Required Training

Please complete these courses prior to beginning clinical work. You do not need to submit a record of completion to your UCSF manager or preceptor unless requested. To locate the trainings, login to UC Learning Center with your UCSF Username and password. Search and self-register using the exact title as listed below in uppercase. Completed trainings will appear in your transcript.

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Compliance Training

- required annually for all students and faculty in a direct patient care setting -

  • INFECTION CONTROL TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS, NURSES, AND LICENSED INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS (Clinical Staff) eCourse or TEST–OUT version if you have completed a previous version
  • ANNUAL SAFETY TRAINING
  • COVID-19 PREVENTION eCourse or COVID-19 PREVENTION (SUMMARY DOCUMENT) if you have completed a previous version

Foundational Training

- required once for all new students and faculty if not already completed - 

  • HIPAA 101 - PRIVACY AND SECURITY FOR NEW UCSF FACULTY, STAFF, TRAINEES, STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS
  • GENERAL COMPLIANCE BRIEFING: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ETHICAL VALUES AND CONDUCT (required every 2 years)
  • UC SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING FOR NON-SUPERVISORY STAFF
  • UC CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS FUNDAMENTALS
  • UCSF FOUNDATIONS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Electronic Health Record Training (APeX)

- required every six months and for new users. Review course appropriate to your role and setting - 

Pre-licensure Nursing Students (Inpatient Setting)

APeX Training Curriculum recommended for new APeX users

  • INP: STUDENT NURSING

APeX Proficiency Exam required for all APeX users

  • INP: SN 100-200 EXAM – REMOTE
Nurse Practitioner, Mid-Wife, and Physician Assistant Students
  • INP: PROVIDER PRE-ASSESSMENT EXAM (required for UCSF Providers, Fellows & Residents, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants in an inpatient setting)
  • AMB: AMBULATORY PROVIDER & ANCILLARY  (required for Providers, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Scribes in an ambulatory setting)
  • AMBULATORY PROVIDER PRE-ASSESSMENT EXAM (required for Providers, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants in an ambulatory setting)
  • AMBULATORY PROVIDER POST-TRAINING EXAM (required for all Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Students, and Mid-Wife Students in the ambulatory setting)
Post-licensure, Graduate Nursing Students Not Providing Direct Patient Care
  • APEX VIEW ONLY ACCESS (OUTPATIENT)
  • APEX VIEW ONLY ACCESS (INPATIENT)

Health Clearance

Academic institution assures completion and maintains documentation of the following prior to beginning clinical work:

  • Two initial vaccinations of HBV vaccination series, or signed a HBV declination statement
  • Evidence of immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (appropriate documentation of vaccination or positive titer for each)
  •  Evidence of annual Tuberculosis (TB) screening in the form of:
    • Two documented negative TB skin tests, one within 3 months and one within 1 year;
    • Negative interferon gamma release assay ( IGRA)
    • Negative chest x-ray taken within the previous year if the student is TB skin test or IGRA positive
  • Documentation of Tdap vaccination
  • Documentation of the current season’s influenza vaccination
  • Documentation of completed COVID-19 Vaccination series and any booster doses as applicable

Additional Requirements

Academic institution assures completion and maintains documentation of the following prior to beginning clinical work:

  • Current American Heart Association BLS For Health Care Providers Certification
  • Criminal background check completed by a third party consumer reporting agency
  • Professional liability insurance coverage shall be not less than $1M ($1,000,000)