• 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
• Healthcare System Accounts and Passwords (UCare, CHN, STOR/CDS)

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?

Access to VPN uses the MyAccess login 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

Healthcare System Accounts and Passwords (UCare, CHN, STOR/CDS)

There are several systems students use to access health care information. Below is an overview of some fo the systems student may use.

For detailed instructions on getting access or restting passwords to any of the systems listed below, please see the iROCKET Clinical Core Overview course.

UCare

UCare is the electronic medical record for Moffitt-Long Hospital, the Parnassus Ambulatory clinics, Lakeshore, and Mt. Zion. All lab results, radiology results, and other clinical information from July 1, 2005 onward is in UCare.

STOR/CDS

STOR/CDS is the predecessor clinical information system for online access to patient results, patient records for clinic visits, and database search reports. It is in the process of being replaced by UCare. STOR/CDS is available to UCSF Medical Center and UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center personnel, and is the only electronic source for clinical information prior to July 1, 2005.

Community Health Network (CHN)

The CHN is the patient database for SFGH; all students assigned to SFGH need to have an ID to login to the system.