.
• My working conditions are safe.

Opportunities for Improvement (the unfavorable score was 25% or less):

• My work unit's facilities are clean and well-maintained.
• I am satisfied with the performance appraisal system in my work unit.
• Communication between work units is effective within UCSF.
• Different work units work well together within UCSF.
• There is effective communication up and down organizational levels at UCSF.
• My work unit is adequately staffed.
• There is a climate of trust at UCSF.

ISU Service Guidelines 2008-2009

Rhona Synman, Project Manager for the Dean's Office Information Services Unit presented the units 08-09 Service Guidelines to the Medical Education Directors on Thursday. ISU provides implementation and maintenance support for strategic administrative applications for the School of Medicine.

Web Services
In partnership with Communications, ISU has committed to trying to update each DO Unit web site once every 3 years. High profile sites, such as Admissions, will receive yearly updates. Sites planned for updates in 08-09 include both Admissions and the Academy of Medical Educators. Other sites will be determined later.

Application Support
ISU currently maintains over 80 applications. Support requests for these applications will be categorized as either a "defect" or "enhancement." Requests that require less than 80 hours of work will scheduled for completion at no cost to the Deans Office Unit. Enhancements over 80 hours will be managed as a project and billed accordingly.

New Application Development Projects
New projects will be reviewed by the Dean's Office IT Steering Committee at the beginning of each phase of the project, including Project Request, Initiation, and Construction.

The Greening of Student Orientation

This year, the Office of Student Affairs replaced paper welcome folders with USB flash drives for all incoming medical students. OSA saved over 7000 pieces of paper and 10 hours of staff time previously used to make copies and stuff the folders. In addition, students received re-usable School of Medicine water bottles. These water bottles will replace the ordering of disposable plastic water bottles for events throughout the year. After 5 class-wide events, we will have saved 750 plastic water bottles from reaching our landfills.

Photos show Before and After Orientation Materials

Teaching and Learning Center Website Live

The Teaching and Learning Center website describes the background and construction of the second floor of the Parnassus Campus Library education center, opening in Spring 2010. The Teaching and Learning Center will provide a technology-rich environment in support of interprofessional and transdisciplinary learning programs at UCSF. The programs will focus on training future health professionals and scientists to become leaders in delivering high quality care to underserved communities.

The second floor will be transformed to house this new facility, enhancing Library education space with a simulation and clinical skills education center; new teaching and learning space, including technology-enhanced active-learning classrooms and computing labs; and communications technology to facilitate interaction with health care providers, students, and support teams at other sites.

Curriculum Ambassador Showcase Monday

The Curriculum Ambassador Showcase is Monday, September 15th from 1-3PM in the Golden Gate Room in Millberry Union. The Summer Curriculum Ambassador program provides support and mentoring for students to pursue a curriculum project of their choosing. Students partner with course faculty to develop particular areas with a block—from small group sessions to longitudinal theme development to online modules. Students also work on team projects to enhance cross-block integration and consistency.

There will be food provided at the showcase. Guests will vote on the best projects and prizes will be awarded.

Come and join us!

Career Development Website for Staff

Explore resources that will help you achieve your career goals! UCSF Campus HR has launched a new website, Career Development at UCSF, designed especially for staff. We’re pleased to offer new support for staff with the launch of this website and our new workshop, Introduction to Career Planning, led by Elayne Chou, PhD.

Whether you’re interested in excelling in your current position, taking on new responsibilities, or changing careers, Career Development at UCSF provides you with:

• A three-step career planning process: Explore, Plan, and Act
• Resources to help you assess your goals, skills, and interests
• A framework for designing a personal career development plan with SMART goals
• Links to great resources on campus including classes, mentoring programs, and financial assistance
• Stories and advice from UCSF employees working to reach their career goals
• Tips on resumes and interviewing
• Four pilot career paths: HR Generalists, Academic HR Personnel, RSAs, and Finance Analysts

Intended Audience: UCSF staff at all levels. Visit http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/careerdev/

Welcome the Class of 2012

The new class of first year medical students (Class of 2012) arrived this week for Orientation and preparation for medical school. This week our new students have reviewed overviews of our curriculum, student services, Advisory College system, and witnessed the Danovich Case in all of its engaging realism.

In addition they have met our teams and taken care of the details necessary to make them active members of the UCSF Community, such as an orientation to iROCKET, having the their "mug" taken for the photobook, and getting wired to our revitalized wireless network.

This years class continues to the tradition of diversity UCSF holds so essential to the health of our educational system.

There are a total of 168 new students. That is 4 more than last year, and 15 more than 2005. In November, two Oral Maxillofacial Program students will bump the total enrollment up to 170!

Here are some statistics you may find interesting:



9 students are over the age of 30; 2 students already have a Ph.D.; 16 have a Masters degree.

Welcome them when you see them in the halls!

AAMC analysis: after affirmative action in California

New research analysis from the AAMC reports the number of in-state minority college students accepted by and enrolled in California medical schools has decreased since the elimination of race-conscious admissions in that state.

The latest issue of AAMC Analysis in Brief shows California medical schools accepted, on average, 170 in-state minority applicants each year from 1997-2007, down from about 230 students in 1993. Additionally, the report shows a 6.7 percent decrease in in-state minority students matriculating to California's medical schools from 1997 to 2007. Affirmative action was banned by the University of California's Board of Regents in 1995, and state voters codified its elimination a year later. An overall drop in the U.S. medical school applicant pool in the 1990s has made it difficult to determine the direct impact of the elimination of affirmative action in California. Despite an array of programs to support diversity efforts, however, in-state minority acceptances and matriculants to California medical schools have not returned to the rates achieved in the early 1990s.

Information: Go to http://www.aamc.org/data/aib/aibissues/aibvol8_no6.pdf