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(MS2)

• Tools for Diagnosis and Therapy (MEDI230)
  • 1 week—all day (Aug)
  • Introduction to diagnostic tools and their evaluation: clinical epidemiology, geriatrics, pathology and laboratory medicine, radiology
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Howard Reisner, David Warshauer, Susan Hadler
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/c89caf85-2758-4fac-868a-ddf2b30af97b

• Hematology/Oncology (MEDI234)
  • 3 weeks (Aug-Sept)
  • Overview of hematology and oncology: basic/clinical science lectures combined with relevant laboratory exercises associated with each given hematologic and oncologic disorder
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Frank Church, Georgette Dent, Alice Ma
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/0f1ce6e5-14cd-4606-81b6-5b9161fb0f54

• Cardiovascular System (MEDI237)
  • 3 weeks (Sept)
  • Development of the analytical and cognitive skills necessary for a successful transition from basic cardiovascular physiology to the care of patients with heart disease
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Amy Denham, Brian Jensen, Susan Hadler, David Zvara
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/42b86a99-6fa2-49b8-a467-bf429f079b28

• Respiratory System (MEDI238)
  • 3 weeks (Oct)
  • All aspects of respiratory pathology, physiology, and pharmacology as they relate to human disease
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Ashley Henderson,  Peadar Noone, William Funkhouser
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/83cdca2a-0d66-48be-8da8-1945446266c6

• Gastrointestinal System (MEDI239)
  • 3 weeks (Nov)
  • Clinical reasoning, clinico-pathologic correlation, clinical gastroenterology
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors:  Ryan Madanick, Robert Watson, Kevin Greene, Nicholas Shaheen
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/5f9eb2b2-e6a3-4dca-a232-354c5d175a68

• Urinary/Renal System (MEDI240)
  • 3 weeks (Nov)
  • Fluid and electrolyte disturbances, nephrologic and urologic disorder
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Gerry Hladik, Susan Maygarden, Harsharan Singh, Eric Wallen
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/cc540d2f-0373-492d-b237-6ab32db15899

• Brain and Behavior (MEDI242)
  • 5 weeks (Jan-Feb)
  • Pathophysiology, presentation, course and treatment of the major diseases of the mind, nervous system, and structures of the head and neck
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Susan Hadler, Amy Ursano, Thomas Bouldin, Oliver Adunka, Amy Fowler, Cheryl McNeil
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/ef64f740-d543-43e7-b68f-7196b273c433

• Endocrinology System (MEDI243)
  • 3 weeks (Feb-Mar)
  • The impact of endocrine disorders on patients of all ages and the team approach often utilized in diagnosis and treatment of these conditions; review of nutrition
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Deepa Kirk, Beth Mayer-Davis , Catherine Hammett-Stabler
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/77acbd1f-7f9d-4cb8-a95e-807d563c19b2

• Reproductive Medicine and Genetics (MEDI244)
  • 3 weeks (Mar-Apr)
  • Molecular diagnostics, clinical cytogenetics, birth defects, metabolic disorders, the normal and abnormal menstrual cycle, the pathophysiology and physiology of obstetrics and reproductive organ cancer biology; ethical issues related to genetic testing, prenatal counseling, and options for pregnancy
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Debbie Keelean-Fuller, Anne Steiner, Kathleen Rao, Lori Scanga
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/e6a3fa56-f9b7-43b4-bc3a-1b14fe217f20

• Musculoskeletal System and Dermatology (MEDI245)
  • 3 weeks (Apr-May)
  • Normal and abnormal development of musculoskeletal system; structure, physiology, biochemistry, pathology of musculoskeletal system; foundations of dermatology, including primary and secondary skin lesions
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Robert Esther, Craig Burkhart, Frank Wilson
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/3f3f0301-63c8-47ef-bcc7-57a539eaef89

• Clinical Skills Integration (MEDI236)
  • (meets once a week—all year)
  • Primary goal is to have students completely ready to step into the clinical world of third year
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Cristin Colford, Debra Bynum, Donald Woodyard
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/8ba95bec-2221-4772-b6ed-da4602e3f1ee

• Clinical Epidemiology (MEDI220)
  • (meets 23 times—fall semester)
  • Students learn how to 1) ask a focused clinical question, 2) find evidence from the research literature to answer the question, 3) evaluate the validity and applicability of original clinically oriented research articles to answer focused clinical questions, 4) discuss relevant medical data with patients in the context of shared medical decision-making
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Directors: Jeffrey Sonis
  • Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/074f720a-ee46-4488-afce-ec1d8a291a2e

• Humanities and Social Sciences (MEDI231)
  • (meets once a week—either Fall or Spring)
  • This course 1) engages students with humanities and social sciences perspectives on health, illness, and medical care 2) advances understandings of the socio-cultural, historical, legal, ethical and political dimensions of health, illness, and medical care and 3) develops students’ skills in critical thinking, research, writing and presentation.
  • Detailed Course Description
  • Course Director: Jonathan Oberlander
  • Sakai Link: varies by seminar

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