• Registrar's SAA User ID and PIN
• @UCSF email Accounts and Passwords
• iROCKET ID and Password
• VPN
• GALEN Accounts:
  Your Online Access to Library Services
• STOR/CDS Accounts and Passwords

Registrar's SAA User ID and PIN

Your Personal Identification Number (PIN) and SAA UserID are provided to you in your registration packet and allows you to access their Online Services Web site. The SAA UserID is equivalent to your "student ID number" and is used throughout many campus systems. However, the PIN is confidential and accesses the following:

• your fee statement
• registration holds
• your study list
• viewing your grades
• viewing and changing your personal information

Please be sure you are using a browser capable of supporting SSL encryption.

@UCSF email Accounts and Passwords

Every UCSF medical student has been issued an @UCSF email account. If you do not know your e-mail account username please contact the Office of Educational Technology 415/502-2800.

To change your @UCSF email password, follow these steps:

• Step 1: Log in to your @UCSF email account at https://exchange.ucsf.edu/exchange/
  
• Step 2: Select the OPTIONS menu from the LeftHandNavigation bar
  
• Step 3: Scroll to the bottom of the OPTION page and click the CHANGE PASSWORD button.
  
• Step 4: Complete the password change form and click OK.

iROCKET ID and Password

You USER ID to access iROCKET and the WebCT system, the School of Medicine's digital curriculum is your SAA User ID. Your password is the same as your GALEN II account password. You authenticate to iROCKET and the WebCT systems by logging into your GALEN account.

If you forget your password, go to the Interactive Learning Center (ILC), Library Room 231 or ILC-South in Medical Sciences, S-166 or Library Circulation Desk with your picture ID and "secrets" to establish a new password. You may change your GALEN account password at anytime. Click on Modify Account, login using your GALEN account login name and current password, then follow the directions to change your password.

VPN

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) account, in combination with access to the Internet via your own Internet Service Provider (ISP), provides secure access to the UCSF internal network. Access to the UCSF internal network gives you access to resources restricted to verified UCSF users. This includes Library resources such as licensed textbooks and full-text journal articles. All medical students have been provided with a VPN Account.

What is my username/password?

Your VPN username and password is the same as your SAA user id and password. You can access the VPN here.

If you are having trouble using the VPN please contact OAAIS Customer Service at 514-4100, option 2.

GALEN Accounts:
Your Online Access to Library Services

A GALEN Account allows you to use services provided by the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management. Current services available by using a Galen Account:

• Library Printing Service (LPS)
• Laptop Internet Access Service (LIAS)
• Interactive Learning Centers (ILC) Login
• iROCKET via WebCT

STOR/CDS Accounts and Passwords

What is STOR/CDS?
STOR/CDS is a clinical information system that provides three major services to the campus community - online access to patient results, patient records for clinic visits,and database search reports.

STOR/CDS is available to UCSF Medical Center and UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center personnel.

Who has access to STOR/CDS?
Third- and fourth-year students are given access to STOR/CDS To activate your access ID#, you must read and sign the "Computer Security and Use Statement." The completed form must be turned into the Office of Curricular Affairs, S-221. The form is also available in the Office of Curricular Affairs. This formality is required because strict confidentiality regarding patient records must be maintained.

What is my STOR/CDS USER ID#?

• If you activated your STOR/CDS account prior to June 25, 2001 then your ID # is the last four digits of your social security number preceded by "MS", e.g., MS1234.
• If you activated your STOR/CDs account after June 25, 2001 then your ID # is the same as your SAA User ID.

What is my STOR/CDS Password and
what do I do if I forgot it?
You create your own password the first time you log into the STOR/CDS system. The password must be at least 6 characters long and have at least one number in it. If you forget your password you must have the Office of Curricular Affairs reset the password for you. No one can access your password so a new one must be created. To reset your password call (415) 476-2346 or send an e-mail to mercurio@medsch.ucsf.edu. It takes 24 hours to reactivate an account if you forget your password!

How do I access patient records at SFGH and the SF-VAMC?
Access to Patient Records at the San Francisco General Hospital and the San Francisco VA Medical Center is handled by the department responsible for you and will be set up at that facility.