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The Bay Area Schweitzer Fellows Program is a one-year interdisciplinary, mentored fellowship program focused on health-related community service and leadership development. In addition to the four overall goals of the U.S. Schweitzer Fellows Program®, the Bay Area Schweitzer Fellows Program strengthens Fellows' resolve to provide health service to under-served populations by facilitating opportunities for students to: 1) Use their skills and knowledge in real-life situations; 2) Become culturally sensitive and compassionate caregivers; 3) Understand the impact of social and environmental determinants of health; 4) Build capacity for and commitment to improving the health status of individuals and communities as well as contributing to social change; 5) Work collaboratively and across disciplines in pursuit of a common goal; and 6) Learn how to exercise leadership skills to work with and influence community based organizations, community leaders, and academic institutions to embrace holistic, service-oriented approaches to health.

The program creates defined educational paths so that individuals can develop focused teaching skills and receive a certificate in recognition of achievement. The program is open to current and future faculty at UCSF and at affiliated institutions (i.e., residents, fellows, volunteer faculty). Participants complete specific sets of UCSF Educational Skills Workshops. Credit toward the certificate is given after demonstration of competence through assessments that are completed during each workshop. Currently, certificate tracks include: 1) General Teaching; 2) Clinical Teaching; 3) Simulation Teaching; 4) Interprofessional Teaching; 5) Teaching Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QI/PS); 6) Education Leadership.