Medical Student Program Electives

Develop the knowledge necessary to assess clinical problems related to the toxic effects of drugs and poisons. Students participate in case discussions about poisonings and drug overdoses and make follow-up telephone calls to hospitalized patients.

Learn about prehospital care in San Francisco's busy urban emergency medical services (EMS) system. Firsthand experiences with paramedics and dispatchers teach students about critical patient management in the prehospital setting, with didactics focused on EMS structure, communication, and disaster management topics. Students design and complete a mentored EMS project during the rotation.

Build a solid foundation in emergency ultrasound. Students learn the appropriate indications for various POCUS applications, how to perform each study, interpret their findings, and integrate POCUS into clinical care.