Mentorship and Advising Programs

UCSF offers multiple mentorship opportunities for pediatric residents as part of our residency-wide mentorship program. Residents have direct access to our mentor database and can select their individual mentor based on shared career or academic interest and/or shared identity. As part of the program, mentors and mentees are encouraged to participate in year-round mentorship activities and professional development. 

Underrepresented in Medicine (UIM) mentoring and community-building opportunities are also available for UIM-identifying residents within our department and across the Graduate Medical Education Department.

Resident Families

Additionally, all residents are assigned to a resident “family” (or PLUS pod) that consists of a PGY-1, PGY-2, PGY-3, and two faculty members. Resident families provide additional networking and community-building opportunities throughout residency.

The advising program pairs each resident with one of our Associate Program Directors or with our program director for biannual meetings where individual support and feedback are provided regarding each resident’s clinical, career, scholarly, and wellness goals for each year in residency.