electives

HPAA # 174
Geriatric Health and Medical Care

HPAA # 175
Health Policy and Aging

FMME # 201
Family Medicine Fieldwork
Prerequisites: 2nd- 3rd- or 4th year with permission of the course director

HPAA # 202
Geriatric Health

MEDI #235/435
Aging and Public Policy (cross-listed as: FMME #235 – 435; NURS #783; PSYC #907; SMME #607; HMSC #951; HPAA #961; Dentistry #607; DPET #607I; SOWO #607I)
Prerequisites: 1st-, 2nd-, 3rd-, 4th-year students with permission of Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work

MEDI #274/474
Basic Care of the Elderly Patient
Prerequisites: 2 nd-year but 1 st-year students can request permission from the course coordinator

MEDI #285/485
Interdisciplinary Teamwork in Geriatrics
Prerequisites: any student may take the course who has been admitted to the UNC-CH medical school

MEDI #286/486 (cross-listed as HMSC #311 (Human Movement Science)
Current Topics in Geriatric Health Care
Prerequisites: admission to medical school or other health affairs school

PSYY #412
Geropsychiatry (taught at Dix Hospital in Raleigh, NC)
Prerequisites: completion of medicine and psychiatry 3rd-year clerkships or be a 4th-year student

FMME # 412
Geriatrics in Family Medicine ( Charlotte, NC)
Prerequisites: completion of 3rd-year family medicine clerkship

NEURO #414
Clinical Pain Management
Prerequisites: 4th-year students

NEUR #415
Behavioral/Cognitive Neurology, Aging, and Dementia
Prerequisites: must be a 3rd- or 4th-year student on psychiatry rotation
NEUR #415 Memory Disorders Training Module
author: Michael A. Hill, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
This is designed for medical students doing their psychiatric rotation who wish extra credit. For information, contact Michael Hill, MD.

MEDI #435/235
Aging and Public Policy (cross-listed as: FMME #435 – 235; NURS #783; PSYC #907; SMME #607; HMSC #951; HPAA #961; Dentistry #607; DPET #607I; SOWO #607I)
Prerequisites: 1st-, 2nd-, 3rd-, 4th-year students with permission of Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work

MEDI #442 (cross-listed as FMME #442)
Advanced Care of the Elderly Patient/Clinical Geriatrics
Prerequisites: 3 rd- and 4 th-year students – students must have completed the medicine 3 rd-year clerkship

FMME # 448
Geriatric Long-term Care

MEDI #474/274
Basic Care of the Elderly Patient
Prerequisites: 2nd-year students but 1st-year students can request permission from the course coordinator

MEDI #477
Longitudinal Care in Geriatric Medicine
Prerequisites: completion of all clinical clerkships

MEDI # 480 (cross-listed as FMME #480)
Health and Aging
Prerequisites: any student may take the course who has been admitted to the UNC-CH medical school

MEDI #485/285
Interdisciplinary Teamwork in Geriatrics
Prerequisites: any student may take the course who has been admitted to the UNC-CH medical school

MEDI #486/286 (cross-listed as HMSC #311 - Human Movement Science)
Current Topics in Geriatric Health Care
Prerequisites: admission to medical school or other health affairs school

HPAA # 496
Aging, Family and Long-term Care: Ethnic, Racial and Cultural Variation

Dr. P. Dilworth-Anderson, Professor, Health Policy & Administration/School of Public Health Associate Director, Aging and Diversity, has announced a new course she will be teaching in spring 2008. We will post the days and times for class sessions when they are set by the School of Public Health.

Aging, Family, and Long-term Care: Ethnic, Racial and Cultural Variation - HPAA # 496

Brief Description: The course will tell students how culture, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES) influence long-term care of older people, in general and in family care and institutional care, such as nursing homes, day care centers, assisted living, and hospice care.