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Health Fellows Program Seminar

Spring 1999

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Description of course: This course will provide an overview of current topics in health care. We will start with a general discussion of social, cultural and ethical influences on the delivery of health care. We will then explore several specific topics in more detail. These topics will depend on the specific placements of the students.

Sarah A. Raskin 297-2342 LSC 208

Date Topic Speaker/Reading

Jan 20      Introduction                                                 Handouts
Jan 22   Medical Ethics                                            Prof. Brown
Jan 27     Clinical Research
Jan 29     On individual versus                                  Prof. Trostle
                   population health
Feb 3       Unweaving the Rainbow
Feb 5       Ethics and Decision-Making                      Dr. Herson
                In the Neonatal ICU
Feb 10     Clones and Clones Parts II & III
Feb 12     Emergence of Antibiotic                            Prof. Foster
                Resistance
Feb 17    Clones and Clones Part I
Feb 19     Antimicrobial resistance                          Dr. Cooper
Mar 3       Factors in pathogenic bacteria              Dr. Goethe
Mar 5       Recovery of IQ scores                                Dr. Javornisky
Mar 10     Following traumatic brain
                     injury in children & adolescents
Mar 12     Handout from Mismeasure of Man
Mar 17                                                                          Dr. Oakes
Mar 19     Medical Ethics                                             Prof. Brown
Mar 24     Computer applications in medicine Dr. McKenna
Mar 26     Gender, age and other cultural factor Prof. Raisz
Apr 7       The Spirit Catches You and You
                        Fall Down
Apr 9       Physician-Assisted Suicide                        Dr. Gruman
Apr 14     Three-dimensional ultrasound in            Dr. Wax
                  Obstetrics and Gynecology
Apr 16     Student Presentations
Apr 21     Student presentations
Apr 23     Student presentations
Apr 28     Medical Ethics                                              Prof. Brown
Apr 30     Wrap-up

This is a seminar class and class participation will be a large part of your grade. On the day that your supervisor presents, you need to be prepared to lead discussion. This means handing out discussion questions the week before and having carefully prepared discussion topics.

You will also be required to take three take-home exams. These exams will be distributed on February 12, March 19, and April 28. You will have one week to complete each exam.

You will be required to turn in a formal research paper based on the research you do at your placement. The introduction and methods are due on March 3. The complete paper is due on April 14. You will also prepare an oral presentation of your research project in class and a poster at the Trinity Science Symposium. You will also write up a clinical case report. This case report is due on March 19.