Student Interns
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summer Internship (Summer 2023)
The UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) located at UCSF Health is excited to sponsor a Medical Student Summer Internship in Hospital Medicine with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The goal of the Internship is to enhance exposure to the field of hospital medicine and provide opportunities for academic engagement with our ongoing DEI efforts.
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We are specifically seeking candidates who align with the Division’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are interested in candidates from diverse backgrounds with a track record of experience and engagement in issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion and a commitment to communities that have been historically marginalized. We are specifically seeking applicants who demonstrate a unique contribution and commitment to diversity. The intern will be exposed to the many facets of academic hospital medicine, including quality improvement, medical education, research, and clinical excellence through a DEI lens. We will provide a stipend of approximately $5,000 to the selected candidate to cover living expenses during the 8-week internship period.
Project Structure:
The selected applicant will be presented with project opportunities across many domains of UCSF’s academic Division of Hospital Medicine and paired with a faculty member to provide formal mentorship and define the goals of the project. Possible domains to work on diversity, equity, and inclusion include: Quality Improvement/Value, Medical Education, Research, Clinical Excellence, Clinical Informatics, Global Health, and Social Medicine. In addition, the selected candidate will be given the opportunity to participate in all faculty development meetings and conferences, including Grand Rounds and Case Review.
About UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine
The UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) is the largest division within UCSF’s Department of Medicine (DOM) and is a national leader in clinical care, education, research, and quality improvement. The Division was founded in 1996 after the landmark publication by Robert Wachter and Lee Goldman in the New England Journal of Medicine. Since that time, we have grown to more than 90 faculty and 30 staff members, running 10 clinical services and providing care for nearly half of the patients in the adult hospital on any given day.
We seek to provide the highest-quality, safe, efficient, equitable, evidence-based, patient-centered care while advancing education, research, and innovation in academic hospital medicine. We are committed to becoming a leader in health equity and justice in academic medicine. We have a fundamental commitment to diversity (viewed through every lens). We believe it is essential to enhance the diversity of the Division, and we define diversity broadly as race, culture, religion, mental or physical abilities, age, gender, sexual orientation, distance traveled, and first generation professional. To learn more about us, please visit our website: https://ucsfhealthhospitalmedicine.ucsf.edu/.
Internship Structure
Project Work
The primary component of the summer internship is involvement in project work for projects focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, including disparities in care and improvement in care for marginalized populations. The selected applicant will be presented with project opportunities within UCSF’s Division of Hospital Medicine. For each project, the selected applicant will be paired with a faculty member to define the goals of the project and the faculty member will provide mentorship throughout the time of the internship.
Educational Opportunities
The selected intern will also participate in a structured curriculum in social medicine, with opportunities to attend/participate in joint curriculum with the Quality Improvement team’s summer internship. Additional educational opportunities include attending lectures together with UCSF internal medicine interns on pertinent topics as well as self-study.
Internship Dates & Location
In the summer 2023, the dates for the internship are Tuesday, June 20 – Friday, August 11, 2023 (8 weeks). Within this time frame, the intern may elect to take 5 paid vacation days. In addition, July 4 is an observed holiday.
The primary clinical site of the internship is at the UCSF Parnassus Campus (505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco). This is a hybrid position, with flexibility in designing a joint remote/on-site internship.
Prerequisites
Ideally applicants should have completed at least some medical school; although this internship is also open to PhD students who have interest and experience in DEI within a healthcare setting. Applicants on a non-traditional schedule, such as those taking an additional year(s) of extra study or inquiry, are also encouraged to apply.
Stipend
We will provide a stipend of approximately $5,000 to the selected candidate to cover living expenses during the 8-week internship period. This includes 5 paid vacation days.
How to Apply:
Students should submit a completed application via email to [email protected]. Candidates will be selected based on their academic potential and contribution to the diversity of the Division.
- A current CV
- A one-page essay describing why you are interested in the internship and some possible areas of focus
- A statement on your potential contributions to diversity (see https://diversity.ucsf.edu/contributions-to-diversity-statement for information)
- A letter of recommendation from one faculty member at your medical school
The application deadline is March 6, 2023. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Quality Improvement Summer Internship Program
(Summer 2023)
The UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) located at UCSF Health is excited to sponsor a Summer Internship for Quality, Safety, and Value available to interested medical students. To best meet the needs of our patients and the health system, the DHM is committed to pipeline development in the areas of hospital quality, safety, and value improvement.
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We are seeking applicants for an immersive experience in the real world of quality improvement. The intern will be exposed to the many facets of improvement work under the direct mentorship of the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) faculty and staff. The student will engage in at least two improvement efforts, work closely with an interprofessional team, and have opportunities for scholarly dissemination. We will provide a stipend of approximately $5,000 to the selected candidate to cover living expenses during the 8-week internship period (includes 1 week of vacation).
Internship Structure
Project Work
The primary component of the summer internship is involvement in project work for projects in the fields of quality improvement, healthcare value, and patient safety. The selected applicant will be presented with project opportunities within UCSF’s Division of Hospital Medicine. For each project, the selected applicant will be paired with a faculty member to define the goals of the project and the faculty member will provide mentorship throughout the time of the internship.
Examples of past project work by former interns include:
- Delirium reduction
- Length of stay reduction via studying potential interventions to improve Estimated Discharge Date accuracy
- Studying practice variation amongst hospitalists to help guide quality improvement and coaching interventions
- Identifying barriers to interhospital transfers and understanding the experience of transferred patients
- Identifying barriers to interpreter use for patients with limited English proficiency
- Development of patient-facing materials about interpreter use
- Studying patient out of pocket costs
- Evaluating NSAID prescription appropriateness
- Creating a physician guide for how to engage with patients apprehensive about receiving a COVID vaccine
Potential project areas for the summer 2023 intern include:
- Improving physician-nurse communication
- Addressing disparities in advance care planning
- Patient safety case reviews
- Improving patient experience/familiarity with care team
- Improving communication with patients with limited English proficiency
- Reducing unnecessary use of continuous cardiac/oxygenation monitoring
- Optimizing communication of patients’ estimated discharge date
- Understanding physician practice patterns that contribute to variation in hospital length of stay
- Reducing unnecessary 2am blood glucose checks
- Addressing food insecurity in the hospital setting
- Reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics
- Improving patient mobility
- Reducing unnecessary use of daily blood draws
Educational Opportunities
The selected candidate will be given the opportunity to participate in all relevant faculty development meetings and conferences, including DHM Quality, Safety, and Value faculty meetings (monthly), Quality Improvement Committee (monthly), DHM Grand Rounds (monthly), DHM Case Review (monthly), and Unit-Based Leadership Team meetings (weekly). Depending on the interests of the intern, there are opportunities to join other meetings within the Division of Hospital Medicine (such as monthly faculty development meetings and bimonthly Cases & Conundrums) and within the fields of quality improvement, patient safety, and healthcare value, including health system meetings.
The selected intern will also participate in a structured curriculum in quality improvement, patient safety, and healthcare value. This includes attending lectures together with UCSF internal medicine interns on pertinent topics as well as self-study.
About UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine
The UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) is the largest division within UCSF’s Department of Medicine (DOM) and is a national leader in clinical care, education, research, and quality improvement. The Division was founded in 1996 after the landmark publication by Robert Wachter and Lee Goldman in the New England Journal of Medicine. Since that time, we have grown to more than 90 faculty and 30 staff members, running 10 clinical services and providing care for nearly half of the patients in the adult hospital on any given day.
We seek to provide the highest-quality, safe, efficient, equitable, evidence-based, patient-centered care while advancing education, research, and innovation in academic hospital medicine. We have a fundamental commitment to diversity (viewed through every lens) and are particularly interested in applicants who represent groups that are underrepresented in medicine (URM). To learn more about us, please visit our website: https://ucsfhealthhospitalmedicine.ucsf.edu/
Internship Dates & Location
In the summer 2023, the dates for the internship are Tuesday, June 20 – Friday, August 11, 2023 (8 weeks). Within this time frame, the intern may elect to take 5 paid vacation days. In addition, July 4 is an observed holiday.
The primary clinical site of the internship is at the UCSF Parnassus Campus (505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco). The intern is expected to be on site approximately 2-3 weekdays per week, with opportunity to be on site more often; some project work (such as audits, observations, or interviews) may require more on-site work. The intern will also have the opportunity to complete some project work and education remotely.
Prerequisites
All applicants should have completed at least some medical school; for most applicants, the internship will occur between the first and second years of medical school. Applicants on a non-traditional schedule, such as those taking an additional year(s) of extra study or inquiry, are also encouraged to apply.
Stipend
We will provide a stipend of approximately $5,000 to the selected candidate to cover living expenses during the 8-week internship period. This includes 5 paid vacation days.
How to Apply:
Students should submit a completed application via email to Madison Sui (DHM Quality Improvement Specialist) at [email protected] including the following:
- A current CV (if needed, examples can be found https://career.ucsf.edu/professional/medicine/cvs-resumes-cover-letters#Resume-Samples)
- A one-page personal statement describing:
- why you are interested in the internship
- areas of interest within quality improvement, patient safety, and/or healthcare value
- why you are a good fit for this internship opportunity
- Name and contact information for a professional reference(for example, faculty member at your medical school, faculty member at your undergraduate school, current/former manager/supervisor)
- (Optional) A statement on your potential contribution to diversity (see https://diversity.ucsf.edu/contributions-to-diversity-statement for information)
The application deadline is March 6, 2023 Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Joint Quality Improvement - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summer Internship Description (Summer 2023)
The UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) located at UCSF Health is excited to sponsor a Summer Internship for Quality, Safety, and Value with a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) available to interested medical students.
Click here for more details.
We are seeking applicants for an immersive experience in the real world of quality improvement with a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). The intern will be exposed to the many facets of improvement work as well as many facets of academic hospital medicine (may include research, medical education, clinical excellence) through a DEI lens. The intern will have direct mentorship in both QI and DEI from UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) faculty and staff. The student will engage in at least one improvement project, work closely with an interprofessional team, and have opportunities for scholarly dissemination. We will provide a stipend of approximately $5,000 to the selected candidate to cover living expenses during the 8-week internship period (includes 1 week of vacation).
Internship Structure
Project Work
The primary component of the summer internship is involvement in project work for projects in the fields of quality improvement, healthcare value, and patient safety with a specific focus on projects related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including disparities in care and improvement in care for marginalized populations. The selected applicant will be presented with project opportunities within UCSF’s Division of Hospital Medicine. For each project, the selected applicant will be paired with a faculty member to define the goals of the project and the faculty member will provide mentorship throughout the time of the internship.
Examples of past project work by former QI interns with a focus in DEI include:
- Identifying barriers to interpreter use for patients with limited English proficiency
- Development of patient-facing materials about interpreter use
- Studying patient out of pocket costs
- Creating a physician guide for how to engage with patients apprehensive about receiving a COVID vaccine
Potential project areas for the summer 2023 QI-DEI intern include:
- Addressing disparities in advance care planning
- Patient safety case reviews with a focus on the impact of sociodemographic factors and bias
- Improving patient experience/familiarity with care team with a focus on marginalized populations
- Improving communication with patients with limited English proficiency
- Addressing food insecurity in the hospital setting
Educational Opportunities
The selected candidate will be given the opportunity to participate in all relevant faculty development meetings and conferences, including DHM Quality, Safety, and Value faculty meetings (monthly), Quality Improvement Committee (monthly), DHM Grand Rounds (monthly), DHM Case Review (monthly), DHM Anti-Racism Task Force meetings (monthly), Global Health series (varied), and Unit-Based Leadership Team meetings (weekly). Depending on the interests of the intern, there are opportunities to join other meetings within the Division of Hospital Medicine (such as monthly faculty development meetings and bimonthly Cases & Conundrums) and within the fields of quality improvement, patient safety, social medicine, and healthcare value, including health system meetings.
The selected intern will also participate in a structured curriculum in quality improvement, patient safety, and healthcare value as well as in social medicine. This includes attending lectures together with UCSF internal medicine interns on pertinent topics as well as self-study.
About UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine
The UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) is the largest division within UCSF’s Department of Medicine (DOM) and is a national leader in clinical care, education, research, and quality improvement. The Division was founded in 1996 after the landmark publication by Robert Wachter and Lee Goldman in the New England Journal of Medicine. Since that time, we have grown to 150 faculty and 38 staff members, running 15 clinical services and providing care for nearly half of the patients in the adult hospital on any given day.
We seek to provide the highest-quality, safe, efficient, equitable, evidence-based, patient-centered care while advancing education, research, and innovation in academic hospital medicine. We have a fundamental commitment to diversity (viewed through every lens) and strongly encourage applicants who represent groups that are underrepresented in medicine (URM) to apply. To learn more about us, please visit our website: https://ucsfhealthhospitalmedicine.ucsf.edu/
Internship Dates & Location
In the summer 2023, the dates for the internship are Tuesday, June 20 – Friday, August 11, 2023 (8 weeks). Within this time frame, the intern may elect to take 5 paid vacation days. In addition, July 4 is an observed holiday.
The primary clinical site of the internship is at the UCSF Parnassus Campus (505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco). The intern is expected to be on site approximately 2-3 weekdays per week, with opportunity to be on site more often; some project work (such as audits, observations, or interviews) may require more on-site work. The intern will also have the opportunity to complete some project work and education remotely.
Prerequisites
All applicants should have completed at least some medical school; for most applicants, the internship will occur between the first and second years of medical school. Applicants on a non-traditional schedule, such as those taking an additional year(s) of extra study or inquiry, are also encouraged to apply.
Stipend
We will provide a stipend of approximately $5,000 to the selected candidate to cover living expenses during the 8-week internship period. This includes 5 paid vacation days.
How to Apply:
Students should submit a completed application via email to Madison Sui (DHM Quality Improvement Specialist) at [email protected] including the following:
- A current CV (if needed, examples can be found https://career.ucsf.edu/professional/medicine/cvs-resumes-cover-letters#Resume-Samples)
- A one-page personal statement describing:
- why you are interested in the internship including its specific focus on the intersection of DEI and QI
- areas of interest within quality improvement, patient safety, and/or healthcare value
- why you are a good fit for this internship opportunity
- Name and contact information for a professional reference (for example, faculty member at your medical school, faculty member at your undergraduate school, current/former manager/supervisor)
- (Optional) A statement on your potential contribution to diversity (see https://diversity.ucsf.edu/contributions-to-diversity-statement for information)
The application deadline is March 6, 2023. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.