2nd Years Celebrate the End of the Essential Core

Deans Irby, Loeser, and Papadakis make the end of the Essential Core that much sweeter with delightful cupcakes!

Second year students, Class of 2013, celebrated their final day in the Essential Core on Friday, March 4.

Next up for them: studying for Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Exam, Transitional Clerkship, and a full year in the Clinical Core.

4th Annual UCSF Leadership Panel on Diversity

Thursday, April 14, 2011
Noon – 1:30 pm
Cole Hall*

Please join Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann and the UCSF leadership team for a discussion on diversity, equity and inclusion.

featuring

Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D.
Chief Diversity Officer
Association of American Medical Colleges

*Simulcast to:
Mission Bay – Rock Hall, Pottruck Auditorium
Laurel Heights – Auditorium
Mount Zion – Herbst Auditorium
Fresno – Room 135
654 Minnesota Street – Fox Conference Room
50 Beale Street – McKusick Conference Room, 13th Floor

*Video Stream to:
SFGH – TBA
Veterans Affairs Medical Center – Teak Room, Bldg. 200, Room 1A122

Do you have a diversity question you would like answered by the
leadership panel? Send your questions to DiversityOutreach@ucsf.edu

Thank You to Joe Crawford

It is with very mixed emotions that we announce that Joe Crawford is leaving Medical Education and Educational Evaluations team at the end of March. Joe has been with Educational Evaluations since July 2006 and has been our source for the Essential Core evaluations, the Teaching Awards and many other important evaluations projects.

On Monday 3/28, Joe will be starting his new position as the administration and communications analyst in the School of Pharmacy Dean’s Office.

We will miss Joe very much in the School of Medicine, but fortunately he will still be at Parnassus. Since the School of Pharmacy uses EValue, we will be lucky enough to continue working with him on a campus wide level.

We will certainly miss Joe and please join us in congratulating him on his new position!

Search for Associate Dean for Curriculum

The University of California, San Francisco invites internal nominations and applications for the position of Associate Dean for Curriculum in the School of Medicine. The Associate Dean for Curriculum reports directly to the vice dean for education and is responsible for curriculum leadership, management, evaluation and quality.

As an academic leader, the associate dean articulates the mission, vision, and values of the curriculum; stimulates collaborative endeavors to improve all academic programs; promotes educational innovations and research; seeks and supports external funding opportunities; advocates for improved learning space and participates actively in continuous educational quality improvement. The associate dean serves as a member of the education leadership team, works most closely with the associate dean for students and engages collaboratively with the vice dean for education and the other education deans and unit directors.

As a manager, the associate dean is responsible for the resources necessary to conduct and evaluate the curriculum; oversees the curricular aspects of Undergraduate Medical Education (UME); and shares (with the associate dean for students and the assistant dean for medical education) supervision of the Director of UME; creates communication mechanisms, evaluation procedures, and accountability structures to ensure educational excellence.

Specific activities and collaborations include: strategic and action planning with members of the Committee on Curriculum and Educational Policy, with the leadership of its subordinate curriculum management and oversight committees, and with other faculty committees as well as the Dean’s Office, counterparts in the other UCSF professional schools, administrative leadership across OME, and students; LCME compliance and readiness; enhancing programs and improving learning through faculty development and mentoring; monitoring student progress; and overseeing the preparation of the summative Medical Student Performance Evaluations.

Direct reports to the associate dean for curriculum include:

* Director, Foundations of Patient Care
* Director, Pathways to Discovery
* Director, Preceptor Outreach
* Director, PRIME-US
* Director, Program Assessment
* Director, Student Assessment
* Director, Undergraduate Medical Education

The person selected for this position must be an MD or PhD faculty in the UCSF School of Medicine, with demonstrated leadership in curriculum development and medical education. Requisite attributes will include: demonstrated abilities to inspire others and to work collaboratively, creatively and constructively with others and negotiate skillfully; strong organization skills; recognition as a respected member of the medical education and professional community; and a passion for teaching and learning as well as for the development of students, staff members, faculty members and academic programs.

Faculty rank and salary will be commensurate with education and experience; this appointment is anticipated to be at the associate professor level or above and will require at least 50% commitment. Start date is on or after July 1, 2011.

Electronic applications will be accepted until April 15, 2011, should include a letter of application and curriculum vitae, and be sent to: Maxine Papadakis, MD, c/o HarveyF@medsch.ucsf.edu

Teaching and Learning Center Updates

Check out the Teaching and Learning Center Video:


Take a Tour of the Center

Check out the TLC Website for more information

Library Instructional Grants Due March 14th

Applications for the Instructional Grants Program, 2011-2012, are now being accepted. Funds are available to support instructional improvement projects focused on interprofessional health education, to be initiated during the 2011-2012 academic year. This grant program is funded by UCSF's new Center for Excellence in Interprofessional Health Education and the Library. The Center envisions "UCSF graduates will be able to work collaboratively and interprofessionally to advance patient care, public service, and research."

Grants will be awarded at a maximum of $18,000 each for one- to two-year projects. UCSF faculty, students, and staff are invited to apply. Funds can be used to cover faculty release time as well as other project costs. Proposals will be expected to be developed by, or specify, collaborators in two or more schools.

Applications are due March 14, 2011. View application criteria, instructions, and forms.

Western Colleges Commission Gives UCSF High Marks for Collaboration and Diversity

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) has reaffirmed UCSF’s accreditation across all four schools and the Graduate Division, citing the commission’s confidence in UCSF’s capacity to continue achieving its goals for student success into the future.

UCSF earned the maximum period of time – 10 years – until its next review by WASC’s Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities. Accreditation by the nonprofit association reflects UCSF’s rigorous standards of quality, capacity and effectiveness in its mission, including a special focus on enhancing diversity initiatives, improving education facilities and fostering collaborative education.

“This validates UCSF's efforts to make each of its schools a top leader in training the next generation of healthcare professionals,” said UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH. “I was particularly pleased that the commission noted the galvanizing effect of our new Teaching and Learning Center on helping UCSF become the best place for clinical teams to learn together.”

The technology-rich Teaching and Learning Center – which opened in February as host to a state-of-the-art clinical skills simulation lab – was cited by the WASC commission as proof of UCSF’s commitment to increasing the quality of its interdisciplinary learning environments.

Read more:  Western Colleges Commission Gives UCSF High Marks for Collaboration and Diversity | www.ucsf.edu

Associate Dean Helen Loeser to Step Down July 2011

Dr. Helen Loeser has informed me that she intends to step down as associate dean for curriculum, effective July 1, 2011. She plans to continue to work on specific educational initiatives. While I have accepted her decision to step down with regret, I am delighted that she will remain an active member of our medical education team.

It has been a pleasure to work with Dr. Loeser. I admire her passion for education, her ability to innovate, her devotion to our students, her dedication to fairness and inclusion, her commitment to supporting the development of others, and her remarkable compassion. Under Dr. Loeser's stewardship, the curriculum in the medical school has flourished and garnered national and international recognition. She ably led the planning committee for the new Teaching and Learning Center and has contributed significantly to interprofessional education on campus. In 2007, Helen was honored with the Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine. On behalf of our entire community, I want to thank Dr. Loeser for her extraordinary contributions.

An internal search, led by Associate Dean Maxine Papadakis, will be conducted to find a successor who will continue to advance the school's MD curriculum. The search announcement can be found on the School of Medicine website. Please send applications and nominations to Dr. Papadakis c/o Frances Harvey.

Please join me in thanking Dr. Loeser for her outstanding service to education.

Sincerely,
Sam Hawgood

Green Tip: UCSF’s New Water Bottle Refilling Stations

You can now get free water on the go, and help our environment, by using the water

bottle refilling stations in Millberry Union (in front of Palio’s) and at Mission Bay (on Gene Friend Way near 3rd St). The Global Tap fountain is designed to allow for an easy refill of your reusable water bottle.

For more information about the stations at UCSF and the benefits of tap water, see the UCSF Sustainability story.