UCSF School of Medicine

Kanbar Center Scheduling, Fees and Tours

Kanbar Center Scheduling:

The Kanbar Center accommodates clinical skills and simulation programs from all four UCSF schools and the physical therapy program. We recommend that you contact us as far in advance as possible to schedule your sessions. Important information to know:

*All programs require faculty support and a faculty member has to be present during all sessions. The Center does not offer programs or training sessions for individual learners at this time and opportunities for independent practice are not available.

*New programs require consultation with the Kanbar Education Director and/or Kanbar Center staff to ensure that we can best meet your needs.

*We strongly encourage scheduling a pilot run for all new programs, especially if you are developing new mannequin-based scenarios.

*Templates for mannequin-based simulation scenarios and partial task trainers are available through the center for your use.

Scheduling steps:

Email the Kanbar Center with the following details about your educational activity: Course Title, Course Number, Course Objective, Activity Type, Number of Students, Number of Faculty, Session Duration, Preferred Dates and Times to schedule the activity.
Kanbar staff will contact you within two business days to get additional information as needed
A consultation will be set up within 5 business days to discuss new programs
After consultation, scheduling will be finalized.

Please note that Kanbar has a priority scheduling system based on various factors, including type of program, number of learners, interprofessional nature of program and effective/efficient use of Kanbar space. Please contact the Kanbar Education Director, Sandrijn van Schaik, at vanschaiks@peds.ucsf.edu with questions or concerns.

Note additional scheduling resources in the Teaching and Learning Center:

TLC's small break out rooms and large classrooms are administered by Education Technology Services, ETS, for classroom scheduling: Teaching and Learning Center Classroom Scheduling
TLC's computer classroom, CL231, is administered by Tech Commons for classroom scheduling: Teaching and Learning Center Tech Commons Scheduling

Fees:

Use of the center and simulation mannequins with staff support is at no cost for learners from all four professional healthcare schools and the physical therapy program if the course occurs during operational hours of 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.
Fees will be charged for the use of Standardized Patients, disposable equipment and use of partial task trainers.
A budget will be created and provided for you to review after the consultation with the education director during the scheduling process.

Visits and tours:

In order to not disrupt educational activities, unscheduled visit and tours cannot be accommodated. We appreciate your interest in our center and will try to accommodate tour requests as much as we can, please contact the Kanbar Center for further information.