Alternative Health Science Courses Approved
by HHP
The following
list of courses are alternative courses that will
satisfy one of the non-clinical selective requirements for HHP
certification.
Courses that are highlighted in blue bold
letters and
marked with a "(P)" are courses that have been approved by the
Curriculum Oversight Committee, and do not require pre-approval.
The
other courses that are not highlighted or marked are courses
that
require you to obtain prior approval by the HHP Director (David Acosta,
M.D.) and formal approval from the Associate Dean for Curriculum (Susan
Marshall, M.D.). Please see your Student Handbook for the appropriate
process on how to get formal approval
ANTH 562 Clinically Applied
Anthropology
Anthropology
as it relates to interdisciplinary delivery of health
care.
Cultural variation in illness beliefs and behavior, types of healing
practice,
illness prevention, and social support networks. Prerequisite: graduate
standing and permission of instructor.
Offered: jointly with NURS 562.
ANTH 575 Cultural Construction of Illness: Seminar in
Medical
Anthropology
Historical and comparative examination of depression, neurasthenia,
somatization, hypochondriasis, and hysteria. Anthropology of
psychosomatics and
psychiatry, including cultural analysis of selected biomedical,
indigenous folk
medical, and popular common-sense conceptualizations of illness.
ENVH 546 Pesticides
and Public Health (will not be offered
in 2010)
Examines health risks and benefits associated with pesticide use in the
United
States and internationally; reviews exposure, toxicity, epidemiology,
and
regulation of pesticides, focusing on populations such as workers and
children;
discusses benefits derived from vector control, food production, and
food
preservation.
Faculty: Fenske, Keifer.
Offered: odd years; Winter.
HSERV 571: Cultural Competency for Public
Health Practice
Application of cultural competency to
clinical practice, health care
management, and health services research when working with culturally
diverse
populations. Methodological orientation is qualitative, historical, and
ethnographic. Lecture, narratives, discussions, guest presentations,
film,
video. Interdisciplinary perspective appropriate for graduate students
in
public health, health administration, nursing, social work, and
anthropology.
Faculty: Thornton.
Offered: Spring.
HSERV 588 Community Approaches to Health Promotion
Provides
opportunities to critically examine community-based health promotion
interventions
and the design, evaluation, and implementation issues they raise. A
wide range
of disciplinary perspectives is presented. Case studies and class
projects are
designed to give students the skills needed to critically assess
community
projects around health promotion.
Faculty: Thompson.
MED
510: Health Issues of Sexual Minorities (P)
Designed to introduce students to the special health care
issues and barriers confronting sexual minorities, persons identified
as bisexual, gay, lesbian, or transgendered.
Offered: Not offered regularly.
Credit: 1
PEDS 530: Homeless Youth
and Their Medical Care (P)
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
Offered: Winter
UCONJ 442 Social and Cultural Aspects of
Aging
Involves faculty members from the various social science fields
examining the range and variation of relationships among age-linked
attitudes
and cultural values related to aging; the social and economic factors
that
influence the elderly in contemporary society; the effects of ethnic
and sex
differences in sociocultural aging. Open to upper-division
undergraduates and
beginning graduate students interested in gerontology.
UCONJ
444: Interdisciplinary Collaborative
Teams in Health
Care (P)
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: MWBaker
Credit: 1
Contact: Mary Rivard, School of Nursing, maryriv@u.washington.edu
UCONJ
450: Healthcare for the Underserved Community (P)
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
Offered: Winter
Credit: 1
Contact: Barbara Daniels, Department of Medicine, bdd@u.washington.edu
UCONJ 490 Social Sensitivity in Health Care
Multidisciplinary course for health professions students.
Health professionals' roles in dealing with social, cultural, and
physical
barriers to health care of low-income groups and ethnic people of
color.
Personal involvement through field experiences and faculty drawn from
affected
communities as well as health sciences, social work schools. Credit/no
credit
only.
UCONJ 513 Dynamics of Patient Management:
Diabetes Mellitus
Analysis of advanced knowledge related to interdisciplinary
management of diabetes. Commonalities and differences in provider
approaches,
recent research and its effect on management practices, collaborative
communication, knowledge application. Brief interactive presentations,
decision-making opportunities, discussion. Credit/no credit only.
Prerequisite:
graduate standing in pharmacy, dietetics, nursing; third- or
fourth-year
medical student; or permission of instructor.
