UW Based Non-Clinical Selectives

Education

Use the links below to see all courses designated as non-clinical selectives. Many of the electives do not take place annually and they frequently change quarters. The Curriculum Office will distribute a list of selectives offered each quarter just prior to or during the registration period. Watch for that list in your e-mail.

List of current quarter courses (PDF).

Jointly sponsored courses

Conjoint
Uconjoint

Other resources: The Time Schedule is the resource that contains a list of all courses that are offered for the quarter. It contains the information you need for to register and other information relevant to the course. You will also find a link from your MY UW registration page.

You are responsible for registering for your non-clinical selective. Follow the guidelines in the Academic Calendar to determine add and drop periods and registration deadlines.

BIOCHEMISTRY

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BIOC 600: Independent Study or Research (1)
Second year medical students serve as teaching assistants for the weekly Biochemistry Conferences, which are coordinated with HuBio 514, the fall quarter biochemistry course for first year students. In the conferences, groups of 15 students read and discuss a paper from the primary medical or scientific literature that is relevant to biochemistry. Conferences are led by a fellow or postdoc. The TA encourages the students to use the literature as a resource for problem-solving; to identify key information and communicate it clearly; and to work as part of a team
Faculty: Maizels

BIOETHICS AND HUMANITIES

Contact: Margaret Mitchell
E-mail: bhadds@uw.edu

BH 501: Alternative Approaches to Healing (2)
This course explores philosophies and practices of the major alternative approaches to healing. Historical characterization of alternative medicine accompanied by presentations by practitioners of chiropractic, naturopathic, homeopathic, and traditional Chinese medicine. Requirements are attendance with readiness to question and comment, and submission of a two- to four-page essay elaborating on changes in understanding of and attitudes toward alternative medicine as a result of the course.
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BH 511: Medical Ethics Seminar (2)
Case studies designed to help students develop skills in the analysis of case problems in clinical medicine. Students will be required to turn in a two-page case write-up or do an oral case presentation.
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Faculty: McCormick

BH 512: The Human Face of Medicine (2)
The purpose of this course is to examine the foundation of human values undergirding medical practice. Inquiry will be made into the images of the physician and the motivations which lead to the choice of medicine. Students will be required to keep a journal in which to record thoughts and feelings associated with the readings and class discussions.
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Faculty: McCormick

BH 513: Ethical Responsibilities of Medical Practice (2)
Provides intensive and practical guidance about management of principal ethical and legal problems that arise in clinical practice: informed consent, confidentiality, decisions regarding life support, advance directives and surrogate decision-makers, duty to care for indigent and risky patients. Fourth-year students only.

BH 517: Respectful Death: Exploring Interdisciplinary End-of-Life Care (1)
Using lectures, small groups, role play and readings, the course covers the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes required of the hospice volunteer. Students participate as hospice volunteers as part of their field experience. Jointly sponsored with FAMED 546.
Faculty: Farber

BH 518: Spirituality in Health Care (1)
Course examines the role of beliefs, values, meaning and spirituality for the wellbeing of patients of health care professionals, as well as for themselves. Jointly sponsored with FAMED 547.
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Faculty: McCormick, Farber

BH 522: Ethical Problems Surrounding Death (3)
Issues arising in care and treatment of dying patients and their families, including truthful disclosure, use of life-supports, "euthanasia," coping with death and grief. Intersection of patient and professional values related to care in terminal phase of illness. Open to graduate and professional students and others with appropriate background.
Faculty: McCormick

BH 523: Biomedical Ethics (3)
The course includes selected topics in medical ethics emphasizing methods of ethical reasoning about moral dilemmas and contributions of philosophical theories and principles to practical problems of medicine. Grades will be based on class participation and a written case write-up of an ethical problem.
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Faculty: McCormick

BH 541: Exercise in Modern Medicine (1)
The course surveys the role and place of exercise in modern medicine. This includes a historical and contemporary analysis of physical activity and sports medicine in the American health system. Presentations by clinicians about their experiences in: orthopaedics, exercise physiology, sports nutrition, sports psychology, pediatric sports medicine, special issues of female athletes, environmental medicine.
Faculty: Berryman

BH 554: Ethics in Clinical Contexts (2)
This course introduces medical students to the principles of medical ethics in the context of case studies drawn from experiences in the emergency room. Students will learn basic principles of medical ethics and apply them to cases based on clinical encounters in the emergency setting. Everyday encounters and more complex cases will be included. Specific methods of ethical reasoning covered will include the "4Rs" (recognition, reasoning, responsibility, response/action), the four-box method, line-drawing and the narrative approach. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding the perspectives of the medical provider, the patient and the unique settings that apply to students. Discussion of case examples will include comparison of different methods, when applicable. Students will be required to lead one class discussion, make weekly entries on a course blog and write one three-page case analysis.
Faculty: Fryer, Cooper
Objectives: At the end of this elective, students should be able to:

Apply three different ethical reasoning techniques to dilemmas in medical ethics.
Identify the common ethical dilemmas that arise in medicine.
Cite legal and professional guidelines as they relate to medical care.
Formulate written ethical case studies and lead colleagues in ethics case discussions.

BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE

Contact: Tracy Cranick
E-mail: cranick@u.washington.edu

B STR 531: Human Embryology and Developmental Biology (3)
This course includes classical embryology, embryonic induction, gastrulation, neural induction and patterning, organ formation, limb induction and patterning, development of head and neck. Course includes comparative development and evolution and the implications of conserved signaling mechanism. Also included is critical signaling pathways and their role in development.
Faculty: (Currently inactive)

B STR 580: Anatomy Teaching Practicum (*, max 8) (by arrangement)

CONJOINT

Contact: See Department

CONJ 515: Interdisciplinary Health/Human Services in Rural Communities (1)
See Department of FAMILY MEDICINE

CONJ 516: What Every Physician Should Know about Oral Health (1)
See Department of PEDIATRICS

CONJ 550: Clinical Infectious Diseases (3)
See Department of MEDICINE

CONJ 553: Clinical Management of HIV & STIs (3)
See Department of MEDICINE

CONJ 554: Fundamentals of Hypnosis (1)
See Department of PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Contact: Kathi Sleavin
E-mail: ksleavin@uw.edu

Med EM 550: An Introduction to Emergency Medicine (1)
This course includes presentation of common medical and surgical emergencies and their urgent management, especially within the framework of rapid patient assessment and stabilization. Lecture topics include chest pain and myocardial infarction, basic arrhythmia management, and burn and wound care.
Faculty: Shandro

FAMILY MEDICINE

Contact: Audrey Lew
E-mail: aelew@u.washington.edu

CONJ 515: Interdisciplinary Health/Human Services in Rural Communities (1)
Description: Interdisciplinary course coordinated by the Department of Family Medicine, which addresses current trends and issues of service delivery in rural communities. Demographics, economics, community structure, culture and professional/personal issues are some of the topics discussed in a lecture-seminar and/or field trip format.
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Faculty: House

FAMED 525: African American Health and Health Disparity (1)
Students completing this course will learn about the most pressing health issues facing African Americans. The course will provide a forum to examine the root causes of health disparity in African descendants. Students will have an opportunity to explore strategies to remedy problems in public health and healthcare delivery systems.
Faculty: Overstreet
Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to:

List the major internationally declared health standards and identify how these goals diverge from key regional and national African American health trends.
Describe the origins of health disparity of African Americans and the process by which these gaps are generated and perpetuated.
Recount the historic African American experience with health authorities and the healthcare delivery system; and the roles these systems may play in generating health disparities.
Cite resources and methods used for documenting and measuring gaps in health achievement; and to apply this to critical assessment of literature dealing with race, ethnicity and health disparity.
Demonstrate awareness of the circumstance of African descendants’ displacement, confinement and social and economic exclusion as challenges to resilience against the emergence of chronic disease.
Identify the persistent social determinant of racial bias, as a causal agent of poor health outcomes.
Describe the historic and current political and economic landscape of global Africa and how it is linked to the health of African Americans.
Describe effective practices, initiatives and policies that have safeguarded the health of African descendants in the United States.
Explore possible strategies targeting health disparities among African descendants in the United States.

FAMED 540 Topics in Health and Human Services in Rural Communities (1)
Explores topics important to rural clinical practice. Topics include rural health research, rural health policy, cultural competency, models of rural health practice, and others. Includes panel discussions, a case study, and a required field trip to a rural community.
Faculty: House
Prerequisite: CONJ 515
Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:

Demonstrate enthusiasm (for rural practice) to colleagues, potential rural employers, family, and significant others.
Plan a search for a rural practice career.
Find additional resources for learning about rural clinical practice.
Demonstrate methods for engaging communities in planning and evaluating their health systems
List the core functions of public health in rural communities.
List key areas of rural health research along with the current knowledge gained by that research
Describe and analyze public policy initiatives that will have an influence on the practice of medicine in rural communities.
Describe the relationship between rural health systems and the economic well-being of the communities they serve
Demonstrate cultural competency in working with and caring for patients and communities.
Demonstrate an understanding of health information technology in rural settings.
Describe models of primary practice and how they could be developed in rural settings.
Identify resources to enhance rural clinic practice

FAMED 545: Preclinical Geriatric Elective (2)

Fosters positive attitudes towards aging and older people, teaches communication skills, the normal aging process and life cycle changes, the psychosocial aspects of common aged-related pathologies and long term options through readings, site visits, interviews and discussion-seminars.
Faculty: Baker, Franks

FAMED 546: Respectful Death: Exploring Interdisciplinary End-of-Life Care (1)
Using lectures, small groups, role play and readings, the course covers the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes required of the hospice volunteer. Students participate as hospice volunteers as part of their field experience. Jointly offered with MHE 517.
Faculty: Farber

FAMED 547: Spirituality In Health Care (2)
This course includes the examination of the beliefs, values, meaning, and spirituality of health professionals for the well-being of their patients, as well as for themselves. Offered jointly with MHE 518.
Faculty: Farber

FAMED 556: Spanish for the Health Professional (1)
Goals include teaching vocabulary and pronunciation of words to conduct an interview/patient history and perform a physical examination.
Faculty: Acosta

FAMED 557: Hispanic Health and Health Care Disparities (1)
This course will provide the medical student with an introduction to the Hispanic culture and language, the history of Hispanics in the United States, Hispanic health status issues, and effective strategies and techniques for working across cultures and linguistic barriers. The course is designed to help the learner to better understand and more effectively respond to the needs of this growing Hispanic population.
Faculty: Acosta
Objectives: After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

Describe the historical perspective of health care provision for Hispanics in the United States over the past decade, and describe the issues and barriers that this population has encountered;
Describe the changing demographics of the Hispanic population, and the impact that the predicted population growth will have on the provision of quality health care;
Define acculturation and the variables that affect the process, and the impact of acculturation on health outcomes;
Compare the epidemiology of the health of immigrant and non-immigrant Hispanics;
Explain the Hispanic perspective and cultural context of illness and health;
Recognize the major barriers and the social determinants to health care for the Hispanic population;
Describe the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment of the most common mental health conditions and illness in Hispanics;
Describe common traditional Hispanic practices and its current use in the care of Hispanic health problems along with allopathic medicine;
Recognize the leading causes of death and illness affecting Hispanics, and compare the current status of Hispanic health with other minority and white populations.

FAMED 560: Indian Health Problem-Based Learning 533Cases (1)
For second-year medical students. Presents common Indian health problems via problem-based learning cases over two to three days per case.
Faculty: Ambrozy
Objectives: At the conclusion of this course students should be able to:

Diagnose and treat common Native American health problems
Describe some aspects of traditional Indian medicine
Work as part of a medical team in the care of a patient
Develop a differential diagnosis for the problem

FAMED 561: LGBTQ Health and Health Disparities (1)
Covers the history and health status of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQ) community in the U.S.; effective strategies and skills for working with the LGBTQ community; and is designed to help the learner understand and respond better to the health care needs of the LGBTQ community.
Faculty: Acosta, Gardner
Objectives: After completing this course, the student should be able to:

Identify basic information and terminology regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered, queer, intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, families, and communities;
Understand the current health status and the disparities that exist within the LGBTQI community and LGBTQI "special populations" (ethnic and racial minorities, youth, elderly, same sex parents, and abuse survivors).
Review the historical perspective of health care provision for the LGBTQI community;
Demonstrate awareness of one’s own LGBTQI related biases and address them effectively;
Understand the complexities and diversity of LGBTQI identities as they relate to health and wellness;
Identify the most common issues, problems, and challenges that LGBTQI individuals face in the health care setting;
Recognize the major barriers and social determinants to health care for LGBTQI populations;
Describe the impact that homophobia and transphobia have on the health and wellness of LGBTQI;
Apply effective skills to create a welcoming environment of inclusion and culturally competent care for LGBTQI patients;
Identify the assets and strengths of the LGBTQI community that have enabled it thrive and survive in oppressive environments.

GLOBAL HEALTH

Contact: Julie Beschta
E-mail: jbeschta@u.washington.edu

GH 501: Introduction to Global Health (1)
Addresses a variety of themes in global health which serve as a base for an introductory-level understanding of the field. Emphasizes the diverse, multidisciplinary perspectives on global health.
Faculty: Gonzales, Wade

GH 502: Contemporary Issues in Global Health (1)
Purpose is to create a milieu for the sharing of experiences, opinions, and knowledge, and to provide opportunities to introduce students to many of the broader issues relevant to international public health.
Faculty: Gonzales, Wade

GH 503: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health (1)
Presenters from a variety of disciplines discuss their experiences working on global health issues in resource poor settings. Speakers illustrate how their work is influenced by communication, culture, economic and socio-political realities.
Faculty: Gonzales, Wade

GH 505: P-Advanced Global Health (2)
Prepares health profession students for work in developing countries. Includes health care delivery systems, political, social, and economic determinants of health, major global health issues, and personal well-being while abroad. Lecture and seminar format with guest speakers, student presentations and discussion. Jointly offered with MED 560.
Faculty: Kimball

GH 511: Problems in International Health ([0-4], max. 4)
Students will receive 2 credits toward requirement.
Explores relationships between political, socioeconomic, cultural and demographic conditions of developing countries and their impact on health and health services. A major focus is the evolution of primary health care and alternative responses to health problems. Topics include structural adjustment, war and health, population dynamics, water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, international organizations, pharmaceutical policy, vertical disease-oriented funding and human resources development.
Faculty: Gloyd

GH 514 Global Societal Determinants of Health (3)
What are the determinants of health of populations in rich and poor countries and what different kinds of systems produce differing levels of population health in different parts of the world? The country is the unit of analysis. Why do people living in the US, the world's richest and most powerful country die much younger than they should? The focus of the course is on the social, political and economic contexts that influence health. Recent economic and political changes in the world and their impact on health are discussed. The course output is oriented towards students carrying out some activity intended to produce better human health in the USA and the planet. The concepts may be considered as a beginnings of the area of study "Critical Population Health."
Faculty: Bezruchka Objectives: At the conclusion of this course students will be able to:

describe social, political and economic contexts that influence health.
list reasons for health inequalities among nations or substantial populations.
critically analyze popular views of health production in societies
develop an activity intended to produce better human health in the USA and in countries with poor health status

GH 522: Leadership Development for Global Health (2)
Designed to expand the student's capacity to support individuals, groups and organizations. Provides students an understanding of their current level of leadership performance and effectiveness, their strengths and their development needs. Relies heavily on assessment, feedback and interactive activities. The first course in a 3-quarter sequence that has been developed for the Leadership Policy and Management Track of the Global Health MPH.
Faculty: Campbell

GH 523: Organizational Management for Global Health (2)
Provides a foundation for developing a generic leadership perspective and orientation to the issues associated with the organization, financing and delivery of health care services. Introduces skills in organizing, managing, and leading complex systems and processes with a variety of local, regional, national and/or global contexts. The second course in a 3-quarter sequence that has been developed for the Leadership Policy and Management Track of the Global Health MPH.
Faculty: Welton, Gloyd

GH 524: Policy Development and Advocacy for Global Health (2)
Explores complex array of factors affecting global health policy by studying contemporary health policy issues affecting developing countries. Examines how context (e.g., ideology, culture and history) and international institutions affect the provision, financing, structure and success of a nation's health and health system. The second course in a 3-quarter sequence that has been developed for the Leadership Policy and Management Track of the Global Health MPH.
Faculty: Katz, Johnson

GH 544: Maternal and Child Health in Developing Countries (3)
Students will receive 2 credits toward requirement.
Provides an overview of the health problems of mothers and children in developing countries and examines programmatic interventions, in the context of primary health care, that respond to those problems. Students will acquire skills in assessing status of maternal and child health in a community, setting measurable MCH objectives, planning and evaluating appropriate and culturally-relevant interventions, and involving communities in these processes. Offered jointly with HSERV 544.
Faculty: Mercer

GH 555: Nutrition in Developing Countries (3)
Students will receive 2 credits toward requirement.
Will provide an opportunity to examine nutrition problems in developing countries. Students will gain a general foundation on the global dimension of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, through an introduction into the epidemiology of these different problems, their assessment and classification, and a description of current strategies being implemented to improve nutritional status in developing countries. Offered jointly with NUTR 555.
Faculty: Gorstein

GH 557: War and Mental Health (1)
Examines the impact of war on mental health in both military and civilian populations. Focuses on posttraumatic stress disorder, including assessment, treatment, epidemiology, and neurobiology. Addresses psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, brain injury, and psychosocial effects. Offered jointly with PBSCI 515. See PBSCI 515 for course objectives.
Faculty: Kanter, Evan

GH 561: Tropical Medicine (1)
Intended for professional health science students interested in learning the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and clinical presentation of disease conditions that re more commonly seen in less-developed countries, resource-limited settings, or tropical climates, and how to diagnose, treat, and follow the resolution of these diseases with commonly limited resources. Credit/no credit only. Offered jointly with MED 561.
Faculty: Buckner, Pottinger

GH: 562 AIDS: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2)
Comprehensive overview of the public health, clinical, and laboratory aspects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and disease. Topics include the pathogenesis, natural history, and management of HIV infections. The impact of HIV/AIDS on community and global health care and prospects for prevention and control. Credit/no credit only. Offered jointly with MED 530.
Faculty: Farquhar

GH 571: Essentials of Clinical Care and Capacity Building in Low Income Countries (3)
An interdisciplinary case-based forum of presentations by local and international lecturers and class discussions on realities of providing healthcare in low-income settings. Covers issues in prevention, socioeconomic underpinnings, management of medical and surgical conditions, and sustainable strategies to build capacity. Credit/no credit only.
Faculty: Pak-Gorstein, Zunt

GH 572: Global Health Fieldwork: Prep, Integrate, Reentry (2)
Students will receive 1 credit toward requirement.
Prepares students for community-based global health experiences and provides them the opportunity to share, discuss, and reflect on these experiences after they return to the US.. Explores the problems and promise of current global health strategies.
Faculty: Roesel

MEDICINE

Contact: Yvonne Horner
E-mail: YHorner@medicine.washington.edu

CONJ 550: Clinical Infectious Diseases (3)
The course format is lectures and clinical presentations of common infectious diseases; reinforcement of basic concepts of microbial pathogenesis covered in HUBIO 534. It also includes the introduction to antibiotics and management of infectious diseases.
Faculty: Pottinger

CONJ 553: Clinical Management of HIV & STIs
Provides in-depth case-based training on the diagnosis and clinical management of HIV and associated conditions. Includes interactive format with speakers who have experience in both resource-rich and resource-limited settings. Offered: jointly with G H 573.
Faculty: Harrington, Marrazzo

MED 525 Introduction to Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (1)
Introduces gerontology and geriatric medicine. Explores topics in geriatric medicine including, multidisciplinary care, dementia and delirium, falls, polypharmacy, urinary incontinence, frailty, and end of life care. Employs a combination of lectures, time spent interviewing and observing patients in hospital based clinics, private homes, long term care and continuing retirement communities, and bedside teaching with a healthcare provider.
Faculty: Ong
Objectives: At the end of this course, students should be able to:

List the members of the healthcare team and each provider's role in the care of older adults in the community.
Compare and contrast the clinical presentations of delirium, dementia, and depression in older adults.
Perform and interpret a cognitive and modd assessment in older adults for whom there are concerns regarding memory of function.
Formulate a differential diagnosis and initiate a diagnostic work-up to determine etiology of delirium.
Assess and describe baseline and current functional abilities in an older adult by collecting historical data and performing a confirmatory examination.
Identify and assess safety risks in the home environment, and make recommendations to mitigate these.
Construct a differential diagnosis and evaluation plan for older adults who have fallen.
Classify the different types of urinary incontinence in older adults, and construct a plan for diagnosis and management.
Identify medications that should be avoided or used with caution in older adults and explain the potential problem associated with each.
Identify the psychosocial, social, and spiritual needs of patients with advanced illness and their family members, and link these identified needs with the appropriate interdisciplinary team members

MED 530 AIDS: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2)
This course consists of a seminar format with lectures covering the epidemiology, pathogenesis, natural history, treatment, and prevention of infection by HIV. Attendance is required at all lectures, plus completion of appropriate readings prior to each lecture, and submission of one written question per lecture. Jointly sponsored with GH 562, EPI 530.
Faculty: Koutsky, Kreiss

MED 533: Clinical Endocrinology (2)
Includes brief lectures followed by instructor let interviews with patients to illustrate the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of the major endocrinopathise. Students gain a greater appreciation of the impact these disorders have on patients' lives. Prerequisite: 2nd year medical student.
Faculty: Utzschneider

MED 534 Wilderness Medicine (1)
Provides didactic and field experience in medical emergencies and situations unique to rural and wilderness settings, including, but not limited to, patient assessment, extrication, trauma, burns, water rescue, hypo/hyperthermia, toxins and high-altitude.
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Faculty: Luks, Andrew

MED 536: Introduction to Critical Care Medicine (1)
This elective course is designed to provide second year medical students with an introduction to critical care medicine. Using a combination of lectures, time spent observing ICU rounds and resident physicians on call as well as bedside teaching with an ICU attending physician, students will gain exposure to a variety of core topics in critical care medicine including shock, respiratory failure and sepsis. Students will also gain exposure to end-of-life care as it is applied in the ICU as well as common ethical dilemmas that arise in the course of providing care in this environment. These topics will be explored from the standpoint of both the adult and pediatric critical care populations. Second-year medical students only.
Faculty: Luks, Andrew
Objectives: At the end of the course, students should be able to:

Describe the differential diagnosis, diagnostic approach and management of patients with acute respiratory failure
Describe the differential diagnosis, diagnostic approach and management of patients with shock
Describe the diagnostic and management approach to patients with sepsis
Describe the basic management principles of patients with severe trauma
Describe the indications for initiating invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation
Describe a basic approach to the use of intravenous fluids and vasopressors in the intensive care unit
Discuss the role of palliative care in the intensive care unit
Describe important differences and similarities between adult and pediatric critical care

MED 540: Preventing Hospital Acquired Infections (1)
This course uses a multidisciplinary approach to understanding, measuring and developing policy to prevent hospital acquired infections (HIA, a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world.) This is a lecture-based course directed at medical, pharmacy, nursing, public health and health care administration students. Credit/no credit only
Faculty: Lynch
Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

recognize HAIs
describe the mechanism leading to HAI events
describe the role of the health care team and rational underlying policies/procedures in the prevention of HAI

MED 555: Mind, Body and Pen: Writing and the Art of Becoming a Physician (1)
This course provides forum for medical students to write about issues in medicine and medical education. It focuses on writing as a process for giving voice to the conflicting demands and dilemmas of becoming a physician. It explores personal narratives, dreams and disappointments, chronic illness and death, empathy and revulsion, authenticity and power. See an example of student work: http://depts.washington.edu/givemed/magazine/2011/03/student-voices/
Faculty: Transue

MED 556: Visual Thinking: How to Observe In-Depth (1)
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This course uses visual thinking strategies to look at art and enhance diagnostic acumen. The process expands observational and critical thinking skills, and encourages open-ended discussion. Students will apply these skills in assessing patients. The course is a combination of slide sessions and observation of original objects at Seattle museums.
Faculty: Moats, Kalus
Objectives: At the end of this course, students should be able to:

Employ an expanded vocabulary useful in visual description.
Implement detailed observation of objects.
Diagram their analysis through evidence and pay attention to particular details in individual artworks.
Construct open-ended observations to puzzling artworks.
Formulate observations from multiple perspectives in discussion and journal entries.
Build the ability to make these observations in the presence of and in collaboration with classmates and colleges.
Acquire critical and heuristic thinking skills.

MED 560: Advanced Global Health (1)
This course prepares health profession students for work in developing countries. Topics include health care delivery systems, political, social, and economic determinants of health, major global health issues, and personal well-being while abroad. It is lecture and seminar format with guest speakers, student presentations and discussion. Jointly offered with GH 505
Faculty: Kimball/Stansfield

MED 561: Tropical Medicine (1)
Intended for professional health science students interested in learning the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and clinical presentation of disease conditions that are more commonly seen in less-developed countries, resource-limited settings, or tropical climates, and how to diagnose, treat, and follow the resolution of these diseases with commonly limited resources. Jointly offered with GH 561.
Faculty: Van Voorhis

MED 565: The Healer’s Art: Awakening the Heart of Medicine (1)
This course encourages cultivation of the human dimensions in the practice of medicine while strengthening personal commitment to medicine as a life’s work. Recognizes the commonality of personal concern among peers and recognizes and responds to the dimension of mystery in the experience of illness. Develops the capacity for awe.
Faculty: Wicks

MED 599: Transfusion Medicine (3)
Lectures/conferences on transfusion medicine. Topics include donor testing, component testing and therapy, performance and interpretation of laboratory tests, and management of patients with transfusion problems.
Faculty: (Currently inactive)

NEUROLOGY

Contact: Goldie Pontrelli
E-mail: gpontrel@u.washington.edu

NEURL 536: Topics in Clinical Neurology (1)
Lecture topics include the neurologic examination, stupor and coma, epilepsy, stroke diagnosis, treatment and prevention, dementia diagnosis and treatment, pediatric neurology, etc. Attendance at all lectures is required.
Faculty:

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Contact: Whitney Hiatt
E-mail: whiatt11@uw.edu

OB GYN 550: Voluntary Pregnancy Termination: Overview of Medical and Social Issues (2)
Twenty-five (25) hours, or 4-5 half-days of clinic observation, + 35 hours of textbook and journal article reading, and written examination over a one-year period. Student must complete the credit by the end of the academic year enrolled; grade will be awarded the quarter of completion.
Faculty: Miller

OB GYN 551: Perinatal Care Elective (1)
Provide an introduction and overview of perinatal care for first- or second-year medical students with emphasis on late third trimester, labor and delivery, and postpartum. The course offers the opportunity to observe the patient-provider relationship. There is an optional labor and delivery observation.
Faculty: Gandy

ORTHOPAEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE

Contact: Amanda Schwanz
E-mail: amands4@uw.edu

ORTHP 585: Sports Medicine (2)

This course is an introduction to sports medicine with a review and emphasis on its scientific foundations. Topics include biomechanics, special issues in pediatric, aging, and female athletes; respiratory and cardiovascular adaptations to exercise, nutrition and fuel utilization, and athletic injuries. Attendance at a minimum of 11 sessions is required.
Faculty: O’Kane

PATHOLOGY

Contact: Aurora Bender
E-mail: nab357@u.washington.edu

PATH 521: Anatomy and Autopsy (1)
Students will view an autopsy, and learn how autopsy can help diagnose disease, determine cause of death, and improve patient care. Requirements include attendance at an orientation session, an autopsy and a clinical-autopsy conference. Participants must be free at least one morning per week (M-F), in order to attend an autopsy at UWMC.
Faculty: Fligner

PEDIATRICS

Contact: Sara Fear
E-mail: sara.fear@seattlechildrens.org

CONJ 516: What Every Physician Should Know about Oral Health (1)
This is a didactic elective for students interested in understanding oral health and its relationship to systemic health. This will be of special interest to students planning careers in primary care, public health, or who are likely to practice in rural or underserved communities. It includes weekly seminars and clinical demonstrations. Credit/no credit only.
Faculty: Mouradian

PEDS 530: Homeless Youth and Their Medical Care (1)
Clinic-based setting for seminar and interview practice with adolescents; students learn how to deal with special health problems and other related problems of "street kids" through interviews and observations. Credit/no credit only.
Faculty: Giesel

PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

Contact: Mary Moro
E-mail: mmoro@u.washington.edu

CONJ 554: Fundamentals of Hypnosis (1)
Examines phenomena associated with hypnosis, as well as its safe use in clinical practice.
Faculty: McCann

PBSCI 515: War and Mental Health (1)
Examines the impact of war on mental health in both military and civilian populations. Focuses on posttraumatic stress disorder, including assessment, treatment, epidemiology, and neurobiology. Addresses psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, brain injury and psychosocial effects.
Faculty: Kanter
Objectives: At the conclusion of this elective students should be able to:

Discuss posttraumatic stress disorder in detail, including assessment, treatment, epidemiology, and neurobiology.
Describe other mental health conditions resulting from war trauma, including substance abuse and brain injury.
Recognize the psychosocial effects of war, including unemployment, divorce, and family violence.
Discuss readjustment and reintegration issues of returning veterans, families, and communities.
Identify the challenges of providing of mental health services to war-affected populations.
Describe the effects of war on especially vulnerable civilian populations - women, children and refugees.

PBSCI 525: Psychiatry and the Law (3)
The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the issues in psychology, mental health and law. Each unit will focus on various themes in forensic psychology and psychiatry. This course shall examine the following areas: assessment (psychopathy, malingering, deception, and high risk occupations); ethical principles and professional competencies, eyewitness memory, jury selection, expert witness testimony, involuntary medication treatment of the mentally ill offender, child custody, personal injury examinations in tort cases, assessment of childhood trauma, competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, risk assessment, sex predators, violence associated with attachment pathologies and psychology, public policy and the law. Furthermore, topics of sex-related offenses, personality disorders and the role of the mental health professional in a correctional environment will be addresses. Outside speakers will lead discussions in various topics.
Faculty: Goldenberg
Objectives: At the conclusion of this course students should be able to:

Describe assessments of the Antisocial Personality Disorder, malingering, deception and high risk occupations.
Compare and contrast ethical principles and professional competencies.
Describe the differences in eyewitness testimony, expert witness testimony and jury selection.
Compare and contrast child custody evaluations and personal injury examinations in tort cases.
Describe involuntary medication treatment of the mentally ill.
Compare and contrast competence to stand trial and criminal responsibility.
Describe risk assessment in violent populations.
Compare and contrast issues in mental health public policy and the law.

PBSCI 560: P-Psychological Interventions for Primary Care Physicians (1)
This course focuses on the integration of primary care and mental health issues. Reading, lectures, videos, and role plays are utilized to review evidenced-based psychological interventions which can be employed in an outpatient primary care setting. The course emphasizes issues of somatization, depression, anxiety and health behavior change.
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UCONJOINT

(Courses sponsored by two or more schools at the University of Washington.)

UCONJ 444: Interdisciplinary Collaborative Teams in Health Care (1-5, max 10)
An interdisciplinary course open to students enrolled in Health Science schools. Students work in interdisciplinary teams with a problem-based learning methodology to learn more about the role of other health-care providers in the care of urban and underserved patient problems.
Faculty: MW Baker
Contact: Mary Rivard, School of Nursing, maryriv@u.washington.edu

UCONJ 450: Health Care for the Underserved Community (1)
This course is organized by the Students in the Community (SITC) organization. SITC is a multi-disciplinary effort of UW health sciences students and faculty. This course is designed to give graduate students in health sciences an introduction to the issues faced by underserved populations related to health and obtaining health care. SITC also organizes a student-run clinic at the Aloha Inn, a transitional housing facility for homeless men and women working to obtain more stable housing and employment.
Faculty: Paauw
Contact: Yvonne Horner, Department of Medicine, yvonne11@uw.edu

UCONJ 530: Issues in Indian Health (3)
This course includes lectures and panel discussions on history, epidemiology and management of diseases affecting Native Americans. Paper required.
Faculty:

UCONJ 531: Introduction to Mind Body Medicine—An Experiential Elective (2)
This multidisciplinary course will teach multiple techniques of self-care to early medical and graduate nursing students. By learning and applying these techniques, it is anticipated that future care providers can reduce their own dissatisfaction, prevent burnout and therefore provide better care for their patients. They will be made more aware of the mind-body connection and be armed with skills that they can then teach their patients. This course is for first- and second-year medical students (priority given to second-year students).
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Faculty: Schneeweiss, Finkelstein, Vincenzi
Contact: Mariel Kessel, mkessel@uw.edu

UCONJ 540: Environmental Change and Human Health (1 or 2)
The rapid pace of environmental change is now impacting the health of humans. Diseases from West Nile Fever to asthma to cancer are caused--directly or indirectly--by changes in the ecosystem on which humans depend. Health professionals not only take care of patients with these diseases, but also have a responsibility to prevent or ameliorate the diseases which result. The specific learning objectives include: To understand the major threats to the ecosystem, and their current and future impact on human health; to explore the relationship of environmental health issues to clinical medicine; and to develop a personal and professional response to the issues raised in this course.
Faculty: Rosenblatt, Oberle
Contact: Audrey Lew, Family Medicine, aelew@u.washington.edu

UCONJ 555: STD/HIV Research Seminars (3)
This course is a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge in specific areas of STD and HIV research. Attendance is required.
Faculty: Cavaness
Contact: Yvonne Horner, Department of Medicine, yvonne11@uw.edu

UCONJ 599: Selected Readings in Interdisciplinary Clinical Research (1, max 6)
Analysis and synthesis of selected readings and works in progress related to multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary clinical research. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: UCONJ 517 and permission of instructor.
Faculty: Mitchell, Marshall