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welcome to the Center for the Health Professions

As an active part of one of the nation’s leading academic health centers, the Center for the Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco focuses its efforts on understanding the challenges faced by the health care workforce and developing programs and resources that assist in making successful transitions to the emergent health care systems.
The Center for the Health Professions’ programs and projects traverse a wide array of disciplines from biomedical research to community leadership. Our programs are supported by private and public sources, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California HealthCare Foundation, The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and Blue Shield of California Foundation.

from the director

Centering On…How Do We Change the Practice Models?

 

This month, Ed O’Neil continues his discussion on health care financing and reform and outlines the essential ingredients to align and integrate our systems of care and remake our practice models.

 

To read this essay, click here.

 

leaders advance

Ana Zeledón Friendly, MPH, Associate Director of the Venice Family Clinic, is a member of the inaugural cohort of the Clinic Leadership Institute (CLI). To read how Ms. Friendly applied her newly honed leadership skills to adjust to the current economic situation, click here.

 

what’s new

The Center will be conducting a survey of California's Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice (RDHAP) workforce this July. The survey will build from earlier research and seeks to identify supports and barriers to establishing a successful RDHAP practice in California. For further information click here.