Education

From left: Elaine Conroy, PMHNP resident; Charles Primich, UCSF-SFVA project director; Rosalind De Lisser, UCSF-SFVA project director; Bethany Sullivan, PMHNP resident; Matthew Tierney, UCSF-SFVA faculty; Katelyn Brady, PMHNP resident (photos by Elisabeth Fall)

September 2016 Andrew Schwartz

Partnership with SFVA Creates Rare Residency for Psychiatric/Mental Health NPs

In an effort to better meet the mental health needs of Bay Area veterans, a new psychiatric/mental health NP residency creates opportunities for building important alliances between the San Francisco VA Health Care System and UC San Francisco School of Nursing.

March 2016 Andrew Schwartz

Bates Endowed Chair Strengthens Emphasis on Addressing Health Disparities

By creating the Sally Bates Endowed Chair in Health Disparities, pioneering neurosurgeon Ernest Bates honors the memory of his mother and the value of nurses and nurse scientists in the essential effort to erase health inequities.

From left: UCSF dental student Brian P. Lee, medical student Noah Younger, pharmacy student Jason Kirkwood and nursing student Brianna Vixama participate in an interprofessional standardized patient exercise (photo by Elisabeth Fall).

January 2016 Diana Austin

UCSF and Others Strive to Create True Health Care Teams

The push to make health care education more interprofessional has taken on a new urgency with the increased focus on high-value care. Despite a host of challenges, UCSF and other institutions are looking at innovative ways to make this happen.

An interprofessional team of students participate in a standardized patient exercise at the UCSF Kanbar Center for Simulation, Clinical Skills and Telemedicine Education to work through real-world clinical challenges in a controlled environment (photos by Elisabeth Fall).

January 2016 Angel Chen

Commentary: True Collaborative Training Demands Clinicians Buy In to a Few Simple Rules

Angel Chen – one of the first interprofessional inductees into the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators – argues that now is the time for clinical teaching environments to fully embrace interprofessional collaborative practice.

At the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, from left: Julie Tea, MEPN student; Gloria Martinez, associate director for Patient Care and Nursing Services; Denise Renfro; and Sophia Nogue, MEPN student (photo by Elisabeth Fall)

August 2015 Andrew Schwartz

Partnership with Palo Alto VA Gives MEPN Students Critical Experience

Residency program gives pre-licensure MEPN students invaluable early experience while deepening UC San Francisco’s working relationship with the Veterans Health Administration.

Assistant Professor Laura Wagner (far right) observes AGNP student Nhat Bui examining resident Margaret Jacobs at San Francisco’s Heritage on the Marina (photo by Elisabeth Fall).

July 2015 Diana Austin

New Partnerships Train Nurses to Work in a Patient-Centered Primary Care Environment

UC San Francisco School of Nursing is forging clinical partnerships to train a new generation of primary care providers to work in patient-centered, interprofessional teams.

Anne Hughes (center) and student Julia Itsikson (right) consult with a patient at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco (photo by Elisabeth Fall).

February 2015 Andrew Schwartz

Palliative Care Minor Builds On Historic Commitment, Interdisciplinary Collaboration

As recognition of the need for palliative care expands, UC San Francisco School of Nursing responds with an innovative new program.

October 2014 Kate Darby Rauch

A Stronghold in the Care of Older Adults

UC San Francisco School of Nursing has a deep historical commitment to the health of the elderly and remains a national force in the evolving field of gerontological nursing.