Continuing Education
Center for Health Professions
The Center for Health Professions at UCSF addresses the challenges faced by health care employees and develops programs and resources to help them make successful transitions to emerging health care systems. Programs are supported by private and public sources, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California HealthCare Foundation, California Endowment, California Wellness Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Blue Shield of California Foundation.
For more information, please contact:
Center for Health Professions
3333 California St., Suite 410
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: ( 415) 476-8181
Fax: (415) 476-4113
Continuing Dental Education
The Community Relations and Continuing Education office in the UCSF School of Dentistry offers lectures, workshops, travel programs and independent study programs for dental professionals. A list of courses is available on the school's website.
For more information, please contact:
Community Relations and Continuing Education
UCSF School of Dentistry
707 Parnassus Avenue, Room D4010
San Francisco, CA 94143-0636
Phone: (415) 476-1101
Fax: (415) 476-3448
The School of Dentistry offers professional programs including a four-year program for a doctor of dental surgery degree; a two-year program for a bachelor of science degree in dental hygiene; and postgraduate programs in advanced general dentistry, dental public health, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontology and prosthodontics.
A master of science and doctor of philosophy degree programs in oral biology also are available. A bachelor of science degree in dental sciences is available to dental students who have not already earned a bachelor's degree. All of these programs are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.
Continuing Medical Education
The UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education offers educational opportunities for physicians and other health care professionals to help improve their skills as practitioners. UCSF is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and offers over 200 courses a year, including grand rounds certified for CME credit, in all medical specialties serving over 13,000 participants. The Continuing Medical Education office is part of the UCSF School of Medicine.
For more information, please contact:
UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education
3333 California St., Room 450
San Francisco, CA 94143-0742
Phone: (415) 476-4251
Fax : (415) 502-1795
Email: [email protected]
The UCSF School of Medicine is consistently ranked among the nation's best medical schools by U.S. News & World Report.
Continuing Nursing Education
The Department of Nursing at UCSF Health sponsors continuing education courses for licensing and certification. These continuing education courses are approved for credit by the California Board of Registered Nursing. The nursing department also offers training programs to help recent nursing graduates qualify for medical center nursing jobs.
For more information, please contact:
Center for Nursing Excellence and Innovation
UCSF Health
2001 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-1993
Email: [email protected]
The School of Nursing offers master of science and doctorate degrees in specialties such as cardiovascular advanced practice nursing as well as primary care. The school is ranked No. 2 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Six nursing specialties are ranked among the top 10 graduate specialty programs. Family and pediatric nurse practitioner programs were ranked No. 1 and the adult nurse practitioner program came in third. Both gerontological and psychiatric/mental health nursing programs were ranked third, and community and public health nursing tied for seventh place.
Continuing Pharmacy Education
The UCSF School of Pharmacy offers career development courses in the sciences, clinician-assisted tobacco cessation and leadership development in pharmacy. For more information on the school's offerings, visit the School of Pharmacy's education page.
UCSF's School of Pharmacy offers continuous learning courses as part of a suite of education programs. The school is one of the nation's top-ranked Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree programs, according to U.S. News and World Report. The UCSF Graduate Division offers a number of Ph.D. programs in the sciences that are taught by UCSF School of Pharmacy and UCSF School of Medicine faculty members. The school also helps contribute to the success of a number of other degree programs, as well as the development and delivery of various post-doctoral programs, including a pharmacy residency program administered by the UCSF Health Pharmacy Enterprise in partnership with Department of Clinical Pharmacy faculty. All programs are administered under the guidance of faculty members who are nationally and internationally recognized.