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Welcome to the Blue Book Electives Page! Blue Book Electives are
optional short courses designed to enrich & enhance the medical student's
core curriculum experience. Below is a current list of Blue Book Electives
being offered at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. 2007 - 2008 SPRING 2008 2nd Annual Hot Topics in Ethics -This
course will offer an important balance to the second year Ethics course
required for all medical students to take. We hope to translate the lessons
of the ethics course into real-life situations by providing a forum for
interactive discussion between pre-clinical students, clinical students,
residents, physicians, and other members of faculty and staff. Anesthesia Student Association -
Provides an early look at the field of anesthesia. Based out of the UT
Anesthesia Residency Program, the organization provides monthly meetings with
guest lecturers from the UT Anesthesia faculty, shadowing contacts and other
supplements to facilitate this initial exposure. Art of Observation -
Observation, description, and interpretation are essential skills in clinical
diagnosis. These talents are also requisite in the visual arts. Thus, if
medical students can improve their skills of observation in a safe
environment by first looking at selected portrait art, this will translage to
enhanced skills when observing medical photographs and ultimately when seeing
a patient. Clinical Nutrition - The
topics for this series include an overview of the nutrition assessment
process for hospitalized patients, nutritional requirements during
pregnancy/lactation, nutritional management of the diabetic patient, obesity
and weight management, nutrition and cancer prevention, diet and
cardiovascular disease, use of herbal supplements, and nutritional support of
surgical/trauma patients. Doctors in Film -
Students will be introduced to the historical and cultural background of the
film period prior to each film. Discussion will reveal the historical,
substantive, and cultural complexity of the films. A rich variety of student
response to the films is essential to discovering the films' nuances as well
as main points, and students are expected to contribute to this exploration. Domestic Violence and the
Physician's Role - This course was created in order to
increase student awareness of the prevalence and clinical consequences of
domestic violence through lectures and presentations. Additionally, the
students will learn screening, safe planning, and documentation skills as
well as increasing the student's self-efficacy for identifying and managing
victims of violence. Healer's Art -The
Healer’s Art addresses a hidden crisis in medicine, the growing loss of
meaning and commitment experienced by physicians nationwide under the
stresses of today’s health-care system. Numerous surveys have documented the
difficulties physicians are having in maintaining a sense of personal and
professional satisfaction in their work and maintaining an on-going
commitment to their profession. The answer on how to stress-proof students to
meet the challenge of practicing medicine has become an urgent question to
medical educators. The pressures of education and practice is requiring us to
broaden our customary educational objectives and goals, to help students
develop the capacity to find meaning lifelong in the same systematic way we
now foster the skills to maintain a current evidence-based medical knowledge
and technical expertise. HOMES Clinic for the Homeless -This
elective course will help UT-H medical students apply their knowledge and
training to the care of homeless patients in a community-based clinic. Medical Ethics & the
Holocaust - This lecture series was created to address present day
biomedical advances which have elements of biological determinism and
eugenics, two theories that enabled doctors and biomedical scientists to
embrace Nazi programs of sterilization, euthanasia, and genocide. This course
will describe both the potential and perils of modern medicine and medical
science. Ob/Gyn Student Association -
First and second year medical students receive little information regarding
the field of obstetrics and gynecology. In addition, there are many topics
that students are not exposed to during medical school. The course will
generate student interest in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, increase
awareness of various issues in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, provide
practical information about opportunities in the field of obstetrics and
gynecology. Pediatric Student Association
(2 semester series) - This series of lectures allow the
student to gain an accurate and first hand knowledge on the field of General
Pediatrics and its sub-specialties. Reader's Theater -
Medical reader's theater is a means of educating both medical students and
the larger professional community about the social and ethical issues facing
medicine and is a means of establishing a dialogue about these issues.
Students who enroll in this course are given the opportunity to explore these
issues in even greater detail by examining the thoughts of their future
patients and their peers and teachers in the audience. Student Surgical Association - The
intentions of this course are to familiarize medical students interested in
surgery to the intimidating environment of the operating room and provide
them with the knowledge and experience they need to be successful in their
future encounters with the OR. The Practice & Business in
Medicine - This course is being offered at the request of the UT-Houston
AMA/TMA organization with the assistance of the Harris County Medical Society
(HCMS). The course content represents a collection of topics identified as
missing and needed by UTMSH first and second year students regarding the
practice and business components of medicine. The course was developed with
professional input from the HCMS, faculty, and professional resources. FALL 2007 Anesthesia Student Association -
Provides an early look at the field of anesthesia. Based out of the UT
Anesthesia Residency Program, the organization provides monthly meetings with
guest lecturers from the UT Anesthesia faculty, shadowing contacts and other
supplements to facilitate this initial exposure. Art of Observation -
Observation, description, and interpretation are essential skills in clinical
diagnosis. These talents are also requisite in the visual arts. Thus, if
medical students can improve their skills of observation in a safe
environment by first looking at selected portrait art, this will translage to
enhanced skills when observing medical photographs and ultimately when seeing
a patient. Cultural Humility Series -
Helping students to understand patient diversities (culture, religious, and
social class) in order to offer culturally-sensitive care for their patients.
HOMES Clinic for the Homeless -This
elective course will help UT-H medical students apply their knowledge and
training to the care of homeless patients in a community-based clinic. Medical Ethics & the
Holocaust - This lecture series was created to address present day
biomedical advances which have elements of biological determinism and
eugenics, two theories that enabled doctors and biomedical scientists to
embrace Nazi programs of sterilization, euthanasia, and genocide. This course
will describe both the potential and perils of modern medicine and medical
science. Pediatric Student Association
(2 semester series) - This series of lectures allow the
student to gain an accurate and first hand knowledge on the field of General
Pediatrics and its sub-specialties. Sports Medicine - The
course is designed to introduce medical students to basic concepts in
exercise physiology, bio mechanics, and kinesiology. Student
Surgical Association - The intentions of this course are to
familiarize medical students interested in surgery to the intimidating
environment of the operating room and provide them with the knowledge and
experience they need to be successful in their future encounters with the OR.
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