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Pathways to Discovery

 

Current UCSF students or trainees, please go directly to the Pathways to Discovery Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) for more information.

The Pathways to Discovery Program is the pursuit of discovery, inquiry, and innovation. The Pathways program facilitates motivated learners in developing the knowledge, skills, and experience to contribute to health beyond the care of individual patients. The five Pathways (at left) represent areas of specialization including health research, curriculum and education theory development, policy and advocacy, and other interventions to improve health on a global scale.

The Pathways program is available to all UCSF learners, including students and trainees from all four professional schools, graduate students, residents, and clinical fellows.

General Format of a Pathway:

1. A mentored project designed and executed in collaboration with a UCSF faculty member. A wide variety of potential project topics and formats is available; examples include: traditional biomedical, clinical, or social scientific investigation, the development of a new piece of curriculum, a new method of healthcare delivery in an underserved comunity in the United States or abroad, or an analysis of proposed health care legislation.

2. Curricula designed to prepare learners for independent work and leadership by introducing the field of study and providing skills necessary to execute their project and shape healthcare in their future careers.

3. Creation of a legacy that provides lasting value to the UCSF community and/or to health and health care at large.

Contacts

Josh Adler, MD Renee Courey, PhD
Pathways to Discovery Director Pathways to Discovery Coordinator
Proessor of Clinical Medicine  

 

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