Community and Belonging at UCSF

Residency Retreat2025

Program Highlights

Since 2020, our program has partnered with the Health Access and Opportunities Pathway as part of the Graduate Medical Education programs to thoughtfully train and develop leaders for justice in clinical and academic spaces

  • We developed a new Community and Belonging Curriculum with a UCSF President’s Innovation Fund Award that includes academic half-day sessions dedicated to exploring topics such as Medical Manifestations of Personal Barriers and Adversity to Accessing Healthcare and Anti-Discrimination Responses, and Identity and Intersectionality for Ourselves and Our Patients. This is coupled with an iterative curriculum designed to incorporate consideration of identity and discrimination in all academic venues, from clinical reasoning conferences to journal clubs and simulations. Additionally, we have a Social Justice Discussion Club that uses popular media as a platform for discussions on timely issues impacting our community
  • We continue to invest in faculty development so that our faculty can do better to create space for conversations around bias and discrimination in all clinical and learning environments. This includes faculty development within UCSF’s broader Differences Matter Initiative as well as opportunities to engage in more targeted programs, like a longitudinal curriculum on microaggressions
  • We launched community partnerships, including with FACES for the Future, where Residents and Medical Students led 4 workshops (case-based scenarios, COVID-19 Q&A, Wellness) for almost 400 High School Students in California and New Mexico
  • We participated in resident applicant communication, recruitment (including the National LMSA conference and Virtual SNMA conference), evaluation, and ranking
  • We advocated for leaders from all individuals within the Department of Pediatrics with a new departmental Vice Chair of Opportunity and Outreach and 4 junior faculty Opportunity and Outreach leaders
  • The residency mentorship program includes specific programming by and for residents with medically, economically, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds
Group of Pediatric Residents
Pediatric residents gathered at UCSF’s RISE-UP Gallery

RISE Coalition

At UCSF, our march toward equity and justice is enacted and envisioned in part by a consortium of pediatric residents, faculty and administration. They form the RISE Coalition (Resident-led Physicians for Inclusion, Social Justice, and Equity).

  • Highlight inclusion and belonging for all as we foster a culture that embraces people of all backgrounds
  • Create a workforce that is representative of the children and families that we serve
  • Train pediatricians who will promote our mission as future leaders
  • Establish a firm anti-discrimination stance
  • Promote the transition from the identity of an ally, which is passive in nature, to an advocate, which is action-oriented
  • Commit to including research in our toolbox for advocacy

Current UCSF Pediatric Faculty, Fellows, and Residents can sign up to be on Opportunity Committee Listservs. Once added, you will receive information regarding future meetings and current projects. Email: [email protected]

Visit the UCSF Office of Opportunity and Outreach to learn more about UCSF’s broad community.