Independent study of community health issues and their implications for or impact on the health of society. Examples include infectious disease control, immunization programs, nutrition, air pollution, over-population, wellness, health promotion and life-style change programs, cancer epidemiology, care of disabled persons, mental health programs, the terminally ill or the elderly, poverty, sports, physical fitness programs, etc. Specific content will be defined primarily by interest, background, and wishes of the student. Emphasis will be placed on the methodology used in gaining information and the means by which a health professional can translate and channel such information effectively into educational processes of the community. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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Special studies tailored to the interests of students wishing to further their training in one or more areas concerning clinical medicine, environmental health or delivery of health care. Epidemiologic evaluation of a disease or health related problem is encouraged. This sequence will include readings, clinical studies, and field work when appropriate, guided by frequent conferences with an advisor. The objectives of the individual student will be dissected and declared at the initiation of the sequence and the attainment measured through a terminal seminar for elective credit or brief paper designed to fulfill the communication requirement. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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Opportunities will be presented for students to work with a state or local health department either in studying public health problems in the community (e.g. teenage pregnancy, VC, lead poisoning) or through participation to health services under the supervision of the staff. Specific assignments will be developed individually for each student, who will meet with the instructor once per week and present a seminar at the conclusion of this experience.
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Within this elective are presented opportunities for the student to gain clinical and community health experiences in an international setting. The country selected is to be prearranged by the student with the assistance of faculty. Two modules are recommended for this elective. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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Placements will be made to provide clinical or field experiences to study the health effects of both air and water pollution and environmental hazards as these relate to occupation. Arrangements will be made with local, state, or federal agencies (e.g. the Environmental Protection Agency or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration), private clinics, hospitals, industries, unions, or other organizations. Specific assignments will be developed individually for each student, who will meet with the instructor once per week and present a seminar at the conclusion of this experience. Offered in modules I-XII. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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This course is designed to provide an opportunity for students to perform clinical and population-based research with the assistance of a cross-disciplinary team of mentors. The objective is to provide students with valuable research experience and a better understanding of the contribution of clinical and population-based research to evidence-based medicine. Furthermore, students will be provided the opportunity to perform research in a specialty of their interest. Students will first identify a need/problem in a patient population. Once identified, students will systematically investigate this need by reviewing the current literature to describe the problem. Students will develop a data collection tool, acquire IRB approval from all applicable bodies dependent upon the individual project, collect the data, analyze the collected data, and present the results. Students will be required to present their findings as a scientific paper and an oral or poster presentation. Students will be assisted throughout this process by mentors from the Preventive Medicine and Public Health Departments in addition to biostatisticians, content experts, and clinical mentors from the surrounding medical community. Evaluation will be based upon mentor assessment and review of scientific paper and oral or poster presentation. Assistance will be provided if the students decide to submit their work for publication. However, pursuit of publication is not a requirement of the course. The course will transpire across multiple semesters, providing the students the opportunity to initiate the research in their third year and conclude in their fourth year.
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Basic concepts of epidemiology and methods for identification of factors influencing health and disease in human populations. Considerations are centered on physical, biological, psychosocial and cultural factors in relation to infectious and non-infectious diseases; interactions between agent, host, and environmental factors as determinants of health and disease; application of the epidemiologic approach to health services; retrospective and prospective analysis of morbidity and mortality data.
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