Medical Student Electives
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Spring 2007

Spring 2008
Complementary & Alternative Medicine: Expanding your Practice 622-733
Health Care in Diverse Communities 370-712
Historical Perspectives in Medicine 452-720
Medical History and Bioethics - Bioethics and Society 452-728
Medical Spanish 622-735
Wilderness Medicine 144-675

Complementary & Alternative Medicine: Expanding your Practice 622-733
This goal of this low key and fun class is to introduce students to various CAM modalities used today. While it is far from comprehensive, we hope to encourage students to further study those modalities that appeal to them as well as gain insight into alternative modalities that patients may use to gain access to healthcare. This class is meant to be an informal learning experience, with plenty of opportunities for questions and discussion. This course is one non-degree credit, graded on a pass-fail basis. Credit is earned by attending 9 of 12 lectures and the Integrative Wellness Fair in April. NO Homework!
Registration: OASIS 622-733
Location: 1220 HSLC	Sessions: 12
Meets: Tuesday	Instructor: Dan Muller, MD
Time: 5:30 - 8:00	Student Leader: Brian Frederick Mary Kleinschmidt Elenita Kanin
Dates: 1/29 - 4/15	Updated: 11/29/07
Course Information File: Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Health Care in Diverse Communities 370-712
Are you interested in how diversity and culture impact health? Would you like to learn more about these important issues? Poverty HIV/AIDS Hmong culture, Ethics and the story of Tuskegee, Blind/Deaf health, Latino/immigrant health, LGBT, Prisons and health, and more. You are invited to join us this semester for Health Care in Diverse Communities (Weekly dinner included!) What is it? HCDC is a one-credit elective offered each spring to students in the health sciences. Each week we explore the specific health care needs and issues surrounding a particular community. A speaker with first-hand experience gives a short presentation and then leads a discussion with students regarding the importance of cultural awareness and how to apply the knowledge to medical practice. Students have ample opportunity to voice their opinions, discuss personal experiences, and ask questions of the health care professionals and patients brought in each week. The course provides a safe, interesting, and fun environment to learn about highly relevant issues to anyone starting a career in health care.
Registration: OASIS 370-712
Location: HSLC 2284 & 2288	Sessions: 13
Meets: Wednesday	Instructor: Dr. Jim Shropshire
Time: 5:30 - 7:30	Student Leader: Kevin Thao
Dates: 1/23 - 4/16	Updated: 1/14/08
Course Information File: Health Care in Diverse Communities 2008

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Historical Perspectives in Medicine 452-720
Historical Perspectives in Medicine:The Social Dimensions of HIV/AIDS How and in what ways is HIV/AIDS more than a retroviral infection? How does this disease provide a critical filter for mapping the patterns and mechanisms of global interaction in the twenty-first century? This one-credit elective explores the global AIDS pandemic from social and humanistic perspectives. The course will provide an intensive introduction to the relationships between biology, culture, and society in an era of globalization that the pandemic reveals and shapes. A central focus for the course is the inextricability of connections between the epidemiological, political, economic, and historical dimensions of HIV/AIDS. Key themes include the origins of AIDS; the meaning of risk; disease, poverty, and development; race, gender, and vulnerability; the politics of HIV/AIDS research and prevention; epidemics and epizootics: the links between human and simian AIDS; and the experience of AIDS.
Registration: OASIS 452-720 or e-mail Lorraine Rondon listed below
Location: CSC G5/134	Sessions: 15
Meets: Wednesdays	Instructor: Richard Keller
Time: 12:05 - 12:55	Student Leader: Lorraine Rondon
Dates: 1/23 - 5/7	Updated: 11/28/07
Course Information File: Historical Perspectives in Medicine HIV AIDS

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Medical History and Bioethics - Bioethics and Society 452-728
The aim of this 3 credit course is to provide understanding of the broader social, cultural and political context in which bioethical debates and medical practice occur, to explore social science perspectives on medicine and bioethics and to examine the use of qualitative and interdisciplinary methods to conduct research in these areas. Readings and discussion will draw upon research using ethnographic, life history, content, visual and narrative analysis. The course will cover issues in both clinical and public health settings, and may emphasize one or the other depending on the interests of enrolled students. It is designed for the needs of graduate students in the social sciences and humanities, population health sciences, health policy, law, medicine, and health professions.
Registration: Permission of instructor e-mail lfhogle@wisc.edu Register thru My UW
Location: Social Work 106	Sessions: 15
Meets: Fridays	Instructor: Linda F. Hogle and Claire Wendland
Time: 9:00 - 11:30	Student Leader: Lorraine Rondon
Dates: 1/25 - 5/9	Updated: 12/11/07
Course Information File: Bioethics and Society

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Medical Spanish 622-735
Improve your Spanish skills in a medical interviewing context and effectively interact with Spanish-speaking patients from the community. Earn one credit and gain valuable language skills from UW professor Araceli Alonso, RN, PhD. This is a very interactive class and students are required to have an intermediate or advanced level of Spanish; intermediate meaning 4 years in high school, 2 semesters in college or some type of abroad experience. The first half of the course will be dedicated to the study of grammar and vocabulary related to the specific theme of the week (cardiovascular health, pediatrics...etc.); the second half will be a role play situation between students and native Spanish speakers who have volunteered to act as patients. There will also be interesting guest speakers giving cultural talks.
Registration: Http://www.med.wisc.edu/education/medspanish_apply.php
Location: HSLC 2288	Sessions: 10
Meets: Thursday	Instructor: Araceli Alonso
Time: 5:30 - 7:00	Student Leader: Emily Fish and Betsy Doherty
Dates: 2/7 - 4/17	Updated: 12/3/07
Course Information File: Medical Spanish 622-735

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Wilderness Medicine 144-675
The course is designed to give a general overview of Wilderness Medicine, with specific topics presented by expert guest lecturers. The students will be required to present cases from their own experience or the literature (see list of references/recommended texts in the Flyer below) discussed by the faculty and class participants. Some Topics include: – Emergency Medicine, Basic First Aid and Trauma Care in the Field. – Orthopedics: Animal Injuries and Wound Care - Orthopedics: Orthopedic Injuries See the Flyer for complete course and lecturer listing.
Registration: OASIS course 144-675
Location: HSLC 2280 and on 26 MAR HSLC 1325	Sessions: 10
Meets: Wednesday	Instructor: Marlowe Eldridge, MD
Time: 5:00 - 7:00	Student Leader: Vincent Laurence
Dates: 2/6 - 5/9	Updated: 1/22/08
Course Information File: Wilderness Medicine 2008 OASIS 144-675

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Fall 2007
Healers Art Course 370-711
Intercultural Communication in Healthcare 370 699
Medical Spanish for Health Science Students 622-735
Physicians as Health Activists 370-709
Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care - LAW 940
SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) for Health Science Students

Healers Art Course 370-711
This course created by Dr Rachel Remen helps you rediscover your values and strengths that you bring to medicine, learn how loss can lead you to self care and compassion, appreciate the uncertainty and mystery of life, and connect to your commitment to service. Large group and small group interactive sessions foster a safe, noncompetitive community where discovery is honored and listening is appreciated. Tools for self care will be experienced. Healing ourselves and others will be explored. One credit will be given for attendance for 4/5 sessions. Six faculty are from a variety of specialties. Suggested short readings from text provided, Kitchen Table Wisdom by Dr Remen, are minimal.
Registration: OASIS: Family Medicine 370-711 or lucille.marchand@fammed.wisc.edu
Location: WI Psychiatric Institute, 6001 Research Blvd. Carp	Sessions: 5
Meets: Tuesday	Instructor: Lucille Marchand, MD and others
Time: 6:30 - 9:30	Student Leader: Michele Buelow and Jensena Carlson
Dates: 9/25 - 11/27	Updated: 8/2/07
Course Information File: Healer's Art - course descrip and article

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Intercultural Communication in Healthcare 370 699
2 credit course. Enrollment open to all students in the health sciences or related programs who are interested in enchancing skills in intercultural communication. Real Conversations - Explore individual and collective cultural indentities, power, status, and self efficacy in healthcare relationships. Real Experiences - Practice strategies for successful and inclusive small group collaboration. Real Skills - Develop life-long strategies for authentic and effective communication with patients, colleagues, and communities.
Registration: By permission contact Gail Coover gcoover@wisc.edu or 265-5730
Location: HSLC	Sessions: 0
Meets: Monday	Instructor:
Time: 4:30 - 7:00	Student Leader:
Dates: 9/17 - 0/0	Updated: 10/8/07
Course Information File: Intercultural Communication In Healthcare

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Medical Spanish for Health Science Students 622-735
Improve your Spanish skills in a medical interviewing context and effectively interact with Spanish-speaking patients from the community. This is a fun, laid - back class and a great opportunity to practice your Spanish while earning one credit and gaining valuable language skills from UW professor Araceli Alonso, RN, PhD. This is a very interactive class and students are required to have an intermediate or advanced level of Spanish; intermediate meaning 4 years in high school, 2 semesters in college or some type of abroad experience. The first half of the course will be dedicated to the study of grammar and vocabulary related to the specific theme of the week (cardiovascular health, pediatrics...etc.); the second half will be a role play situation between students and native Spanish speakers who have volunteered to act as patients. There will also be interesting guest speakers giving cultural talks.
Registration: http://www.med.wisc.edu/education/intl_health.php
Location: Room 2288 HSLC	Sessions: 10
Meets: Thursday	Instructor: Araceli Alonso, RN, PhD
Time: 5:30 - 7:00	Student Leader: Emily Fish and Betsy Doherty
Dates: 9/20 - 11/29	Updated: 9/7/07
Course Information File: Medical Spanish 622-735 Fall 2007

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Physicians as Health Activists 370-709
Are you PASSIONATE about more than just medicine? Are you looking for a well-rounded education on ALL THE ISSUES affecting your patients? If so, consider registering for the UW Department of Family Medicine’s Elective Course 370-709 Physicians as Health Activists! There are no prerequisites. Dinner will be provided during the break by rotating groups of participating students. This course will consist of ten two-hour sessions. Students will be expected to attend a total of 16 hours of course sessions for one credit. Activism Course Purpose: Foster community Involvement, Promote understanding of public health issues affecting medical care, Teach community leadership skills, Recognize and share activism skills, Provide a forum for exchange and support of activism amongst medical students, Involve community activists and physicians, Issue Sessions: (Most will be covered) The importance of physician activism, A model of physician activism, National Health Care—The Insurance Crisis, Firearm Violence, Environmental Health & Global Warming, Tobacco, Ethics of Health Activism, Radiation and the Effects of Nuclear Weapons, War and Health, Patient Safety in the Health Care Setting, International Health, Food Systems and Health Care, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS) See the flyer below and the OASIS Course Catalog for more information.
Registration: Self register on OASIS - course 370-709
Location: HSLC 1325	Sessions: 10
Meets: Thursday	Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Patterson
Time: 5:30 - 7:30	Student Leader: Kimberly Treml
Dates: 9/27 - 12/6	Updated: 9/11/07
Course Information File: Physicians as Health Activists 370-709

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Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care - LAW 940
The Center for Patient Partnerships is offering a comprehensive, specialized graduate course this semester that reflects our commitment to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the American health care system. Our course, Law 940, offers students the chance to explore the legal rights of patients in the American health care system. Sample topics include patient safety and medical malpractice, suffering, pain and suicide, and reproductive health. While the class will draw heavily from relevant health care case law, it is designed to be accessible to both law and non-law students. We begin the course framing and contextualizing the issues, including a comparative systems review, move to an analysis of various stakeholder perspectives, and conclude with an in-depth look at a sample of contemporary health care issues aas a lens to examine competing rights and responsibilities. In this collaborative curriculum, all students nominate contemporary issues to be explored, and those enrolled for 3 credits co-teach one of these sessions. All students prepare an investigative paper and present on their selected topics.
Registration: By permission, contact cpp@law.wisc.edu
Location: Law School - Room 3427	Sessions: 15
Meets: Wednesday	Instructor: Meg Gaines, JD/LLM
Time: 5:40 - 7:40	Student Leader: Aaron Ponce
Dates: 9/5 - 12/5	Updated: 9/7/07
Course Information File: Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care Law 940

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SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) for Health Science Students
The Health Sciences Student SEED seminar provides a facilitated forum for students in the schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine and Medicine & Public Health to critically reflect on their socially constructed identities and the impact these identities have on their future work. SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) is a national project on social justice pedagogy and cultural change begun and coordinated by Peggy McIntosh (Wellesley College) and Emily Styles (Wellesley College). This seminar is the only offering of a Student SEED seminar for health profession students in the United States. Health Sciences Student SEED is a two-credit elective, graded on a credit/no-credit basis. We meet once a week on Monday nights from 5:30-7:30 for 12 weeks from September 10th to November 26th. A shared, community meal will be provided to participants on seminar nights. Using readings, videos, reflective journal writing, interactive group work and dialogue, we will discuss the impact of race, class, age, gender, ability, sexual identity and other defining aspects of our identities, and how these interact with our work as health profession students. Our work will flow from social justice frameworks of: privilege and oppression; power and resistance; diversity and equity; self-reflection and activism. In other words, we engage the “textbooks of our personal lives” as the basis for exploring the “textbooks of our professional lives”. In the process, participants will explore strategies for affecting structural inequalities and behaviors that result in marginalization and oppression.
Registration: Varies by school. Medical students, complete application below and contact Sharon Younkin at slyounkin@wisc.edu
Location: 2341 Rennebohm Hall (School of Pharmacy)	Sessions: 12
Meets: Monday	Instructor: Shobhina Chheda, MD
Time: 5:30 - 7:30	Student Leader: Betsy Doherty
Dates: 9/10 - 11/26	Updated: 8/29/07
Course Information File: Application for Medical Students

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Complementary & Alternative Medicine: Expanding your Practice
This goal of this low key and fun class is to introduce students to various CAM modalities used today. While it is far from comprehensive, we hope to encourage students to further study those modalities that appeal to them as well as gain insight into alternative modalities that patients may use to gain access to healthcare. This class is meant to be an informal learning experience, with plenty of opportunities for questions and discussion. This course is one non-degree credit, graded on a pass-fail basis. Credit is earned by attending 9 of 12 lectures and the Integrative Wellness Fair in April. NO Homework!
Registration: OASIS 622-733 or e-mail Trina Daniels tmdaniels@wisc.edu
Location: 1220 HSLC	Sessions: 12
Meets: Tuesday	Instructor: Dan Muller, MD
Time: 6:00 - 9:00	Student Leader: Trina Daniels
Dates: 1/30 - 4/24	Updated: 1/17/07
Course Information File: Flyer Comp and Alt Medicine

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Health Care in Diverse Communities
This class is designed as an introduction to issues that we, as health care professionals, will face entering practice in increasingly diverse communities. While this class is in no way a complete or thorough look at “cultural competency,” “cultural sensitivity,” or “cultural humility,” we hope that the course will provoke an awareness of the importance of these concepts in clinical practice. This class brings together students from all of the health science schools, patients, community members, and health care workers to discuss the experiences of people from different backgrounds; especially as these different experiences apply to health care interactions. Topics of the class are listed in the flyer attachment below, though discussions are not limited to these topics alone.
Registration: OASIS 370-712 or contact britanyallen@wisc.edu
Location: HSLC - Rm TBA via e-mail	Sessions: 10
Meets: Tuesday	Instructor: Dr. Jim Shropshire
Time: 6:30 - 8:30	Student Leader: Brittany Allen
Dates: 1/23 - 4/10	Updated: 1/17/07
Course Information File: Health Care in Diverse Communities

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Historical Perspectives in Medicine
Enjoy interesting films and earn 1 credit while you eat your lunch! This is a great class with great videos. Films include: Sentimental Women Need Not Apply; Strange Sleep; The Invisible Enemy; Selling Murder and many more.
Registration: OASIS 452-720 or e-mail Lorraine Rondon listed below
Location: G5 CSC Rm 164	Sessions: 15
Meets: Wednesdays	Instructor: Anderson, Leavitt, Mitman, Numbers
Time: 12:05 - 12:55	Student Leader: Lorraine Rondon
Dates: 1/24 - 5/2	Updated: 1/17/07
Course Information File: Flyer film

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Medical Spanish
Saludos! Improve your Spanish skills in a medical interviewing context and effectively interact with Spanish-speaking patients from the community. This is a fun, laid - back class and a great opportunity to practice your Spanish while earning one credit and gaining valuable language skills from UW professor Araceli Alonso, RN, PhD. This is a very interactive class and students are required to have an intermediate or advanced level of Spanish; intermediate meaning 4 years in high school, 2 semesters in college or some type of abroad experience. The first half of the course will be dedicated to the study of grammar and vocabulary related to the specific theme of the week (cardiovascular health, pediatrics...etc.); the second half will be a role play situation between students and native Spanish speakers who have volunteered to act as patients. There will also be interesting guest speakers giving cultural talks. http://www.med.wisc.edu/education/intl_health.php
Registration: See attached flyer; look for email in January; apply by 1/26/2007
Location: 2288 HSLC	Sessions: 10
Meets: Wednesday	Instructor: Araceli Alonso
Time: 5:30 - 7:00	Student Leader: Julia Kasprzak
Dates: 2/7 - 4/18	Updated: 1/10/07
Course Information File: Flyer

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Regenerative Medicine, Ethics & Society
Organizational Meeting Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 at 3 pm at the Medical Sciences Bldg # 1406 At the first session, we will decide permanent meeting times and location. Regenerative Medicine consists of several emerging fields including stem cells, tissue engineering and nanotechnology. Combining biology, chemistry and engineering, the aim is to repair, restore or replace tissue function. As with any novel medical technology, both hopes and fears are raised. For some, there are challenges to thinking about human biology and what constitutes "life," as well as who should have a say in how such technologies are shaped. This course explores these social and ethical issues and more.
Registration: OASIS 452-734 or e-mail mlrondon@wisc.edu
Location: Medical Sciences Bldg 1406	Sessions: 15
Meets: Thursday	Instructor: Linda F. Hogle
Time: 4:00 - 7:00	Student Leader: Lorraine Rondon
Dates: 1/25 - 5/10	Updated: 1/19/07
Course Information File: Regenerative Medicine 452 734

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Technology Entrepreneurship MHR 765
This course explores key concepts, tools and questions about how to initiate and build a technology intensive start-up firm, with an emphasis on the life-sciences and engineering sectors. Technologies studied include: • Medical devices/Biotechnology • Consumer electronics • Information technology The Goal: • Develop capabilities at combining technical expertise with business smarts • Sharpen management abilities by participating in an active learning environment that includes a number of guest speakers and case discussions • Obtain a comprehensive view of entreprenuership in the infotech and biotech arenas. Key Topics: • Identifying opportunity in tech-intensive contexts • Resourcing tech entrepreneurship opportunity • Creating capabilities within tech start-ups • Developing dynamic strategies for tech start-ups • Shaping market perceptions, norms and rules
Registration: My UW Class 44172 School of Business - Sub 236 Cat 765
Location: 2185 Grainger	Sessions: 15
Meets: Monday	Instructor: Prof. Sanjay Jain
Time: 4:00 - 7:00	Student Leader:
Dates: 1/22 - 5/7	Updated: 1/25/07
Course Information File: Technology Entrepreneurship

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Wilderness Medicine 144-675
The course is designed to give a general overview of Wilderness Medicine, with specific topics presented by expert guest lecturers. The students will be required to present cases from their own experience or the literature (see list of references/recommended texts in the Flyer below) discussed by the faculty and class participants. Some Topics include: Feb 8th – Darren Bean MD, Emergency Medicine, Basic First Aid and Trauma Care in the Field. Feb 15th – Mark Flanum MD, Orthopedics: Animal Injuries and Wound Care Feb 22nd - Mark Flanum MD, Orthopedics: Orthopedic Injuries See the Flyer for complete course and lecturer listing.
Registration: OASIS course 144-675
Location: HSLC Rm 2284	Sessions: 10
Meets: Wednesday	Instructor: Marlowe Eldridge, MD
Time: 5:00 - 7:00	Student Leader: Jason Jadodzinski
Dates: 2/8 - 5/3	Updated: 1/29/07
Course Information File: Wilderness Medicine Elective 144-675

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