Preceptors and Volunteer Instructors/Lecturers

Guidelines

The Affiliate Request Form is used for didactic instructors, preceptors, lecturers, or similar
The affiliate request form is for individuals who are at locations where a signed training affiliation agreement has been approved.
This is not applicable for a UC San Diego pharmacy resident enrolled in the UC San Diego Health Pharmacy Resident Program.

VPN Access to Library Resources

Once you have a UC San Diego username and password, you will be able to access online resources from off campus. You will be using the Virtual Private Network (VPN), also described at the link below. It involves downloading a client to your computer, which you can turn on and off. When you open the client, enter the username and password. When you try to access a licensed resource you won’t be prompted to enter that information again, as long as the VPN is on.

Find the best option for off campus access: Connect to Libary Resources.

Once you have a UC San Diego username and password, you will be able to access online resources from off campus. You will be using the Virtual Private Network (VPN). It involves downloading a client to your computer, which you can turn on and off. When you open the client, enter the username and password. When you try to access a licensed resource you won’t be prompted to enter that information again, as long as the VPN is on.

You will find many useful resources at our Medicine Resources Guide.

Our Online Clinical Library is a great link to use that pulls together our more clinically-oriented databases, including some excellent drug information databases such as Clinical Pharmacology, Micromedex and Natural Medicines.

Find resources for mobile access: Biomedical Apps and Mobile.

If the VPN doesn’t work at your work location, try at home as well. That way we’ll be able to tell if you have a firewall issue; there is a workaround that usually helps if that is the case.

If you have additional questions regarding library resources, please contact:

Penny Coppernoll-Blach
Biomedical Reference Librarian
pblach@ucsd.edu

Resetting Passwords for VPN Access to the UC San Diego Library

If you already have VPN access to the UC San Diego library system and you are not able to login you may need to reset your password. Typically this occurs due to “lack of use” over 30 days.

For assistance, please contact the UC San Diego Health Sciences Information Services (HSIS) Help Desk:

HSIS Help Desk
619-543-HELP (4357)

They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you know your username, please provide it to HSIS (this will speed up the process).

HSIS will ask you several questions to confirm you are affiliated with UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. They will then reset your password.

Preceptor Reimbursements

Preceptors with an affiliate or voluntary appointment may be eligible to receive some reimbursement for professional pharmacy conference/meeting registration or printing of a professional poster presented at a meeting.

Note: This is not applicable to a UC San Diego pharmacy resident, as they receive support via the UC San Diego Health Pharmacy Resident Program.

Conference Registration

Affiliate Reimbursement Guidelines and Form (PDF)