Anna Chang, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics,
Department of Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco
Director, Foundations of Patient Care
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Associate Director, Geriatrics and Extended Care
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC)
Overview
Clinical
Scholarship
Dr. Anna Chang is an associate professor of medicine in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. She is a clinician and a teacher, and successfully leads geriatrics clinical programs and educational programs.
Her passion in undergraduate medical education includes clinical skills teaching, assessment, and remediation. Dr. Chang directs the UCSF Foundations of Patient Care course for first and second year medical students. She also leads the Clinical Skills Guidance Program for students in the core clerkship year. She completed the UCSF Teaching Scholars Program and UCSF Medical Education Research Fellowship, and is a member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators. Anna will assume the role as chair of the Academy Innovations Funding Committee in July of 2011. Dr. Chang is a 2010 Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence Faculty Scholar, and co-editor of the JAMA Care of the Aging Patient Series. Dr. Chang received the 2009 UCSF Academy of Medical Educators Cooke Award for the scholarship of teaching & learning for her outstanding medical education research. She also received the 2008 Betty and James E. Birren Emerging Leadership Award from the California Council for Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Clinical Activities
Dr. Chang's clinical activities are based at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She cares for veterans with acute, post-acute, rehabilitation, psychiatric, long term care, and end-of-life needs. She is attending on the internal medicine inpatient teaching service on the Acute Care for the Elderly team. Anna also attends on the inpatient hospice unit and on the palliative care consultation team. As associate director of the geriatrics, palliative and extended care service line, Dr. Chang serves in the role of physician leader for complex clinical programs with interdisciplinary teams and systems.
Selected Publications:
Chou CL, Chang A, Hauer KE. Remediation workshop for medical students in
patient-doctor interaction skills. Med Education 2008 May;42(5):537.
Chang A, Chou CL, Hauer KE. Clinical Skills Remedial Training for Medical Students. Medical Education 2008 Oct;42(11):1118.
Chang A, Boscardin C, Chou CL, Loeser H, Hauer KE. Predicting Failing Performance on a Standardized Patient Clinical Performance Examination: The Importance of Communication and Professionalism Skills Deficits. Acad Med. 2009 Oct;84(10 Suppl):S101-4.
Kao H, Thomas DC, Subramanian U, Chang A, Williams BC. The Patient-centered Medical Home and Care of Older Adults. Society of General Internal Medicine Forum, 2009, vol 32, no 12.
Mehta KM, Fung KZ, Kistler CE, Chang A, Walter LC. Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Screening Mammography Use in Older US Women. Am J Public Health. 2010 Jan 14
Chang A, Walter L. Recognizing Dementia as a Terminal Illness in Nursing Home Residents. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010, in press.
Kelly A, Conell-Price J, Covinsky K, Cenzer I, Chang A, Boscardin, J, Smith AK. Lengths of Stay for Older Adults Residing in Nursing Homes at the End of Life. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 2010, in press
Widera E, Chang A, Chen H. Presenteeism: A Public Health Hazard. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2010, in press
