The Office of Medical Education has expanded its operations into the waterfront building at China Basin Landing, across from the ballpark. The new office is home to four medical education units: Educational Research and Faculty Development; Program Evaluation; Foundations of Patient Care Course Support; and Office of Community Based Education. They are located at 185 Berry Street, Suite 5350, UCSF Box 3202. The office is served by the UCSF Teal shuttle from Mission Bay and the N-Judah Muni line. 13 full time employees now occupy the space, and there a a few "hotel" workstations available for faculty and students working with these programs. For any questions regarding the China Basin Medical Education Suite, contact Victoria Ruddick at victoria.ruddick@ucsf.edu.
Educational Research and Faculty DevelopmentThe Office of Medical Education is pleased to announce that its Educational Research and Faculty Development program, under the directorship of Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD, including Christy Boscardin, PhD, Bridget O'Brien, PhD, Arianne Teherani, PhD, has moved to newly leased space at China Basin Landing. The unit provides consultation services in educational research including theoretical foundation, design, intervention and instrument development and analysis. This unit draws on resources from the Program Evaluation and Educational Data teams to provide support services to researchers.Victoria Ruddick has been appointed manager of Educational Research and Faculty Development and has relocated to the new China Basin site. Dr. O'Sullivan is maintaining her academic office at Parnassus (C-254).
Program EvaluationThe Educational Evaluation team, under the directorship of Arianne Teherani, PhD, includes Allison Chen, Joe Crawford, Mark Lovett, and Sylvia DeCourcey. Educational Evaluations oversees evaluation design, implementation and reporting to inform curricular decision making for the core UCSF School of Medicine curriculum, instructors and medical students. As required by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation body, we guide program improvement through evaluating the effectiveness of the educational program in an ongoing manner using students evaluations of their courses and faculty, and documenting the extent to which our curriculum objectives have been met (LCME Standards ED-46, ED-47. Joe Crawford has maintained his office at Parnassus, but has moved from C-254 to our office located in suite 504 of the Campus Library.
Foundations of Patient CareThe Foundations of Patient Care Office coordinates and implements the activities of the Foundations of Patient Care (FPC) course. This clinical skills course is required of all medical students, and runs longitudinally through the first two years of medical school; the course includes lectures, small groups, physical exam skills instruction, standardized patient activities, preceptorships, structured clinical exercises and assessments. The FPC staff include Charlie DeVries and Diego Sotelo. FPC is current recruiting for an office manager.Contact Charlie DeVries for more information at charlie.devries@ucsf.edu.
Office of Community Based EducationThe Office of Community Based Education (OCBE) is responsible for the recruitment and retention of over 400 preceptors for various components of the medical school curriculum, including the Foundations of Patient Care Course (FPC), PRIME-US program, and Longitudinal Clinical Experience (LCE). This position collaborates with other University departments to coordinate community faculty resources for other parts of the curriculum, including the referral of faculty for small group teaching as appropriate; and perform other duties as assigned. The OCBE staff include Christina Lum (Manager, starts late November 2008), Josh Talley, and Jane Philips, MD. Contact Josh Talley for more information at joshua.talley@ucsf.edu
