Foundations of Medical Practice component on

ETHICS & SOCIAL ISSUES

(formally known as Medicine in Contemporary Society 1) Class of 2008

Course description and requirements

Sections and rooms

See CBase for links, study guides, and other course materials.

Component Schedule:

PART 1:   Patient , Self, Ethics, Law

  1. Thurs 9/2 10 .00-11.25: Patient/Student/Physician
  2. Thurs 9/9 9.30-11.25: Professionalism
  3. Thurs 9/30 10-11.25: The Patient’s Story
  4. Tues 10/5 1-3pm: Introduction to Medical Ethics
  5. Tues 10/19 1-3pm: Informed Consent
  6. Tues 11/2 1-3pm: Disclosure and Truthtelling
  7. Thurs 11/18 1-3pm: Confidentiality, HIPAA
  8. Tues 11/23 1-3pm: Introduction to Health Law
  9. Tues 11/30 1-3pm: Medical Malpracticejiku

 

PART 2:   Life Cycle: Pediatrics

  1. Tues 12/7 1-3pm: Ethical Dilemmas of Prenatal Testing

 

PART 3:   Life Cycle: Adolescence

  1. Tues 1/4 1-3pm: What’s Normal? Culture and Bodies

 

PART 4:   Life Cycle: Adulthood

  1. Tues 1/11 1-3pm:  Religion, Spirituality and Medicine
  2. Tues 1/18 1-3pm:  Health Beliefs and Practices
  3. Tues 1/25 1-3pm:  Chronic Illness

 

PART 5:  Life Cycle: Aging, Death and Dying

  1. Tues 2/1 1-3pm:  Giving Bad News
  2. Tues 2/15 1-3pm:  Palliative Care
  3. Tues 2/22 1-3pm:  Advance Directives
  4. Tues 3/1 1-3pm:  Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

 

PART 6:  Families

Thurs 3/10 11.30am -12.30pm:  Health Insurance and the Family (lec);

  1. Tues 3/15 1-3pm:  Health Insurance Workshop
  2. Tues 3/29 1-3pm:  The Uninsured

 

PART 7:  Populations

  1. Tues 4/5 1-3pm:  Allocation of Scarce Resources
  2. Tues 4/12 1-3pm:  Public Health and Private Rights

[Thurs 5/12 Field visits to health agencies]

Tues 5/17 1-3pm:  Reports on field visits to health agencies