Continuing Medical Education (CME)

The UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine sponsors several Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses, including:

 

Elevated view of the Grand Hyatt Kauai's oceanfront grounds, featuring a turquoise lagoon-style pool surrounded by palm trees, lounge chairs, and tropical landscaping, with a sandy beach and the deep blue Pacific Ocean stretching into the distance under a clear sky.
UCSF High Risk Emergency Medicine Hawaii CME Conference

High Risk Emergency Medicine Hawaii is designed to address the topics that, due to the risk of misdiagnosis or misadventure, produce the greatest anxiety and concern in the daily practice of emergency medicine for pediatric, adult, and older adult patient populations. This CME-accredited conference is offered by the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, which is nationally renowned for emergency medical and trauma care.

Four emergency responders participate in a wilderness rescue training exercise in a forested area, securing a patient to a stretcher while one provider stabilizes the patient's head and neck. A team leader in a green vest coordinates the effort as the group prepares the patient for transport.
Yosemite Wilderness and Austere Medicine Conference

The conference is designed to meet the needs of those who may encounter life-threatening situations with limited resources. This includes not only emergency physicians, nurses, and physician assistants, but also internists, family practitioners, backcountry rangers, emergency medical services providers, members of the search and rescue community, and outdoor enthusiasts. Through both lectures and hands-on skills workshops, we explore topics such as survival and field treatment of environmental illness, rescue techniques, wound care, and fracture management. 

A group of attendees of the UCSF Building a Career in Global Health conference
UCSF Building a Career in Global Health CME Conference

This two-day conference is designed for all health care practitioners interested in starting careers in global health or integrating global health into their existing practices, including physicians, nurses, students and trainees, and other allied health providers. The event hosts lectures and workshops designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to successfully navigate domestic topics, such as project funding and job negotiation, as well as international topics, including partnership building and program development.