Medical Students

UCSF Fresno offers medical students a variety of opportunities in psychiatry, including

• Traditional core clerkships in psychiatry for UCSF third-year medical students
• The San Joaquin Valley PRIME initiative, a collaboration between UCSF, UC Merced, and UCSF faculty at UCSF Fresno, as researchers, educators and leaders in the field of health care in the Valley. Students accepted into the SJV PRIME spend their first 18 months at the main campus in San Francisco and the next two-and-a-half years at the UCSF Fresno campus. The PRIME program is a tailored track at UCSF School of Medicine for medical students who are committed to ensuring high quality, diverse and well distributed medical care to underserved patients in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
• Elective fourth-year clerkships in psychiatry, which are open to both UCSF and visiting students. This rotation aims to develop students' clinical skills in psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning within a multidisciplinary healthcare setting.
  
  NOTE: UCSF/SJV students, to apply for a Fresno Course, please refer to the Fresno Medical Student Programs page and apply directly to Fresno.
  
  All other students please use VSAS.
  
  After an offer is extended and accepted, students may be asked about their site preference, which will depend on availability at individual sites.
  
  The UCSF Fresno Psychiatry program is excited to offer a visiting student stipend opportunity to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are committed to working with underserved populations, or are interested in working with issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. If you are interested in the stipend, please apply here: Visiting Student Scholar Stipend

The residents in our program are actively involved in teaching medical students from all these programs. These teaching opportunities take place in the acute inpatient service, outpatient services, emergency room, and the consultation-liaison service.