UCSF-UCB Berkeley Outpatient Clinic

Address: UCSF-UCB Berkeley Outpatient Clinic

Contact Person: George Lee, OD (gkl@berkeley.edu)

Clinical Faculty:  Drs. Sandra Harpster, Kuniyoshi Kanai, Claudia Ruegg, Mark Wu

Type of Practice

UCSF offers a clinical externship in optometry to two fourth-year students from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry. The rotation will take place in the East Bay and is structured to give the student exposure to working with an Ophthalmologist and an Optometrist. The clinical rotation will involve working in primary care and urgent care. The student will participate in direct patient care under the oversight of attending faculty five days a week. Currently, the rotation will occur from Fall 1 2018 to Spring 2 2019. There will be no summer rotation.

Demographics

• Patients cared for by UCSF come from a diverse background of all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds from infancy to elderly.

Prerequisites for Student Interns

• Please see Externships Documentation and Immunization Requirements page for requirements (not updated yet).

Educational Objectives

• This rotation emphasizes learning through direct patient care, in most cases with adults and children.