| source Berkeley (X) |
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department Health and Medical Sciences Program (X) |
This course will study the end of life--dying and death--from the perspective of medicine and history. It seeks to confront the humanist with the quotidian dilemmas of modern clinical practice and medicine's deep engagement with death more generally. It invites pre-med, pre-law, and public policy students to understand these matters in light of the historical and, more broadly, literary and artistic perspectives of the humanities. Also listed as Undergrad Interdisciplinary Studies C133 and History C191.
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This course will explore current issues in aging from biological, demographic, psycho-social, and policy perspectives. To begin, lectures will focus on: The changing demographics of the general population of which older adults are becoming a larger and larger percentage; How men and women age differently; The historical context within which aging has been viewed; The physical and mental changes that occur over time. These initial lectures will provide the foundation for the lectures that follow in which professionals present issues--unique to their field--that they encounter in meeting the needs of their elderly clientele. Representative professions will include law, medicine, dentistry, architecture, social welfare, optometry, speech and physical therapy. The importance of an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving will be emphasized as speakers highlight pertinent issues in this population through case study scenarios. By using case studies we will shift the focus from "the disease" or "condition" to "the person." Speakers will discuss how they became interested in their respective professions and what opportunities/ challenges await a new generation of professionals.
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The six semester sequence (200A-200F) introducing principles of the medical basic science, health policy, public health, and clinical aspects of medicine taught in a contextual-integrated case-based format. The sequence includes curriculum in biochemistry, histology, microbiology, immunology, neuroanatomy, pathology, physiology, pharmacology, and clinical sciences.
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Score: 12.014677 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 12.014677 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 12.014677 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 12.014677 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 12.014677 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 12.014677 Details | Listing | Web page
The first course in a six-semester sequence introducing first-year medical students to the skills necessary to obtain a complete medical history, to manage successfully the dynamics of the doctor-patient interaction, and to master interpersonal communication skills required of doctors in a clinical setting.
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Students learn the cardiovascular, pulmonary, eye, and gastrointestinal exam and practice a complete medical history and physical exam with their preceptor. The dynamics of the physician-patient relationship are discussed on an ongoing basis with both the preceptor and the faculty instructor. Each student is required to turn in at least five patient write-ups per term.
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Students learn the neurologic, musculo-skeletal, ear, nose, throat, thyroid, and skin exam and practice the medical history and physical exam with their preceptor. The dynamics of the physician-patient relationship are discussed on an ongoing basis. Each student is required to turn in at least five patient write-ups per term.
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Students learn the male genito-urinary exam and practice the complete medical history and physical exam with their preceptor. The dynamics of the physician-patient relationship are discussed on an ongoing basis. Each student is required to turn in at least five patient write-ups per term.
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Students learn the gynecologic exam and practice the complete medical history and physical exam with their preceptor. The dynamics of the physician-patient relationship are discussed on an ongoing basis. Each student is required to turn in at least five patient write-ups per term.
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Under supervision, students perform a complete history and physical exam on hospitalized or clinic patients five times during the semester. They present the patients in written and verbal format to the instructor and class. These presentations are critiqued and the tools to effectively present cases are taught. The course runs for the first half of the student's last semester in the program. Each student is required to turn in three patient write-ups.
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In readers' theater, texts not written explicitly for the stage are adapted for public performances. Students thus learn actively about a subject by performance of relevant literature and discourse with involved audiences. In this course, selected stories deal with many aspects of medicine in context, e.g. dying, childbearing, aging, living with chronic pain, biomedical ethics, and disparities in care. The stories are presented to audiences such as elders, care-givers, patients, and providers.
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This course's goal is to provide a method for medical students to think, write about, and discuss feelings engendered by clinical encounters. Medical students are taught the need to be emotionally detached from patients, yet being emotionally detached does not mean devoid of emotion. This course offers a means to express and analyze those feelings. Also considered is the value of regarding the medical history as "text" which can be written and read from differing, equally valid viewpoints.
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Public health and human rights are two complementary approaches to protecting and promoting human well-being and dignity. Enshrined in international law, human rights describe how governments must create conditions where individuals can achieve their full potential. Human rights abuses profoundly affect health; health policies can directly or indirectly impact human rights adversely. We explore these interrelationships and examine how the "right to health" is challenged both in war and peace.
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This course is intended for medical and graduate students who share a keen interest in the problem of death. The topic will be explored from various religious, cultural, and personal perspectives through the use of literature, in-class writing and discussion, and occasionally film and music. A 10-15 page paper will be required.
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