| First Year Courses |
Biochemistry— Peter Roach, PhD
B 800 (3 cr.) Biochemistry for medical students and the metabolic basis of disease. Introduction - Review of enzymes, coenzymes, general principles. Pathways and their regulation - Metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and amino acids, and nucleotides. Integration - Metabolic interrelationships, organ-organ interactions. Hormonal control - insulin, glucagon, catacholamines, glucocorticoids. Diseases - Diabetes, various inborn errors of metabolism. Addresses Competencies I and III., Therapeutics and Prevention." It is taken during the first semester of the first year. |
Cell and Molecular Biology — Maureen Harrington, PhD
X 804 (3 cr.) Cellular and molecular biology that emphasizes the structural organization, biochemistry and molecular biology of cells. Includes cellular processes, development, and differentiation and their relationship to medicine. It is taken during the first semester of the first year.
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Clinical Problem Solving — Subah Packer, PhD
X604 (4 cr.) An interdisciplinary course which integrates basic sciences and clinical competencies using the problem-based learning approach. Students are immersed in the practice of evidence-based methodology as they work in small groups facilitated by faculty to resolve clinical cases. This class is taken the entire first year.> |
Evidence Based Medicine — Rawle SeuPaul, MD
X 602 (1 cr.) EBM is a short introduction to the principles of integration of evidence, experience, and values in clinical decision making. It runs the first month of the first year fall semester.> |
Gross Anatomy —
Mark Seifert, PhD
D 503 (165 hrs.) (7 cr.) A Study and dissection of the entire body, using a regional approach. Laboratory sessions foster small group learning and interaction with peers, faculty, and fourth-year medical student teaching assistants. Clinician participants provide a series of presentations on radiologic anatomy and clinical application of the anatomy taught. This class is taken during the first semester of the first year.
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Histology— James McAteer, PhD
D 504 (90 hrs.) (4 cr.) A Lecture and laboratory study of the microscopic structure of cells, tissues, and organs of the human body; correlation of structure and function. It is taken during the second semester of the first year.
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Immunolgy— Alex Dent, PhD
J 601 (2 cr.) An introduction to the natural and acquired immune mechanisms, with consideration of their significance to medicine. Topics will include both normal and abnormal immune processes, including recovery from and prevention of disease, immune-mediated pathological processes, tumor immunology, immunodeficiency, and auto-immunity. The course is designed to precede and complement J 602 General and Medical Microbiology. It consists of lectures and TBLs. This class is taken during the first semester of the first year. |
Introduction to Clinical Medicine I— Margaret Gaffney, MD
X 600 (60 hrs.) (3 cr.) A multidepartmental, interdisciplinary course designed to introduce students to the patient-doctor relationship through interactions with faculty and patients in a variety of settings. In small groups facilitated by primary care and behavioral science faculty, students direct their learning toward the complexity of the context in which the patient lives and from which a patient seeks medical care. To achieve this, students interview patients in the clinical settings of hospitals, neighborhood health centers and assisted living centers. The class also interviews persons of different ages, examining normal human behavior and development throughout the life cycle. Issues addressed include communication skills, normal human growth and development, medical ethics and professionalism, sexuality, cultural diversity, minority health issues, the role of communities, religion and spirituality, family dynamics, and death and dying. Multiple IUSM competencies are explored and assessed in ICM I. The course runs the entire first year. |
Microbiology — Martin Smith, PhD
J 602 (3cr.) Consists of lectures covering the biology of various pathogenic organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, their role in human disease with emphasis on determinants of microbial virulence, the mechanisms of host responses to infection, and the role of these factors in the pathogenesis of disease. It is taken during the second semester of the first year. |
Physiology— Stephen Kempson, PhD
F 513 (5 cr.) A physiology course for medical students covering neurophysiology, physiology of muscular activity, respiration, circulation, gastrointestinal physiology, urinary excretion, endocrinology and temperature regulation. Emphasis is placed on basic physiological mechanisms and control systems but clinical application stressed. The course is taught through lectures and TBLs. It is taken the second semester of the first year. |
| Second Year Course Courses |
Genetics — Stephen Dlouhy, PhD
Q 601 (33 hrs.) (2cr.) A comprehensive course in medical genetics, emphasizing the principles of genetics and their application to clinical medicine through the family history, clinical findings, and laboratory studies. Patient interviews, risk assessment, and genetic counseling will also be included in the course. |
Introduction to Clinical Medicine II— Klaus Hilgarth, MD
X 601 (398 hrs.) (21 cr.) An interdisciplinary course designed to introduce students to clinical medicine. Includes medical interviewing and physical examination skills learned at the bedside with direct patient contact. Clinical medicine is surveyed with emphasis on pathophysiology and diagnosis. Problem-solving skills are stressed, including synthesis and interpretation of medical data. |
General Pathology — Thomas Davis, PhD
C 603 (148 hrs.) (6cr.) An introduction to mechanisms of disease through demonstrations, lectures, laboratory, and conferences; with emphasis on basic concepts and principles of disease processes. Lab groups of about 20 students review gross specimens and microscopic slides and discuss example clinical cases with clinical histories, signs and symptoms, lab data, radiology images. Pathology faculty, pathology residents and 4th-year medical students assist in labs. Basic diagnosis and treatment are included. There are 3 written exams and 3 lab practical exams- students must use microscopes and interpret glass slides of tumors, infections etc. on the lab exams |
Neuroscience and Clinical Neurology —
Donald Wong, PhD
D 505 (105 hrs.) (5 cr.) A multidisciplinary consideration of structural, functional, and clinical features of the human nervous system.
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Pharmacology— Joseph DiMicco, PhD
F 604 (120 hrs.) (6 cr.) Consists of lectures,quizzes and laboratory. Required for sophomore medical students. Drugs classified as to site and mechanism of action; representative members of each class of drugs discussed; rational clinical uses emphasized; basic statistical techniques and their application to medical problems are introduced. The laboratory experiments illustrate typical actions of drugs. Student projects may be approved in lieu of part of laboratory. |
Systemic Pathology — Robert Emerson, PhD
C 604 (88 hrs.) (4 cr.) A Presentation of pathology by organ systems with emphasis on etiologic factors, evolution of lesions, pathologic physiology, and clinical correlations.
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