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class="field field-name-field-pg-slider-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="bg-slider-image" style="background-image:url('https://career.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2771/f/styles/slider_secondary/public/Boat_leading.jpg?itok=NHy_lTYt')"></div></div></div></div><div class="group-slider-content field-group-div"><div class="group-slider-inside field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-field-pg-slider-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development (OCPD)聽is an interdisciplinary team of professionals committed to the career and professional development of UCSF graduate and health professional students and postdoctoral scholars.聽<br /> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="main-wrapper"> <div id="main" class="clearfix"> <div id="content" class="column"> <div class="inside"> <a id="main-content"></a> <div class="tabs"></div> <div class="region region-content"> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div class="content"> <div id="node-2581" class="node node-page slider-secondary clearfix" about="/about" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <span property="dc:title" content="Welcome to the OCPD" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>聽</p> <div class="collapse-item"> <div aria-expanded="false" class="header-text" role="button" tabindex="0"> <p id="ci1">Who's on the OCPD team?</p> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="ci1" class="content-text" role="region" tabindex="-1"> <ul> <li>The OCPD is currently directed by <strong><a 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To read more about the office's聽organizational structure and staffing,聽<strong><a href="/about/meet-our-team">meet our team</a></strong>.</li> </ul> <p>聽</p> </div> </div> <div class="collapse-item"> <div aria-expanded="false" class="header-text" role="button" tabindex="0"> <p id="ci2">Who do we serve?</p> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="ci2" class="content-text" role="region" tabindex="-1"> <ul> <li>The OCPD team聽聽serves approximately 4,100 <strong><a href="https://oir.ucsf.edu/" target="_blank">UCSF students and postdoctoral scholars</a></strong>, including health professional students (dentistry, global health, medicine, nursing, pharmacy and physical therapy), as well as graduate students and postdocs in the basic and聽social/population sciences.</li> <li>We also serve those we call "super-postdocs,"聽individuals who joined UCSF as postdocs and still have a similar role, even through they聽no longer have the postdoc classification.聽The OCPD is funded by a combination of centralized campus聽funds,聽student service fees聽and grants for special initiatives.</li> <li>The Office of Career and Professional Development聽was established in 2001.聽Originally named the Career Center, in 2006 the office changed its name to reflect聽the augmented mandate of professional skill development, including training in the areas聽such as聽working effectively on teams,聽grantsmanship, teacher training, supervisory and mentoring skills,聽presentation skills, communication skills, networking skills and building one's professional identity.聽</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="collapse-item"> <div aria-expanded="false" class="header-text" role="button" tabindex="0"> <p id="ci3">What is our reporting structure? How are we organized?</p> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="ci1" class="content-text" role="region" tabindex="-1"> <p>The Office of Career and Professional Development reports to Vice Provost for Student Academic Affairs/Dean of the Graduate Division Nicquet Blake.聽</p> </div> </div> <div class="collapse-item"> <div aria-expanded="false" class="header-text" role="button" tabindex="0"> <p id="ci4">What career and professional development topics do we focus on for our biomedical students and postdoctoral scholars?</p> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="ci4" class="content-text" role="region" tabindex="-1"> <p>The OCPD聽focuses on knowledge and聽skill acquisition in four categories:聽<a href="/about/our-career-development-framework" target="_blank">self assessment, career exploration, job search strategies and professional success skills</a>. See <a href="https://www.flipsnack.com/UCSFOCPD" target="_blank">our programming</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="collapse-item"> <div aria-expanded="false" class="header-text" role="button" tabindex="0"> <p id="ci5">What's our approach to career and professional development?</p> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="ci5" class="content-text" role="region" tabindex="-1"> <figure class="image file-sixth media-element" style="float:right"><a href="/our-career-development-framework"><img alt="OCPD's Career Development Model" data-delta="1" src="/sites/g/files/tkssra2771/f/styles/starter_kit_sixth/public/career-development-model-Web_0.gif?itok=e6ZvuQJ4" typeof="foaf:Image" /></a> <figcaption><a href="/our-career-development-framework">OCPD's Career Development Model</a></figcaption> </figure> <ul> <li>The OCPD's mission is to teach students and postdoctoral scholars the professional skills required for聽career success. To that end, the OCPD offers a slate of programs, services, grant-funded initiatives and resources tailored to biomedical trainees.</li> <li>Our approach is to collaborate with stakeholders across the University to design and implement evidenced-based interventions that develop key competencies in the areas of self assessment, career exploration, job search strategies and professional success skills. OCPD's vision is for every student and postdoc to leave UCSF with the knowledge, skills and confidence required to succeed.</li> <li>All of the materials on the OCPD website may be freely distributed with appropriate citation. If you have additional questions, contact us at <strong><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e010d1e0a2e1b0d1d08400b0a1b511d1b0c040b0d1a53281c01034b5c5e1a060b4b5c5e212d3e2a4b5c5e2f0c011b1a4b5c5e3b1d4b5c5e390b0c1e0f090b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="39565a495d794c5a4a5f175c5d4c">[email&#160;protected]</span></a></strong>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="collapse-item"> <div aria-expanded="false" class="header-text" role="button" tabindex="0"> <p id="ci6">What services do we offer and how do we聽manage demand?</p> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="ci6" class="content-text" role="region" tabindex="-1"> <p>We offer programs, 1:1 career counseling, and online resources. To manage demand, we聽mapped the annual demand cycle based on key deadlines to our populations (residency application, AAAS Fellowship, consulting season due dates, etc.)聽and developed strategies to manage the those demands.聽We pair and "breadcrumb"聽programs to lead students/postdocs to the next event (e.g.,聽have an聽interactive CV workshop聽with short聽follow up 20-minute review appointments, or publicize an upcoming聽interviewing workshop at a cover letter聽workshop, etc.);聽built out interactive workshops聽to聽limit the number of 1:1 counseling appointments. Finally, we聽co-sponsor and cross-publicize registered campus organizations and fellow department career and professional development efforts across campus.聽</p> </div> </div> <div class="collapse-item"> <div aria-expanded="false" class="header-text" role="button" tabindex="0"> <p id="ci7">How are we funded?</p> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="ci7" class="content-text" role="region" tabindex="-1"> <p>The OCPD is funded by a combination of centralized campus funds, student service fees and grants for special initiatives. Over 90% of our budget is permanently funded.<a id="q3" name="q3"></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="collapse-item"> <div aria-expanded="false" class="header-text" role="button" tabindex="0"> <p id="ci8">How do we measure efficacy, utilization and satisfaction?</p> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="ci8" class="content-text" role="region" tabindex="-1"> <p>We develop learning outcomes for all of our programs and try to pre- and post-assess new programs to see if those learning goals are met. We have also received grant funding to聽validate some of our tools,( e.g., the聽<a href="https://career.ucsf.edu/ACRA" target="_blank">Academic Career Readiness Assessment Tool</a>, created by Laurence Clement), track website hits to determine which pages are most utilized, and are included in the various assessment surveys across campus (e.g., the School of Pharmacy student exit survey, the Student Services Survey, etc.)</p> </div> </div> <div class="collapse-item"> <div aria-expanded="false" class="header-text" role="button" tabindex="0"> <p>Topics of interest</p> </div> <div aria-hidden="true" aria-labelledby="ci9" class="content-text" role="region" tabindex="-1"> <p>Staff, organizational structure, career development model, populations served, CAIPS, vision, mission, career stage, self assessment, career exploration, job search strategies, professional skills.</p> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="region region-content-bottom"> <div id="block-views-events-block-1" class="block block-views view view-events view-id-events view-display-id-events_block topgreenline headspace"> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-events view-id-events view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-61b32bacc29cef384ddcabcfcefceee2"> <div class="view-header"> <h2>Upcoming Events</h2> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="event"> <div class="event-image"> <div class="day"><span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-26T00:00:00-08:00" class="date-display-single">Wed</span></div> <div class="number-date"><span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-26T00:00:00-08:00" class="date-display-single">26</span></div> </div> <h3><a href="/events/manage-up/choosing-thesis-lab">Choosing a Thesis Lab Workshop</a></h3> <div class="date"><strong>Date:</strong> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-26T00:00:00-08:00" class="date-display-single">February 26, 2025</span></div> <div class="time"><strong>Time:</strong> 5 - 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