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MED 498 Undergraduate Thesis (*)
MED 499 Undergraduate Research (*)
Case studies, with laboratory research. Available to undergraduates and medical students.
MED 505 P-Preceptorship in Medicine (1)
To provide opportunity for first- and second-year medical students to gain personal experience with medical practice situations by being stationed with carefully selected clinical faculty members in their offices. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of department.
MED 506 P-Emergency Medicine Preceptorship (1)
Provides opportunities for first- and second-year medical students to gain experience working in an emergency setting. Students shadow faculty in Emergency Medicine during their shifts. Includes learning about common conditions seen in the emergency department and the opportunity to work on history taking and physical exam skills. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
MED 510 Health Issues of Sexual Minorities (1)
Introduction to the special health care issues and barriers confronting persons identified as bisexual, gay, lesbian, or transgendered. Includes lectures, panels, and case presentations by faculty and community experts.
MED 530 AIDS: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2)
Comprehensive overview of the public health, clinical, and laboratory aspects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and disease. Topics include the pathogenesis, natural history, and management of (HIV) infections. The impact of HIV/AIDS on community and global health care and prospects for prevention and control. Credit/no credit only. Offered: jointly with EPI 530/G H 562.
MED 531 P-Human Genetics (*)
Weekly seminar dealing with a variety of topics in medical genetics given by faculty of the Division of Medical Genetics and related departments and divisions. Open to medical students with a good foundation in genetics.
MED 533 P-Clinical Endocrinology (2)
Emphasis on the most major and dependable symptoms, signs, laboratory tests, and therapy for clinical endocrinopathies. Patient illustrated. Limited to second-year medical students. Offered: W.
MED 534 Wilderness Medicine (1)
Provides training in medical emergencies and clinical situations unique to wilderness settings where access to medical care is limited. Experience gained in patient assessment and the management of common wilderness situations including altitude illness, burns, trauma, diving injuries, hypo- and hyperthermia, and toxin exposures.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrew M. Luks
MED 536 Introduction to Critical Care Medicine (1) King
Uses a combination of didactics, time spent observing rounds and physicians on-call in the ICU as well as dedicated bedside teaching by a critical care attending physician to teach about core topics in pediatric and adult critical care medicine including shock, respiratory failure, sepsis, mechanical ventilation, and palliative care. Offered: W.
Instructor Course Description:
Andrew M. Luks
MED 546 Clinical Applications of Gene Therapy (2)
Overview of the current status of gene therapy. Discusses its role in the future practice of medicine. Lecture and literature reviews.
MED 547 Quantitative Methods in Medical Genetics (2)
Computational methods of use for medical genetics. Review of problem sets. Topics range from basic probability to linkage analysis. Prerequisite: genetics and permission of instructor.
MED 549 Clinical Medical Genetics (1)
Review of current clinical advances in medical genetics. Includes lectures and discussion of cases from medical genetics clinic. Prerequisite: genetics or human genetics and permission of instructor.
MED 550 P-An Introduction to Emergency Medicine (1)
Presentation of common medical and surgical emergencies and their urgent management, especially within the framework of rapid patient assessment and stabilization. Lecture topics include chest pain and myocardial infarction, basic arrhythmia management, and burn and wound care.
Instructor Course Description:
Jamie Rae Shandro
MED 555 P-Mind, Body, and Pen: Writing and the Art of Becoming a Physician (1)
Provides forum for medical students to write about issues in medicine and medical education. Focuses on writing as a process for giving voice to the conflicting demands and dilemmas of becoming a physician. Explores personal narratives, dreams and disappointments, chronic illness and death, empathy and revulsion, authenticity and power.
MED 556 Visual Thinking: How to Observe in Depth (1)
Uses Visual Thinking Strategies to look at art and enhance diagnostic acumen. Expands observational and critical thinking skills, and encourages open-ended discussion. Skills applied in assessing patients. Combination of slide sessions and observation of original objects at Seattle museums.
MED 560 P-Advanced Global Health (2)
Prepares health profession students for work in developing countries. Includes health care delivery systems, political, social, and economic determinants of health, major global health issues, and personal well-being while abroad. Lecture and seminar format with guest speakers, student presentations, and discussion.
MED 561 Tropical Medicine (1)
Intended for professional health science students interested in learning the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and clinical presentation of disease conditions that re more commonly seen in less-developed countries, resource-limited settings, or tropical climates, and how to diagnose, treat, and follow the resolution of these diseases with commonly limited resources. Credit/no credit only.
MED 565 P-The Healer's Art: Awakening the Heart of Medicine (1)
Encourages cultivation of human dimensions in practice of medicine while strengthening personal commitment to medicine as a life's work. Facilitates student recognition of commonality of personal concerns among peers and student response to the dimension of mystery in the experience of illness as well as development the capacity for awe.
MED 599 P-Transfusion Machine (3)
Group discussions and didactic sessions cover broad category of transfusion medicine. Hands-on laboratory experience in red cell serology/compatibility, coagulation, and histocompatibility with emphasis on diagnosis and management of clinical problems. Based at Puget Sound Blood Center. Prerequisite: fourth-year medical student standing; third-year student standing with permission of instructor.
MED 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
MED 630 P-WRITE Medicine Clinical Clerkship (*, max. 24)
Basic clinical clerkship for students enrolled in the WRITE Program. Prerequisite: completion of basic curriculum; third- and fourth-year students; acceptance in the WRITE program.
MED 655 P-Clinical HIV Care (8)
Full-time outpatient and inpatient elective in HIV care for senior medical students. Students see patients for routine care and acute medical problems that do not require hospitalization, as well as provide inpatient consults. Prerequisite: MED 665.
MED 660 P-Emergency Medicine Clerkship (*, max. 16)
Clerkship emphasizes the management of ambulatory emergencies, severely injured, and critically ill patients. Requirement can be met at either HMC or UWMC Emergency Departments. Prerequisite: FAMED; MED; OB/GYN; PEDS; PBSCI; and SURG required clerkships.
MED 661 Emergency Medicine Elective (8)
Basics of emergency medicine, including the primary survey, secondary survey, and approach to the critically ill patient. Students supervised by emergency boarded staff physicians at Madigan Army Medical Center Emergency Department. Prerequisite: basic clerkship in medicine, surgery, obstetrics, or pediatrics.
MED 695 P-Clinical Aspects of Aging (8) (Harborview Long Term Care Service, HMC, Seattle V.A. Medical Center, Boise V.A. Medical Center)
Work with elderly patients as subintern with Senior Care Program. Inpatient and ambulatory setting in nursing homes and patients' homes. Interdisciplinary approach. Prerequisite: MED 665.
MED 697 P-Medicine Special Electives (*, max. 24)
Special clerkship, externship, or research opportunities that can at times be made available at institutions other than University of Washington. Faculty can advise students of opportunities. Students wishing to elect this course should obtain from Dean's office a special assignment form at least three months before preregistration. Prerequisite: permission of department. (Two, four, six, or twelve weeks.
MED 699 P-WWAMI Medicine Special Electives (*, max. 24)
By special arrangement for qualified students, special clerkships or externships may be available at institutions other than the University of Washington located within the WWAMI region. Prerequisite: permission of department.
