Medicine - General

Students will obtain an in-depth understanding of how vaccines are produced by industry, undergo preclinical evaluation, vaccine public health topics, and evaluation for efficacy in clinical trials.  The goal will be to inform students about vaccine topics to enable students to be able to discuss vaccines with their patients.  Focus will be on domestic perspectives of vaccination for public health but will include some global health discussions on selected publications, and a final course research project individually developed by the student.  This elective course offered through the Department of Tracks and Special Programs is open to OMS I  and II and MSBS students.

This course provides information on the policies and procedures that will govern the clinical years: the rights, responsibilities, and duties of the students, faculty, and teaching facilities; the third-year curriculum; and skills needed to enter the clinical arena. The course also includes an introduction to the resources used in clinical education, as well as tools for professional conduct for direct patient care and telehealth venues. 

The Critical Reflection and Professional Development course series provides students with the skills to critically reflect on their experiences in clinical education. Issues such as resiliency and coping skills, dealing with mistakes, identifying bias, value exploration, broadening one’s professional identity, collaborative practice, and residency preparation will be discussed. The course is a blend of virtual synchronous discussions and asynchronous personal exploration and reflection.

This one-week elective provides students with the skills to critically reflect on their experiences in clinical education. Issues such as resiliency and coping skills, dealing with mistakes, identifying bias, value exploration, broadening one’s professional identity, and preparing a personal statement. The course is a blend of virtual synchronous discussions and asynchronous personal exploration and reflection. 

ain management can be simple or complex, depending on the cause of the pain. This elective provides an opportunity for students to learn various, multi-faceted approaches to pain management: interventional procedures, medication management, physical therapy or chiropractic therapy, psychological counseling and support, acupuncture and other alternative therapies, and referral to other medical specialists. All of these skills and services are necessary because pain can involve many aspects of a person's daily life. 

Disaster medicine is the area of medical specialization serving the dual areas of providing healthcare to disaster survivors and providing medically related disaster preparation, disaster planning, disaster response, and disaster recovery leadership throughout the disaster life cycle. Disaster medicine specialists provide insight, guidance, and expertise on the principles and practice of medicine both in the disaster impact area and healthcare evacuation receiving facilities to emergency management professionals, hospitals, healthcare facilities, communities, and governments. 

Focus during this course will be on the development of skills in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nutritional care for patients. 

This course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to prepare for licensing board exams.

Open to all programs: The knowledge and effective use of medical Spanish is paramount for any new physician. This course takes a student’s remedial Spanish and turns it into a useful tool for bilingual clinical experiences.

Open to all programs: The knowledge and effective use of medical Spanish is paramount for any new physician. This course takes a student’s remedial Spanish and turns it into a useful tool for bilingual clinical experiences. 

This course will introduce the practical language skills used in clinical settings to assist with the interaction of Spanish-speaking patients. Emphasis will be placed on an advanced level of common medical vocabulary that healthcare workers may encounter in the workplace.