Welcome to the OCPD Career Counseling appointment scheduling page for Health Professional and clinically focused master’s students.
Our health careers team specializes in assisting current UCSF students and recent alumni (up until 6 months out from graduation) who are pursuing health professional clinical career paths with their career and professional development concerns and goals.
ATTENTION STUDENTS:
Starting 9/12/24, we’ll be using a new appointment scheduling system. If you’re familiar with our previous system, you’ll notice some changes, but rest assured, the process for booking appointments will remain very similar. We appreciate your understanding as we make this transition!
Questions? Please contact us at [email protected]
List of current UCSF student populations we serve:
School of Medicine including:
- 4-year medical students, including gap year students
- MD/PhD students
*Please note, our team doesn’t serve UCSF medical residents, or staff interested in pursuing a medical degree. If you fall within these categories, please visit the Learning and Organizational Development website, or consult your speciality Residency Program Director for professional development resources and support.
School of Dentistry including:
- 4-year dental students
- International dentistry students
- DDS/MBA students
- Interprofessional health post-bac certificate program students
- Dental residents enrolled in a Post-Graduate Master’s program:
- Endodontics
- Public Health
- OMFS
- Orthodontics
- Pediatrics
- Periodontics
School of Nursing including:
- MEPN and MSN APRN students completing their coursework through 2026
- BSN-DNP Entry students
- Post-Master’s Entry to DNP students
*Please note, our team doesn’t serve PhD Nursing and Sociology Doctoral program students. All PhD students are seen by OCPD’s research team, who specialize in working with PhD and Life Science students and postdoctoral scholars pursuing research, academic and non-clinical career paths. If you fall within these categories, please visit (R-team Link) more information and support.
School of Pharmacy including:
- 3-year PharmD students
* Please note, our team doesn’t serve research oriented Master of Science or PhD degree students. All MS and PhD students are seen by OCPD’s research team, who specialize in working with MS, PhD and Life Science students and postdoctoral scholars pursuing research, academic and non-clinical career paths. If you fall within these categories, please visit (R-team Link) more information and support.
UCSF/SFSU Department of Physical Therapy including:
- 3-year DPT students
- Rehabilitation Science PhD students
Clinically focused master’s students including:
- Genetic Counseling MS students
- Global Health MS students
- MS Hail students
- MS Health Policy and Law students
Please note that our team does not serve prospective students, UCSF staff, Life Science students, or Postdocs, unless they are currently enrolled in one of the UCSF Health Professional schools or clinically focused master’s programs.
Privacy Policy:
Are OCPD appointments private or confidential? Our appointments are private but NOT confidential.
Please review our privacy policy for more information.
Schedule a Career Counseling Appointment With One of Our Health Careers Counselors:
In order to maximize appointment availability, our team offers two career counseling options for health professional students:
- 30-minute Career Counseling Appointment
- Topics addressed for this option are: Career exploration, decision-making and planning, mentorship and enhacing professional communication, navigating difficult conversations and self advocacy, identifying barriers to integrating your professional identity, building your professional brand and community, strategizing our postgraduate residency or employment search, interviews and salary negotations
- 30-minute Application Materials Review Appointment
- Topics addressed for this option are limited to document reviews: CV, Resume, Cover Letter, Letter of Intent, SOM ERAS 10 Noteworthy Experiences, and Letter of Recomendation guidance
- Topics that will not be addressed for this option:
- Our office doesn’t review personal statements. Please see our Writing Resources page for statement writing guidance.
- Spring Quarter M4 MSPE Noteworthy Characteristic Reviews. These appointments should be booked under our 30-minute Career Counseling option, as they focus on helping students identify and articulate three themes for their Noteworthy Characteristics paragraph, in alignment with broader guidance for their ERAS application.
*Appointments open on a rolling basis, starting 21 days before each appointment date.
Anna Reeves, MS, Assistant Director, Health Careers
- Anna leads the Health Careers team, where she manages team operations, trains and supervises Health Careers staff and a graduate Career Counseling Intern, and provides career counseling while creating tailored programs and resources that guide students through complex workplace training concerns and career decision-making.
- She has supported health professional students at UCSF since 2015. Previously, she counseled pre-health students while working in UC Berkeley's Career Center.
Sarah Tanase, MA, Program Director, Health Careers
- Sarah designs and facilitates career and professional development programs, creates resources, and counsels students. She also co-supervises the Health Team's Career Outreach Peers.
- Sarah previously worked for Stanford Career Education, similarly developing a career development program curriculum and providing individual counseling to their students and alumni.
Carla Vaccarezza Bass, Health Careers Counselor
- Carla provides counseling to health career professionals at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
- Prior to UCSF, Carla was the Associate Director at Kellogg School of Management. She coached Evening & Weekend MBA and Executive MBA students, managed an innovative career education portfolio, and led strategic initiatives. Carla also coached biomedical students, researchers, and trainees at Stanford School of Medicine. Her counseling experience spans time at UC Berkeley Goldman School and Stanford Career Education where she served as a strategic partner to graduate and undergraduate students.