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Synapse ursday, January 30, 2014 synapse.ucsf.edu Volume 58, Number 17 The UCSF Student Newspaper IN THIS ISSUE News Briefs » PAGE 3 Journal Club » PAGE 5 Puzzles » PAGE 7 FOOD SF Beer Week We highlight the notable events for the 2014 festival » PAGE 6 NEWS Chinese Culture Night Celebrate the Year of the Horse with CHPSA » PAGE 3 Photo by Sam Lee/MEPN1 BRIDGES » PAGE 3 PAYING IT FORWARD » PAGE 7 NEWS Bridges Curriculum: Building the 21st-Century Physician About 1,100 students and friends turned out for the annual Formal, held on Saturday, January 25, at the Westin St. Francis. They enjoyed a night of dancing, desserts and photo booths. OPERATING ROOM » PAGE 5 Postdoc Ed Roberts volunteers at Maitri, a resi- dential hospice. "Maitri," pronounced "MY-tree," is a Sanskrit word that means "compassionate friendship." Photo courtesy of Ed Roberts/Postdoc By Yi Lu Editor T he staff at teaching hospitals such as UCSF Medical Center are accustomed to seeing third- and fourth-year medi- cal students — with their bulging short white coats and unique air of eager ignorance — on the wards. But in two years, it might be com- mon to see first-year medical students active- ly engaging in clinical experiences as well. at’s when the School of Medicine’s new Bridges curriculum will be implemented, as part of an ongoing effort to keep medi- cal training effective and relevant in light of changing clinical environments. e development of the Bridges curricu- lum comes at the heels of another major cur- riculum redesign in 2000, which resulted in the Essential Core. At that time, medical educators broke away from the traditional separation of the basic and clinical sciences, with separate courses in biochemistry, anatomy and patho- physiology. Instead, courses were designed around topics such as the brain or metabolism, so that students could learn about normal and abnormal responses to disease at the same time, recapitulating how they would apply this knowledge in the clinics. According to Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean for Medical Education, the Bridges curricu- lum seeks to build on the foundation laid by the Essential Core. “Because the [Essential Core] was so suc- cessful, I thought it was possible that UCSF — with its history of solving great problems — could now turn its lens outward,” she said, “and ask how it could produce the type of physician that is going to survive, thrive and lead in a dynamic health care environment.” Lucey’s vision has been guided by the 2010 report “Educating Physicians,” authored by UCSF faculty members Molly Cooke, Da- vid Irby and Bridget O’Brien. “Educating Physicians” has been called the 21st century successor to the Flexner Re- port of 1910. at original report, spearheaded by the educator Abraham Flexner, was born out of recognition of the inconsistent and oſten substandard education offered by medical schools at the turn of the 20th century. After visiting all 155 of the medical schools in the United States and Canada, Flexner proposed a series of standards that came to define medical education in the Unit- ed States, such as a focus on scientific inquiry and two years of supervised clinical experi- ence. All School Formal NEWS Pay It Forward at Maitri By Jenny Qi Executive Editor “Serving the community [is] ingrained in the ethos of UC San Francisco,” proudly pro- claims the university website. Indeed, as mem- bers of a health sciences university, UCSF students and staff are devoted to improving the lives of people throughout the world. For many, this passion for public service extends beyond their career aspirations. is column highlights these altruistic individuals as well as the organizations they serve.Please email [email protected] if you would like your organization to be featured. Volunteer: Ed Roberts, Postdoctoral Scholar Organization: Maitri (Residential Care for People Living with AIDS) S ynapse: Why did you get involved with Maitri, and why would you recom- mend this organization to others? I have always volunteered in organiza- tions where I am working face to face with service users, and have found this hugely re- warding. Each person you interact with has a story, and getting to share it is a huge honor. I found Maitri, a residential hospice that provides end-of-life or respite care to people with AIDS, who oſten don’t have the means to support themselves. I liked the ethos of the charity, giving pri- ority to those with not only the most med- HUMOR Musical Malfunction in the Operating Room By Akshay Govind Associate Editor G ood surgery has a certain flow to it. The setup of the room has its feng shui. All the necessary materi- als are already prepared. e anesthesia team has a smooth intubation. e surgical assis- tants and scrub techs anticipate the surgeon’s moves, handing off instruments and aiding visualization without so much as a word. An elegant dance ensues, as a person who has agreed to be cut open on purpose, is dis- sected, repaired and sewn back together. ere is a groove coming from the speak- ers in the corner — just loud enough so ev- eryone can hear, but never where people would need to raise their voices to commu- nicate. Energetic and forward-moving. Nev- er frantic. Accessible but interesting. U2, e Beatles, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Paul Si- mon. And then there’s last ursday. As a mid-level resident, I am slowly be- ing entrusted to operate, albeit under massive amounts of supervision. I had read the text- book on the mandibular sagittal split osteot- omies three times, and I walked through the dissection in my head in the shower on the day the knife would be in my hand. At least on our service, it is important for the residents to know the music preferenc- es and hardware of each attending surgeon. ursday’s attending would come with his iPhone 4, and he would choose a Pandora sta- tion — oſten Wes Montgomery or some other 1960s West Coast Cool Jazz player. Because we have yet to buy a new speaker set to fit everyone’s iPhone 5 (I’m an Android user myself), I was asked a few weeks ago to dig up my iPod and make a couple of mixes for the operating room. Redesign of medical training to help prepare students for todays clinical settings

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SynapseThursday, January 30, 2014 synapse.ucsf.edu Volume 58, Number 17

The UCSF Student Newspaper

IN THIS ISSUENews Briefs » PAGE 3Journal Club » PAGE 5Puzzles » PAGE 7

FOODSF Beer WeekWe highlight the notable events for the 2014 festival » PAGE 6

NEWSChinese Culture NightCelebrate the Year of the Horse with CHPSA » PAGE 3

Photo by Sam Lee/MEPN1

BRIDGES » PAGE 3

PAYING IT FORWARD » PAGE 7

NEWS

Bridges Curriculum: Building the 21st-Century Physician

About 1,100 students and friends turned out for the annual Formal, held on Saturday, January 25, at the Westin St. Francis. They enjoyed a night of dancing, desserts and photo booths.

OPERATING ROOM » PAGE 5

Postdoc Ed Roberts volunteers at Maitri, a resi-dential hospice. "Maitri," pronounced "MY-tree," is a Sanskrit word that means "compassionate friendship."

Photo courtesy of Ed Roberts/Postdoc

By Yi LuEditor

The staff at teaching hospitals such as UCSF Medical Center are accustomed to seeing third- and fourth-year medi-

cal students — with their bulging short white coats and unique air of eager ignorance — on the wards. But in two years, it might be com-mon to see first-year medical students active-ly engaging in clinical experiences as well.

That’s when the School of Medicine’s new Bridges curriculum will be implemented, as part of an ongoing effort to keep medi-cal training effective and relevant in light of changing clinical environments.

The development of the Bridges curricu-lum comes at the heels of another major cur-riculum redesign in 2000, which resulted in the Essential Core.

At that time, medical educators broke away from the traditional separation of the basic and clinical sciences, with separate courses in biochemistry, anatomy and patho-physiology.

Instead, courses were designed around topics such as the brain or metabolism, so that students could learn about normal and abnormal responses to disease at the same time, recapitulating how they would apply this knowledge in the clinics.

According to Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean for Medical Education, the Bridges curricu-lum seeks to build on the foundation laid by the Essential Core.

“Because the [Essential Core] was so suc-cessful, I thought it was possible that UCSF — with its history of solving great problems — could now turn its lens outward,” she said, “and ask how it could produce the type of physician that is going to survive, thrive and lead in a dynamic health care environment.”

Lucey’s vision has been guided by the 2010 report “Educating Physicians,” authored by UCSF faculty members Molly Cooke, Da-vid Irby and Bridget O’Brien.

“Educating Physicians” has been called the 21st century successor to the Flexner Re-port of 1910.

That original report, spearheaded by the educator Abraham Flexner, was born out of recognition of the inconsistent and often substandard education offered by medical schools at the turn of the 20th century.

After visiting all 155 of the medical schools in the United States and Canada, Flexner proposed a series of standards that came to define medical education in the Unit-ed States, such as a focus on scientific inquiry and two years of supervised clinical experi-ence.

All School Formal

NEWS

Pay It Forward at MaitriBy Jenny QiExecutive Editor

“Serving the community [is] ingrained in the ethos of UC San Francisco,” proudly pro-claims the university website. Indeed, as mem-bers of a health sciences university, UCSF students and staff are devoted to improving the lives of people throughout the world.

For many, this passion for public service extends beyond their career aspirations. This column highlights these altruistic individuals as well as the organizations they serve.Please email [email protected] if you would like your organization to be featured. Volunteer: Ed Roberts, Postdoctoral Scholar Organization: Maitri (Residential Care for

People Living with AIDS)

Synapse: Why did you get involved with Maitri, and why would you recom-mend this organization to others?

I have always volunteered in organiza-tions where I am working face to face with service users, and have found this hugely re-warding. Each person you interact with has a story, and getting to share it is a huge honor. I found Maitri, a residential hospice that provides end-of-life or respite care to people with AIDS, who often don’t have the means to support themselves.

I liked the ethos of the charity, giving pri-ority to those with not only the most med-

HUMOR

Musical Malfunction in the Operating RoomBy Akshay GovindAssociate Editor

Good surgery has a certain flow to it. The setup of the room has its feng shui. All the necessary materi-

als are already prepared. The anesthesia team has a smooth intubation. The surgical assis-tants and scrub techs anticipate the surgeon’s moves, handing off instruments and aiding visualization without so much as a word.

An elegant dance ensues, as a person who has agreed to be cut open on purpose, is dis-sected, repaired and sewn back together.

There is a groove coming from the speak-ers in the corner — just loud enough so ev-eryone can hear, but never where people would need to raise their voices to commu-nicate. Energetic and forward-moving. Nev-er frantic. Accessible but interesting. U2, The Beatles, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Paul Si-mon.

And then there’s last Thursday. As a mid-level resident, I am slowly be-

ing entrusted to operate, albeit under massive amounts of supervision. I had read the text-book on the mandibular sagittal split osteot-omies three times, and I walked through the dissection in my head in the shower on the day the knife would be in my hand.

At least on our service, it is important for the residents to know the music preferenc-es and hardware of each attending surgeon. Thursday’s attending would come with his

iPhone 4, and he would choose a Pandora sta-tion — often Wes Montgomery or some other 1960s West Coast Cool Jazz player.

Because we have yet to buy a new speaker set to fit everyone’s iPhone 5 (I’m an Android user myself), I was asked a few weeks ago to dig up my iPod and make a couple of mixes for the operating room.

Redesign of medical training to help prepare students for today’s clinical settings

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EVENTS

Journal Club

MISSION BAY EVENTSSYNAPSE NEWSPAPER Friday, Jan. 31, noon-1 p.m., Graduate Division. CC-310, Mission BaySynapse is looking for Mission Bay and Parnassus writers, bloggers, photographers and designers. Come to the lunch meeting, share your story ideas and enjoy a free lunch. RSVP to [email protected].

MUSLIM FRIDAY PRAYER SERVICES Friday, Jan. 31, 1-2 p.m., Helen Diller, 160, Mission Bay The Muslim Community at UCSF holds regular Friday prayer services (Jum’a) for the UCSF Muslim community every week. Join your fellow brothers and sisters for prayer, lunch and socializing. All are welcome.

MISSION BAY RIPSFriday, Jan. 31, 4-5 p.m., Genentech Hall Auditorium, Mission BayResearch In Progress Seminar is a seminar series at which one student and one postdoc present their current research. Talks are 15 minutes in length and are preceded by a 20-minute social. Snacks and beverages are provided.

SATURDAY SNACKTIME: PET THE PUP AND VALENTINE CARD MAKINGSaturday, Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-noon, Student Resource Center, Mission BayFebruary Saturday Snacktime includes breakfast, a visit from the SFSPCA Animal Assisted Therapy dog, Yosemite, and an opportunity to make a Valentine's Day card for the homebound seniors of San Francisco’s Meals on Wheels program.

BAGEL TUESDAYTuesday, Feb. 4, 8:30 a.m., Student Lounge, Genentech Hall, second floor, Mission BayCome enjoy some free bagels, pastries and coffee. Learn about campus services and events and build a community at Mission Bay. Open to students and postdocs.

A CAREER IN PATENT LAWTuesday, Feb. 4, 6-7:30 p.m., Byers Hall, 215, Mission BayJoin the Business Club, as we hear from UCSF alum Cara Coburn about her career in patent law. Cara Coburn holds a PhD from UCSF and a JD from UC Berkeley. She worked at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in Palo Alto and served as a judicial law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. She is now a patent attorney at Genentech. Find out what brought her to her current position. Snacks and refreshments provided.

PARNASSUS EVENTS

CHPSA CHINESE CULTURE NIGHT: CELEBRATING THE YEAR OF THE HORSEThursday, Jan. 30, 6-8 p.m., Nursing, 225, Parnassus The Chinese Health Professional Student Association presents Chinese Culture Night, featuring an entertaining and educational evening of celebration. Enjoy exciting student performances, delicious Chinese food and boba. Check out the special booths, where you can take your photo with authentic Chinese garments, learn Chinese calligraphy and try out the ancient art of lantern-making.

MUSLIM FRIDAY PRAYER SERVICES Friday, Jan. 31, 1-2 p.m. , Medical Sciences, 168, Parnassus The Muslim Community at UCSF holds regular Friday prayer services (Jum’a) for the UCSF Muslim community every week. Come join your fellow brothers and sisters for prayer, lunch and socializing. All are welcome.

CAMPUS EVANGELISTIC FELLOWSHIPFriday, Jan. 31, 7-10:30 p.m., Nursing, 517, ParnassusJoin the Campus Evangelistic Fellowship for their weekly meeting, with Bible study, hymn singing and fellowship.

UCSF-PARNASSUS BLOOD DRIVETuesday, Jan. 28, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., in front of Millberry Union, ParnassusWant a pair of free movie tickets or a free Target gift card? Donate at UCSF Parnassus and receive 1,000 additional Hero Points redeemable for a variety of rewards. To schedule your life-saving appointment, please go to bloodheroes.com, select “Donate Blood” and enter sponsor code: UCSFparnassus.

YALDA NIGHTFriday, Jan. 31, 7:30-10 p.m., Millberry Union, ParnassusYalda night (shab e yalda or shab e chelle in Farsi) is the longest night of the year, which has been celebrated by Iranians for thousands of years. Join the Iranian Cultural Organization at UCSF for a night of Persian food, music and cultural activities. Beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will also be served. RSVP to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cPwIsscoIMEOqJQYvEvUHXbQwB6yVgmSynK0BHaiejQ/viewform.

ASUC MEETING: DENTISTRY, MEDICINE AND PHARMACY STUDENTSMonday, Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m., Library, CL-221, ParnassusMeet your executive board members at the monthly ASUC meeting, and become a part of the discussion on topics relating to student priorities. Visit the ASUC website for more details and to RSVP. http://bit.ly/ASUCwebsite

UCSF CAMPUS STORE ONSITE SALETuesday, Feb. 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Medical Sciences Lobby, ParnassusTake advantage of the convenience of shopping in person at the pop-up stores. The UCSF Online Campus Store comes to Parnassus and Mission Bay. Get your hands on clothing, accessories, mugs and other UCSF collectible items. See more at: campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/retail/21/the_campus_store_comes_to_you#sthash.u6edV8pg.dpuf

BAGEL WEDNESDAYWednesday, Feb. 5, 9:45 a.m., Nursing Mezzanine, ParnassusCome enjoy some free bagels, pastries and coffee. Learn about campus services and events and build a community at Parnassus.

PARNASSUS FARMERS’ MARKET Wednesday, Feb. 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., ACC, 400 Parnassus Ave. Shop the Farmers’ Markets on Wednesdays to pick up locally grown produce and more. Sponsor: Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market

Association.

SYNAPSE NEWSPAPER Wednesday, Feb. 5, noon-1 p.m., Millbery Union 123W, ParnassusSynapse is looking for Mission Bay and Parnassus writers, bloggers, photographers and designers. Come to the lunch meeting, share your story ideas and enjoy a free lunch. Email for more information and to RSVP: [email protected].

PAT-BING-SU NIGHTWednesday, Feb. 5, 4-9 p.m., Nursing Mezzanine, ParnassusKAHPSA will be preparing ingredients needed to make pat-bing-su. The participants will get to grind their own ice and customize their toppings, which include red bean, condensed milk, grain powder, fruits, rice cake and jellies.

UCSF RUN CLUB Wednesday, Feb. 5, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Millberry Union Central Desk, ParnassusPlease drop by and join UCSF Fit & Rec for a run. Each Wednesday night, the Run Club runs various distances (from 3-6 miles) at 9 to 11 minutes per mile.

ENGLISH CORNERWednesday, Feb. 5, 6-8:30 p.m., Clinical Sciences, 130, ParnassusEnglish Corner is an informal conversational English class given as a free community service and provided on a voluntary basis by both people born and raised in the United States as well as many people who have, at one time in their lives, experienced life as a new immigrant to the United States.

OFF-CAMPUSOFF THE GRID: UPPER HAIGHT Thursday, Jan. 30, 5-9 p.m., Stanyan and Waller Streets, SFOff the Grid is a roaming mobile food extravaganza that travels to different locations daily to serve delicious food, with a free side of amazing music, craft and soul.

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: SKETCHFEST NIGHTLIFE Thursday, Jan. 30, 6-10 p.m., Cal Academy, Golden Gate ParkThere’ll be no rotten tomatoes here, as SF Sketchfest makes its triumphant return to NightLife with an impressive lineup of comedic talent in tow. Feeling sketchy? Get immortalized and take home a custom drawing by cartoonists Michael Capozzola, Gwen Perry and Jonathan Lemon. http://bit.ly/NightLifeTickets, http://bit.ly/CLSDiscounts.

GIANTS FANFESTSaturday, Feb. 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., AT&T Park, SFKNBR’s 21th Giants FanFest includes live KNBR broadcasts on the field, player Q&A, player autographs and photos, a kids’ zone and more. Expect a chance to roam the field and meet the players.

ASIAN ART MUSEUM FREE DAYSunday, Feb. 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Asian Art Museum, SFThe Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian Art, with a collection of over 17,000 artworks spanning 6,000 years of history. http://bit.ly/1a1TX3E

EXPLORATORIUM FREE DAYSunday, Feb. 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Pier 15, SFThe Exploratorium is a 21st-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always changing, playful place to explore and tinker, featuring hundreds of science, art and human perception exhibits.http://bit.ly/1dJtq8w.

ANNOUNCEMENTSUCSF DIVERSITY NIGHT CALL FOR PERFORMERS: DEADLINE FEB. 3Tuesday, Feb. 18, 6-8 p.m., Millberry Union Gym, ParnassusThe cultural and ethnic RCOs at UCSF invite you to participate in UCSF Diversity Night, an occasion to come together to express and embrace our differences and similarities. Share your culture by making your national dish, participate in the “Around the World” fashion show, or showcase your talents through a musical or dance performance. Sign up at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TWqyedSm4jU0UhJ2nYypk_dHleZqG9tUNfAS_XpHN-M/viewform

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: GSA INTERIM PRESIDENTThe Graduate Students’ Association is seeking an interim president from March to June. Any graduate, nursing or physical therapy student interested in running for interim president of GSA, please attend the next GSA Meeting on Feb. 11.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH RECEPTION: REGISTRATION DEADLINE FEB. 11Thursday, Feb. 13, 3-5 p.m., Lange Reading Room, ParnassusThe UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach cordially invites you to a Black History Month Celebration and Reception, with special recognition and appreciation to the Physicians Medical Forum and Michael A. LeNoir, President, National Medical Association.

DIRECTING CHANGE STUDENT VIDEO CONTEST: DEADLINE MARCH 1Submit a 60-second video addressing Suicide Prevention or Ending the Silence of Mental Illness. Winner will receive $500. This contest is part of statewide efforts to prevent suicide, reduce stigma and discrimination related to mental illness, and to promote the mental health and wellness of students. For more info, visit DirectingChange.org.

BRIDGE PROJECT — FOCUS GROUP ON DOCTORAL GRADUATE STUDENT EXPERIENCE: PARTICIPANTS NEEDEDFocus groups are being conducted as part of a larger study, the BRIDGE Project (Biomedical Research Career Identification in Graduate Education), which will develop and test interventions designed to improve the overall experience of doctoral graduate students and build a diverse biomedical and behavioral research workforce. We seek students in different phases of their programs, with a particular interest in students who are near PhD candidacy, as well as recent PhD graduates. Contact: Kiersten Robertson, [email protected]

APPLY TO BE THE 2015-16 UC STUDENT REGENTThe Student Regent is a voting member of the Regents of the University of California, attends all meetings of the Board and its Committees and serves for two years (one year as a designate and one year as a voting member) commencing July 1. All mandatory University fees and tuition are waived for the Student Regent during the academic years in which he or she serves as a Regent-designate and as a member of the Board. Submit applications by Feb. 20 at 5 p.m. regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/members-and-advisors/student-regent.html

FREE SYNAPSE CLASSIFIEDSUCSF students and staff can now post online classified ads for free on the Synapse website. All you need is an @ucsf.edu email account. Try it out! synapse.ucsf.edu/classifieds.

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STAFFYi Lu | EDITOR

Jenny Qi | EXECUTIVE EDITOR Angela Castanieto | ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Akshay Govind | ASSOCIATE EDITORSteven Chin | MANAGING EDITOR

Victoria Elliott | COPY EDITOR

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NEWS BRIEFSUC Board of Regents Approves Interim Chancellor

The University of California’s Board of Re-

gents has unanimously approved the appoint-ment of Sam Hawgood, MBBS, renowned pediatrician and Dean of the School of Med-icine, to serve as interim chancellor of UC San Francisco. The appointment, which the Regents approved on January 23, will take ef-fect April 1.

Hawgood has been dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs since September 2009, af-ter serving as interim dean since December 2007. As dean, he has been a core member of the Chancellor’s Executive Council, playing a central role in the university’s leadership and guidance during a time of profound growth.

“Sam is a highly respected physician, sci-entist and leader, and been integral to the leadership of the university over the past four years,” said UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, who will become chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on May 1.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Oakland Finalize Ties

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oak-land have completed their affiliation, build-ing on the hospitals’ mutual commitment to provide outstanding care to children in local communities, and advance medical discovery and treatment for the world.

The affiliation, effective January 1, brings together two leading Bay Area children’s hos-pitals, strengthening their ability to meet marketplace expectations, including the Af-fordable Care Act. The affiliation has the po-tential to provide better health care value to consumers through higher quality care, lower costs and more coordinated access to services at hospital locations on both sides of the Bay, as well as medical facilities throughout North-ern California.

“This partnership between two world-class children’s hospitals promises to elevate the health of all children, especially our most vulnerable patients,” said Mark Laret, CEO of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. “Both institutions have a longstanding commitment to public service, and by working together, we are better able to deliver on that commitment.”

The affiliation allows children and their families access to what is now the largest network of children’s medical providers in Northern California.

Clinical Chairs Rally to Support Basic Science Research Students

In an outpouring of support for basic sci-ence education, all 20 clinical chairs at UC San Francisco’s School of Medicine have banded together to provide $1.5 million to an endowment intended to ensure that UCSF’s PhD research program can thrive in the face of an increasingly constricted scientific fund-ing environment.

The gift came as a surprise, since the chairs had not originally been asked to dip into their departmental funds to contribute toward a new endowment — the UCSF Dis-covery Fellows Program — set up to ensure the stability of the University’s basic science program.

The Discovery Fellows Program, estab-lished last year with $60 million, is the largest endowed program for PhDs in the history of the University of California system. A total of 45 students were named to the inaugural co-hort of Discovery Fellows this month.

» FROM HOME PAGE

NEWS

Chinese Culture Night: Celebrating the Year of the Horse

BRIDGESThe 2010 report, released on the Flexner

Report’s centennial, was a culmination of a four-year study of 11 accredited medical schools and teaching hospitals, and found examples of remarkable pedagogy as well as significant shortcomings in the training of fu-ture physicians.

One particularly important challenge was the integration of knowledge with clinical practice.

“In the course of our fieldwork, we saw many instances of foundational knowledge poorly linked to experience; well-thought-out, integrated teaching subverted by inappropriate assessments; and missed op-portunities for learners to participate in the important nonclinical roles physicians play within health care and more broadly in soci-ety,” the authors wrote.

Building an innovative curriculum that can address these shortcomings is one of the driving forces behind the new Bridges cur-riculum.

Take, for example, the question of how to bring first-year students to the wards and clinics — settings where most physicians will spend the bulk of their professional lives.

While the current curriculum at UCSF provides several opportunities for first-year students to participate in clinical settings, much of these experiences focus on solidify-ing learning, rather than contributing to pa-tient care.

“We don’t think medical students at the very beginning are going to do that as junior physicians, because they don’t have any skills yet,” said Lucey. “But all of them come in with incredible abilities and a track record of tack-ling problems as members of teams, so we thought ‘What if we allowed them to work as members of teams to improve the care in the systems where we work?’ ”

This approach was adopted in the pilot project in the fall of 2013, embedding first-year medical students in a cardiology clinic not just to learn about cardiology, but also to learn about the system in which the care is delivered.

In addition, these students were trained in health coaching and encouraged to apply these principles with real patients. Members of the new curriculum’s working groups are currently in the process of studying the results of the pilot project.

Michael Davies, a second-year medical student on the Bridges’ Foundational Sciences Steering Committee, said one of the new cur-riculum’s biggest strengths is its emphasis on integrating not only clinical knowledge, but also the skills and experiences that students will need to be successful in their clinical ro-tations and beyond.

“Thus far, one of the new concepts is this idea of giving students an introduction to the tools that they would need to be immediately helpful to the patients, and for medical stu-dents to be leveraged to improve health care,” Davies said.

The Bridges curriculum is not scheduled to launch until 2016. Until then, the foun-dations of health care in the United States are likely to continue to run up against what Cooke and her coauthors have recognized as profound changes in society, subverting long-held truisms of what it means to be a doctor.

The 21st-century physician will need to adapt to a terrain different from the one Abra-ham Flexner encountered in 1910.

This too, will be a guiding principle in de-veloping the Bridges curriculum.

“I think a big mindset change that needs to happen is getting people to understand that in this day and age, the physician can’t do ev-erything,” said Lucey.

“The physician can’t know everything. The physician can’t be all for everyone. One of the most important things we have to teach peo-ple is how to work with other people in the health care environment.”

Yi Lu is a second-year medical student.

By Tiffany HsuContributing Writer

The Chinese Health Professional Stu-dent Association (CHPSA) is excit-ed to celebrate the Year of the Horse

with the UCSF com-munity. Its annual Chi-nese Culture Night on Thursday, January 30 will offer a special eve-ning of performances, fun activities, Chinese cuisine and boba.

This event, thanks to the generous sup-port of the ASUC Cul-ture Enrichment Fund, has been a long-stand-ing tradition at UCSF that adds to the rich-ness and diversity of the campus. It is also one of the largest cul-tural events on campus.

Last year’s celebration drew hundreds of UCSF students, faculty and staff from all pro-

fessional schools. Don’t miss out on this ex-citing event, which will be even bigger and better! This year’s event will take place from 6-8 p.m., in N-225, Parnassus. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

CHPSA is an interprofessional ASUC-sponsored registered club and organization (RCO) that aims to promote understand-ing of Chinese culture and its diversity to stu-dents at UCSF. More importantly, CHP-SA emphasizes Chi-nese culture relevant to medical and den-tal treatments and fa-ci l itates cultural ly sensitive patient-cen-tered care at UCSF.

Your zodiac sign is a Horse if you were born in the years 1930, 1942,

1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002 or 2014.

Tiffany Hsu is a third-year dental student.

NEWSKAHPSA to Host a New Year CelebrationBy Sarah GimContributing Writer

The Korean American Health Profes-sional Student Association (KAHP-SA) will hold a Korean New Year

Celebration on Wednesday, February 2. The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. (Nursing Build-ing, third floor, mezzanine) and everyone is welcome.

The event is intended to highlight the di-versity, flexibility and caring in Korean cul-ture and to celebrate Korean New Year.

Students will be treated to pat-bing-su, Korean shaved ice, which originated in a 15th-century battle between Korea and Chi-na. The battle took place in the summer, and all the soldiers were exhausted from fighting in the intense heat and humidity.

A Korean general ordered the Korean housewives to bring ice from the mountains and mix it with honey and milk and serve it to the Korean soldiers to refresh them. This is symbolic of Korea's culture of caring.

Pat-bing-su also recalls other Korean cul-tural characteristics: flexibility and diversity. This is represented in one of the dish’s main ingredients, red beans, which has its origins in Japanese red bean porridge.

Red beans were only incorporated as a main ingredient of pat-bing-su during World War II, when Korea was colonized by Japan. This shows how Korean culture is accepting of foreign culture and how open Koreans are to the diversity of other cultures.

Sarah Gim is a fourth-year dental student.

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UCSF JOURNAL CLUBRecent research by UCSF scientistsBy Taylor LaFlamStaff Writer

IMMUNOLOGY: Costimulatory molecule DNAM-1 is essential for optimal differentia-tion of memory natural killer cells during mouse cytomegalovirus infection. Nabekura, T., et al. (Lanier). Immunity. 2014 Jan 14. Epub ahead of print.

A pathogen that doesn’t kill us often makes our immune system stronger, with subsequent responses to the pathogen being more rapid and efficacious. This immune memory has tradi-tionally been thought to reside only in T-cells and B-cells.

In recent years, however, it has become apparent that under certain conditions, NK cell-associated memory is also possible. Although it is clear that mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection can produce memory natural killer (NK) cells, the signaling mechanisms necessary for this protocol remain incompletely defined.

In this paper, researchers demonstrated that the extracellular protein DNAM-1 is critical to this process. They showed that blocking this protein prevents NK expansion and memory for-mation in response to MCMV and identified two important downstream signaling cascades, setting the stage for further research into NK cell memory.

CANCER BIOLOGY: BRAFV600E cooperates with PI3'-kinase signaling, independent of AKT, to regulate melanoma cell proliferation. Silva, J.M., Bulman, C., McMahon, M. Mol. Cancer Res. 2014 Jan. 14. Epub ahead of print.

Activating mutations of BRAF are present in the majority of cases of melanoma, the most deadly skin cancer. Recently, targeted therapies for one such mutation, V600E, have entered clinical use.

BRAF mutations are often complemented by disabling mutations in PTEN, which leads to increased PI3'-kinase signaling. In this study, the authors investigated the mechanism of this cooperation.

They showed using both BRAF and PI3'-kinase inhibitors on melanoma cell lines blocked proliferation and decreased protein synthesis better than either alone, even when there were no mutations in the PI3'-kinase pathway, suggesting that combination therapy may be broad-ly beneficial.

Unexpectedly, they found that inhibition of AKT, which is downstream PI3'-kinase, does not have an anti-proliferative effect, implying that the BRAF and PI3'-kinase cooperation is AKT independent.

FETAL SURGERY & IMMUNOLOGY: Fetal intervention increases maternal T-cell awareness of the foreign conceptus and can lead to immune-mediated fetal demise. We-gorzewska, M., et al. (Mackenzie). J. Immunol. 2014 Jan 15. Epub ahead of print.

Surgery performed before birth has been shown to be an effective treatment for select con-genital disorders, such as spina bifida. The benefits of fetal surgery, however, are offset by an increase in the associated risk of preterm labor.

These researchers and others have hypothesized that the trauma of surgery may disrupt the tolerance of the maternal immune system for the fetus and provoke the immune rejection of this genetically distinct individual.

Here, the researchers reported a series of experiments in mice that demonstrated that fe-tal surgery promotes the accumulation of activated, pro-inflammatory maternal T-cells that recognize the fetus.

Although further research, for example confirming a similar effect in humans, remains to be done, these findings suggest that immune-dampening therapy may be a useful adjunct to fetal surgery.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Strong relationship between oral dose and tenofovir hair lev-els in a randomized trial: hair as a potential adherence measure for pre-exposure prophy-laxis (PrEP). Liu, A.Y., et al. (Gandhi). PLoS One. 2014. 9(1):e83736.

In recent years, a series of studies have shown that daily oral antiretroviral therapy includ-ing tenofovir can significantly decrease the risk of HIV infection in individuals at high risk, a practice known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

At the same time, these studies have demonstrated that high levels of regimen adherence are necessary to accurately evaluate PrEP trials. Individuals with poor adherence cannot be relied on to acknowledge this, and blood testing, while accurate, is invasive and difficult in resource-poor settings.

In this phase I study, HIV-negative adults followed one of three dosing frequencies of teno-fovir for six weeks, followed by collection and analysis of hair samples. Tenofovir levels in hair were found to vary in proportion to dosing frequency, suggesting that this may be an effective means of PrEP adherence monitoring.

Taylor LaFlam is a fifth-year MSTP student. For comments or paper suggestions, email [email protected].

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The mixes I had made had gone over fairly well this month. Gipsy Kings, The Doors, Go-tan Project, Radiohead, to name a few. When Pandora wasn’t giving us a satisfactory set of tunes on Thursday, someone asked the circu-lating nurse to switch over to my iPod.

Focused on my very first sagittal split, I only spent half a moment trying to tell her which playlist to select. I cringed a little after I realized that she had clicked on the “Play All Songs” button, but I figured people wouldn’t pay that much attention. Mind you, I have a lot of garbage on my iPod.

In a past life, I also played a fair amount of music, and it’s something in which I actually take a bit of pride. Unfortunately, the creative process isn’t always beauti-ful, and sometimes we record these things for our own self-im-provement.

And then there’s the fact my name starts with an A.

One by one, poorly recorded demos of songs I had written or arranged over the past 15 years came up. In 2006, I had a crush on a girl who had placed me firmly in the friend box, and I had decided to write a 5-minute-long crooner about it — and record it twice with slightly different balances to decide which one made me feel the most depressed.

After nine shame-encrusted minutes, the circulating nurse actually got up just to switch the song, and exclaimed, after hitting the but-ton, “Oh no! The next one is by him, too!”

The surgery stopped. “Akshay, who is this singing?” the attending asked.

“That would be … yours truly.” Awkward silence.“Can you please just click ‘Shuffle All

Songs’?” I asked the circulator. I went back to my osteotomy and mandibular split.

“Anyone ever tell you that you kinda sound like Chet Baker?” the attending tried. “I didn’t know that was you, man,” said the chief resident. “You guys wouldn’t want to hear me sing.”

A few songs came and went without much incident, but it was only a matter of time be-

fore the circulator asked if someone’s cel l phone had started playing a song, since she thought it sounded like there were two songs playing with discordant beats.

“No, that’s the Robert Glasper Ex-periment. It’s just

one song,” I assured her. “Oh, well it kinda sounds like there’s two

different beats.” “It’s Robert Glasper,” said the attending.

“It’s art.” Eventually, people stopped commenting

on the music, but one terrible thing after an-other came up. Old hobo songs by Woody Guthrie, some 11-minute-long group impro-visation from the mid-1970s, a random chase scene from the West Side Story soundtrack.

Eventually, the case ended, and the music was shut off. I returned to breathing. Future surgeons: Plan your music carefully — now, while you have time.

Akshay Govind is a third-year resident in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

“One by one, poorly recorded demos of songs I had written or arranged over the past 15 years came up. ”

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It’s winter in the Bay Area again, which means two things: rain and SF Beer Week. Despite the unfortunate lack of the former, the latter appears on the calendar with clock-

work regularity, this year from February 7-16. It’s the usual expansive deal with hundreds of events: beer-

food pairings, brewery tap takeovers, brewer meet-and-greets and the like. For beer fans in San Francisco and beyond, this is annual heaven on earth. And like every year, there are always events worth highlighting.

Here are a few notable dates for the 2014 event, so you can start planning any days off (and your excuse for taking them) early:

SF Beer Week Opening Gala (February 7, 6-10 p.m., $65): The Beer Week opening party, at the Concourse Exhi-bition Center at 635 Eighth St., is worth the rather high cost. You will find the Bay Area beer industry providing unlimited pours of their wares, including much of the interesting stuff you’ll see during the rest of the week. Get tickets very soon, and yes, Pliny the Younger gets poured here, attracts a big line and runs out early.

The smart attendee is conscious that there are many other excellent beers to sample and will treat the four-hour event as a marathon, not a sprint. This year, the gala will be made rich-er by the presence of Cellarmaker Brewing Co., the SF Brewers Guild’s newest member. People who are really into the beer in-

dustry or galas in general will also want to show up at Trum-er for the Celebrator 26th An-niversary Party, which marks the end of Beer Week on Feb-ruary 16.

United Sours of America (February 8, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.): Monk’s Kettle gets into the ev-er-expanding sour ale game, with midday palate-benders featuring sours from 20 differ-ent American breweries. Ex-pect a good representation of California breweries here.

Admission is free (beer is not), but Monk’s Kettle is small, and even with its new patio, I suspect it may not be able to ac-commodate all comers before the most interesting bottles and kegs are emptied.

Fear not, as the venerable Sour Sunday at Triple Rock (im-ports) and Jupiter (mostly California stuff) on February 9 is a roomier affair. Sycamore, Whole Foods and The Abbot’s Cel-lar are also doing sour events during the week.

Beer Talks 2014 (February 8, 2:30-5 p.m.; $25): This is a beer-themed lecture series loosely modeled on TED talks, held at the Fairmont Hotel (I don’t anticipate too many black turtlenecks, though).

Science folks will feel at home in a seminar-like setting, ex-cept that each talk is accompanied by a beer, which will make future conferences seem like much less fun.

Subjects to be covered include technical stuff like brew-ing with Brettanomyces and Bourbon barrel aging, presented by Crooked Stave’s Chad Yakobson and Fiftyfifty’s Todd Ash-man, respectively.

Other topics of interest include starting a brewery (spoil-er: find lots of money) and, predictably for a Bay Area event, IPAs.

British-style beer and cheese with Magnolia (February 13, 6-9 p.m.; $35): The ability to make beer and cheese is what separates Homo sapiens from other organisms, so why not en-joy both at the same time?

This event at Mission Cheese features five Magnolia beers paired with an equal number of artisan cheeses. Given the fas-tidious care with which Dave McLean and company produce their beer, the cheeses are no doubt very well chosen to com-plement their companion beverages. For those looking well outside England, Belgian beer/dim sum pairings will be fea-tured at Mama Ji’s in San Francisco on February 11.

NorCal vs. SoCal IPA Smackdown (February 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; $25): I suspect the Jug Shop is a bit overlooked as a stop for beer folks in The City. It shouldn’t be. Its SF Beer Week events are always worthwhile.

This year will feature a blind tasting of six IPAs from the north and six from the southern half of California. It’s an elim-ination contest, with one winner of the 12 based on attendees’ opinions.

I imagine the lineup of beers will include many of the usu-al suspects: stuff from Lagunitas, Green Flash, Russian River, Stone, Drakes, etc. — although I could be wrong — so it prob-ably wouldn’t be something you’ve never had before.

In any case, the fun will be in the tasting and result of the contest. The admission fee is cut to $15 if you bring a Valen-tine’s Day companion, so you might as well make it part of a romantic night out.

See you at Beer Week!

Eric M. Pietras is a postdoc who studies hematopoietic stem cell biology and beer, but not at the same time.

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» FROM HOME PAGEPaying It Forwardical need, but also to those with the fewest options. The stories you hear in hospice can be heartbreaking but also, at times, side-split-tingly hilarious.

A homeless guy who had been in prison, etc., said to me that he didn’t know why peo-ple would volunteer to come in and spend time with them, but he was really glad we did, and it made him realize there was more good in people. Synapse: What does the role entail?

The basic role is that of being an emo-tional support to residents. This can involve sitting and chatting with someone who can’t leave their bed, or it can mean sitting on the smoking patio with a few residents, having a laugh. There are only 15 residents, so you build relationships with all of them and spend your time with whoever wants company. Of-

ten volunteers will accompany residents to the hospital or for doctors’ appointments.

Synapse: What is the training like?The initial training was two week-

ends, where we covered various top-ics from boundaries, grief and inclusivity; I felt the main thing we took away from training was the chance to build a sup-port network with other new volunteers. Once you have finished that training, you have a buddy shift where you shadow an ex-isting volunteer. This was the most useful part of training, as it gave you an idea of what you actually do while at hospice, from help-ing to serve dinner, to aiding residents play-ing Bingo to just sitting with someone who can’t communicate but may like the company.

Synapse: What’s the time commitment af-terwards?

Once you finish training, they ask you to commit to one shift a week. They ask that you make the shift four hours, but this is pretty flexible and works around your schedule. This can be during the day or in the evening.

I do one evening a week — mainly be-cause on Wednesdays you can help with Bin-go, which is always interesting.

For the trips out or for doctors’ appoint-ments, there is an email list where requests are sent. There are also occasional emails to the list(Serv) asking for volunteers to simply sit with residents who are actively dying.

Synapse: How would someone else get in-volved if interested?

Contact Stan Stone at Maitri (maitrisf.org/care/), and he will guide you. There is a train-ing every six months for new volunteers.

Jenny Qi is a third-year BMS student.

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