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ATTENTION STUDENTS

   AN ELECTIVE COURSE IS AVAILABLE FOR HSC STUDENTS!!!

HSC 500: HEALTH, SCIENCES AND SOCIETY                      

The HSC 500 course will run from February 1, 2006 to April 2, 2006, and includes two full-day retreats. Classes are scheduled on Wednesday evenings from 5:15- 8:15 p.m. in the Health Sciences Center, Level 3, Lecture Hall 5

 

     

Ø      Field Trips- Interdisciplinary groups may visit sites relevant to topics and projects such as Law court, deposition, and/or other legal hearing, Legislative session, Department of Health deliberation, Nursing home, hospice, community based residency programs
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Ø      A series of topic classes- 3 hours each,

     Wednesday evenings-

§         Communication (opening retreat)

§         Health Economics

§         Scope of Practice

§         Ethics

§         Legal Issues

§         Health Policy

§         Public Health

§         Medical Informatics- Telehealth

Ø      Opening All Day Retreat- Sunday, February 5, 2006 - Setauket Neighborhood House (Snow Date: Feb 12). Includes:

§   Communication

§   Small group interactions and exercises throughout the day


 

Ø      Closing All Day Retreat-  Sunday, April 2, 2006 – Setauket Neighborhood House

  • Group Presentations
  • Final Evaluation

  • Ø      Group Projects- Students will participate in an interdisciplinary team that will explore

           one the following: Hospice/Palliative Care

    §         Media/Technology and Health Care

    §         Complementary and Alternative Medicine

    §         Health Promotion/Disease Prevention

    §         International Health

    §         Public Health/Bioterrorism

HSC students who wish to enroll in this course should contact their school’s spokesperson or Kayla Mendelsohn, course director, at Karen.Medelsohn@stonybrook.edu. More information can be found on the web at http://www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/shtm/courses-notes/HSC500/hsc_500.htm.

Class #   Section          School

52692     01                   School of Medicine (Catherine Belling)

52693     02                   School of Dental Medicine (Allan Kucine)

52696     03                   School of Nursing (Ora Bouey)

52694     04                   School of Social Welfare (Candyce Berger)

52695     05                   School of Health Technology and Management (Kayla Mendelsohn)

56278     06                   Masters in Public Health (Ray Goldsteen)