Health and Medical Sciences (HMEDSCI)

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Organized group study on topics selected by Health and Medical Sciences faculty for freshman/sophomore students.
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Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2005, Fall 2002
This course will study the end of life--dying and death--from the perspective of medicine and history. It seeks to confront the humanist with the quotidian dilemmas of modern clinical practice and medicine's deep engagement with death more generally. It invites pre-med, pre-law, and public policy students to understand these matters in light of the historical and, more broadly, literary and artistic perspectives of the humanities.
Death, Dying, and Modern Medicine: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Organized group study on topics selected by Health and Medical Sciences Program graduate students under the sponsorship and direction of a member of the faculty.
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Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
The five semester sequence introducing principles of the medical basic science, health policy, public health, and clinical aspects of medicine taught in a contextual-integrated case-based format. The sequence includes curriculum in biochemistry, histology, microbiology, immunology, neuroanatomy, pathology, physiology, pharmacology, and clinical sciences.
Foundational Sciences through Problem-Based Learning: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
The focus of this course is on medical physiology—the study of the human body's normal functioning. Physiology underpins the rest of the foundational medical sciences curriculum by allowing students to map and anchor the additional learning necessary to make sense of complex problem-based learning (PBL) medical cases later in the curriculum. Students will learn physiology through team-based learning (TBL), a student-centered pedagogy in which they work with physiological problems to solve them collaboratively. By actively engaging in learning through problem-solving, students do more than memorize content; they learn how to work together to build a strong web of interconnected information to solve real-world problems.
Foundational Medical Sciences: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Beginning in this semester, you will learn all the foundational medical sciences through problem-based learning (PBL), which builds upon the foundation of physiological knowledge learned through TBL in your first semester. PBL is an evidence-based educational strategy underpinned by a constructivist philosophy of learning. The foundational medical sciences include, among others, pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, genetics, behavioral sciences, epidemiology, public health, medical sociology, and other social sciences.
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Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Continuing your study of foundational medical sciences through problem-based learning (PBL), this is the second PBL course in a series of 4. PBL is an evidence-based educational strategy underpinned by a constructivist philosophy of learning. The foundational medical sciences include, among others, pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, genetics, behavioral sciences, epidemiology, public health, medical sociology, and other social sciences.
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Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Continuing your study of foundational medical sciences through problem-based learning (PBL), this is the third PBL course in a series
of four. PBL is an evidence-based educational strategy underpinned by a constructivist philosophy of learning. The foundational medical
sciences include, among others, pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, genetics, behavioral
sciences, epidemiology, public health, medical sociology, and other social sciences.
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Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Continuing your study of foundational medical sciences through problem-based learning (PBL), this is the final PBL course in a series
of four. PBL is an evidence-based educational strategy underpinned by a constructivist philosophy of learning. The foundational medical sciences include, among others, pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, genetics, behavioral
sciences, epidemiology, public health, medical sociology, and other social sciences.
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Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
Clinical Medicine at the JMP is designed to learn and practice the basic skills, knowledge and professionalism needed for the practice of medicine. Students enroll in the course for four consecutive semesters during their first and second years.
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Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This is the first semester of a mandatory 5 semester Clinical Medicine course. It lays down the foundation for building upon history-taking and physical exam skills and introduces concepts of anti-racism for future integration in your clinical interviews, exams, and communication. The course uses a combination of small group sessions, standardized patient encounters, and intensive clinical encounters within a seminar setting to prepare students to thrive in clinical rotations as curious and self-driven learners, compassionate, clinically astute and just health care providers, and effective and collaborative team members.
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Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This is the second semester of a mandatory 5 semester Clinical Medicine course. It lays down the foundation for building upon history-taking and physical exam skills and introduces concepts of anti-racism for future integration in your clinical interviews, exams, and communication. The course uses a combination of small group sessions, standardized patient encounters, and intensive clinical encounters to prepare students to thrive in clinical rotations as curious and self-driven learners, compassionate, clinically astute and just health care providers, and effective and collaborative team members.

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Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This is the third semester of a mandatory 5 semester Clinical Medicine course. It builds upon the foundation for history-taking and physical exam skills with of focus on differential diagnoses and integrates concepts of anti-racism in your clinical interviews, exams, and communication. The course uses a combination of small group sessions, standardized patient encounters, and intensive clinical encounters within a seminar setting to prepare students to thrive in clinical rotations as curious and self-driven learners, compassionate, clinically astute and just health care providers, and effective and collaborative team members.

Clinical Medicine C: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This is the fourth semester of a mandatory 5 semester Clinical Medicine course. It builds upon the foundation for history-taking and physical exam skills with focus on differential diagnoses and integrates concepts of anti-racism in your clinical interviews, exams, and communication. The course uses a combination of small group sessions, standardized patient encounters, and intensive clinical encounters to prepare students to thrive in clinical rotations as curious and self-driven learners, compassionate, clinically astute and just health care providers, and effective and collaborative team members.

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Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This is the final semester of a mandatory 5 semester Clinical Medicine course. It builds upon the clinical skills developed in the first four semesters, integrating antiracism and clinical reasoning throughout your clinical interviews, exams, and communication. The course uses a combination of small group sessions, standardized patient encounters, and intensive clinical encounters within a seminar setting to prepare students to thrive in clinical rotations as curious and self-driven learners, compassionate, clinically astute and just health care providers, and effective and collaborative team members.

Clinical Medicine E: Advanced Clinical Medicine: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019
The overall goals of this course is for students to learn and practice advanced interviewing, integrated and focused clinical history-taking, physical exam skills, clinical decision making and problem solving skills, H & P and SOAP notes, oral case presentations and professionalism in clinical settings. Coursework is divided in 5 elements of Classroom Sessions, Psychiatric Interview, Kaiser PACE Week, 4 Inpatient Preceptorships, and 2 standardized patient exercises at SMU

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Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
A seminar to help Joint Medical Program students acquire skills necessary to define a research question, find appropriate mentorship, and design a research project. Summer course introduces research design, methods, and expectations for M.S. research in Health and Medical Sciences. Fall and spring semesters address topics in research; student progress toward M.S. thesis is reviewed and critiqued. Development of research plan, protocol design and implementation, and research findings will be reviewed. Each student takes this course three times in the first year.
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Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This graduate course aims to support the students’ development as scholars and medical learners with a critical stance. This seminar has two components. The first is a discussion seminar focusing on 1) understanding the relationship between theory and method in designing research protocols and conducting social scientific research and 2) translating research questions into methods/research design, including appropriate measurements. The second component is a practicum; students will apply the theoretical concepts, historical analyses, and conversations about methods from the seminar to the research projects that students will develop. It includes practical aspects such as writing skills, information literacy, grantsmanship, etc.
JMP Masters Seminar Thinking Critically about Medicine: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This is the second in a series of 5 courses designed to support graduate students’ development as scholars and medical learners with a critical stance. This course provides a scaffold for students to make progress on their master’s project work. To support this process, students will use class time to work in the context of their groups, which are assigned based on methodological affinity or topic affinity. Students can move between groups as needed, and new groups may be formed when needed. Students will continue working on translating research questions into methods/research design, including appropriate measurements.
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Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
JMP Masters Seminar & Community Leadership is a series of 3 courses with two components in each one. The first one is the master’s working group seminar; students will use class time to make progress on their master’s project work in the context of groups assigned based on methodological affinity or topical affinity.
The second component, Antiracist Advocacy and Leadership in Medicine, addresses how JMP students show up in the community first as antiracist medical students, and then as antiracist physicians; it provides foundational skills to change structures to advance health equity by focusing on leadership development, community engagement, and strategies to create authentic partnerships with community members to advance health equity.
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Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
The 2nd of the JMP Masters Seminar & Community Leadership series of 3 courses with two components. The 1st component is the master’s working group seminar; students will use class time to make progress on their master’s project work in the context of groups assigned based on methodological affinity or topical affinity.
The 2nd component, Antiracist Advocacy & Leadership in Medicine, addresses how JMP students show up in the community first as antiracist medical students, and then as antiracist physicians; it provides foundational skills to change structures to advance health equity by focusing on leadership development, community engagement, and strategies to create authentic partnerships with community members to advance health equity.
JMP Masters Seminar & Community Leadership D: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
The 3rd of the JMP Masters Seminar & Community Leadership series of 3 courses with two components. The 1st component is the master’s working group seminar; students will use class time to make progress on their master’s project work in the context of groups assigned based on methodological affinity or topical affinity.
The 2nd component, Antiracist Advocacy & Leadership in Medicine, addresses how JMP students show up in the community first as antiracist medical students, and then as antiracist physicians; it provides foundational skills to change structures to advance health equity by focusing on leadership development, community engagement, and strategies to create authentic partnerships with community members to advance health equity.

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Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020
The Epidemiology/Reproductive Health/ Evaluation TWG provides JMP students a supportive small group student-centered environment in which to discuss their research with other students engaged in Epidemiology/Reproductive Health/ Evaluation projects towards the goal of the successful completion of the required JMP MS.
Basic, Clinical, and Behavioral Research Thesis Working Group: Read More [+]

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Designed to permit qualified graduate students to pursue special study under the direction of a faculty member.
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Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Group study for graduate students. Intensive examination of health-related topics.
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Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
Independent study, research, and writing in an area related to program of study, sponsored by an approved faculty member and approved by program adviser.
Independent Study and Research in Health and Medical Sciences: Read More [+]