What is the UCD43?

The UCD43 is a carefully vetted list of chief complaints and concerns that UC Davis School of Medicine Faculty feel are important for our graduates to know and understand in order to be able to practice medicine. This list was created by the Curriculum Implementation Team with input from numerous clinical instructors from core specialty areas and approved by the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP).

The UCD 43 is a list of common chief concerns/complaints for which patients seek medical care.  Our students should be exposed to each of these concerns during pre-clerkship active learning sessions as well as during their time in the clinical setting.  The goals of the pre-clerkship learning sessions will be for students to practice their clinical reasoning skills and begin to develop illness scripts for the associated conditions. This list is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather reflects a variety of common chief concerns encountered in different clinical specialties and settings.  

The UCD43:

1- Abdominal pain 
2- Abnormal vaginal bleeding/Amenorrhea 
3- Altered mental status 
4- Anxiety
5- Back pain 
6- Chest pain 
7- Constipation
8- Cough
9- Depressed mood 
10- Developmental delay 
11- Diarrhea
12- Dizziness
13- Dysphagia
14- Dyspnea
15- Dysuria
16- Ear pain 
17- Edema
18- Failure to thrive 
19- Fatigue
20- Fever
21- Gait abnormality  
22- Gastrointestinal bleeding  
23- Headache  
24- Hematuria
25- Hemoptysis
26- Incontinence
27- Jaundice
28- Joint pain  
29- Memory loss 
30- Nausea/vomiting
31- Palpitations
32- Pelvic pain  
33- Rash
34- Seizure  
35- Sleep disturbance 
36- Sore throat 
37- Syncope  
38- Tremor
39- Vaginitis/Vaginal discharge 
40- Visual disturbance/Vision loss 
41- Weakness
42- Weight loss (Unintentional) 
43- Weight gain 
The current UCD43 Curriculum “Map” as of May 2022

UCD43 #1 –> ABDOMINAL PAIN

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Abdominal Pain on AccessMedicine (if you have institutional or personal access to AccessMedicine):

https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/MultimediaPlayer.aspx?MultimediaID=18730202

Abdominal Pain on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4rPVxr5SmMMc0quTjnQNkt?si=Et_6cCwKTQOUTGBXhjTEWg

Abdominal Pain on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/abdominal-pain/id1548809192?i=1000505258812

UCD43 #3 –> ALTERED MENTAL STATUS: DELIRIUM

Delirium–Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #3 –> A case of altered mental status: Compiled and recorded by Dr. Stephanie Rasmussen, UC Davis School of Medicine

Click the play button to listen to and learn from this challenging case of altered mental status in a 65-year-old woman.

UCD43 # 5 –> Back Pain

Back Pain–Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #6–> Chest Pain

Chest Pain–Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #8 –> Cough

Cough, Fever & Respiratory Complaints–Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD #11 –> Diarrhea (Acute)

Diarrhea (Acute)– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #12 –> Dizziness

Dizziness– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #14 –> Dyspnea

Dyspnea– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #15 –> Dysuria with Scott Stern & Adam Cifu–S2D

Dysuria– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #16–Ear Pain (Otalgia) with guest Dr. Eric Crossen, Pediatrics Co-Clerkship Director

Ear Pain

UCD43 #18 –> Edema

Edema — Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #19 –> Fatigue

Fatigue– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #22 –> Gastrointestinal Bleeding

GI Bleeding– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UC43 #23 –> Headache

Headache– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #24 –> Hematuria

Hematuria– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #27 –> Jaundice

Jaundice– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #28 –> Joint Pain

Joint Pain– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43#32–> Pelvic Pain

UCD43 #33 –> Rash

Rash– Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast by Drs. Adam Cifu & Scott Stern

UCD43 #36 –> Sore Throat–> Click on which ever link below that works for you!

https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/MultimediaPlayer.aspx?MultimediaID=19127726

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sore-throat/id1548809192?i=1000542474945

UCD43 #37 –> Syncope– Click on which ever link works for you below!

https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/MultimediaPlayer.aspx?MultimediaID=18730204

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/syncope-transient-loss-of-consciousness/id1548809192?i=1000506092113

UCD43 #42 –> Unintentional Weight Loss– Click on which ever link works best for you below!

https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/MultimediaPlayer.aspx?MultimediaID=19127724

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unintentional-weight-loss/id1548809192?i=1000540503657