Thank you for your interest in the Department of Emergency Medicine's clinical electives. When space is available, U.S. students (we do not accept Canadian or international students) may apply to participate in our electives. There is no remuneration for these electives and neither room nor board is provided.

The maximum amount of elective time for visiting students is 3 months/12 weeks at UCSF.

VSAS application

Beginning in 2009-2010, UCSF will only be accepting applications submitted on-line through the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS), www.aamc.org/programs/vsas/students/start.htm **

**PLEASE NOTE: Emergency Medicine requires additional documents to be included with application.  Please send a Letter of Recommendation to the Housestaff Coordinator (address below) and have your Home school include your Step 1 scores on the Eligibility Form in VSAS (line 16).

2010-2011 Application Dates:

Accepting applications: April 19, 2010.

Available Electives:

140.01	Advanced Emergency Medicine(Parn/SFGH combined) EM students only
To apply for the Parn/SFGH elective, please contact: Charlene Salerno csalerno@sfghed.ucsf.edu Emergency Services San Francisco General Hospital 1001 Potrero Avenue, Room 1E21 San Francisco CA 94110

140.10	Advanced Emergency Medicine(SFGH) offered Jan 2010-April 2010
To apply for the SFGH elective, please contact: Charlene Salerno csalerno@sfghed.ucsf.edu Emergency Services San Francisco General Hospital 1001 Potrero Avenue, Room 1E21 San Francisco CA 94110

140.20	Advanced Emergency Medicine (Parnassus) offered Jan 2010-April 2010
To apply for the Parnassus elective, please contact: Eve Phong eve.phong@ucsf.edu Emergency Medicine Clerkship Coordinator Box 0203 University of California San Francisco, CA 94143-0203

Block Calendar:

Your dates of attendance must correspond with our Block Electives Calendar. You must start at the beginning of the block(s) and finish at the end of the block(s). No Exceptions are made to this calendar.

Cancellation:
You must withdraw at least 8 weeks before your starting date. Fees are non-refundable. All cancellations and changes must be made in writing. A letter will be written to your Dean if, once scheduled and confirmed, you withdraw from an elective less than eight (8) weeks before the starting date or if you fail to notify us at all.