MS1-MS2 Electives

Assessment and Mangement of Specific Musculoskeletal Disorders

OHSU Portland 

ORTH 705B  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 11 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Winter 
Preqs: ORTH 705A or Instructor Consent 
Contact: Linda Palmer, 4-0210
Available to Visiting Students: No 

- Week 1– Spine - Week 2– Practical exam skills - Week 3– Shoulder - Week 4– Practical exam skills - Week 5– Elbow/wrist/hand - Week 6– Practical exam skills - Week 7– Hip - Week 8– Practical exam skills - Week 9– Knee - Week 10 – Practical exam skills - Week 11*– Foot/ankle & Practical exam skills Each lecture will review a specific musculoskeletal topic Lecture format will be standardized: 5 minutes to review prior topic’s quiz (first week will be introduction and housekeeping) History Physical exam tests and findings Clinical/anatomical correlations Diagnostic studies Students will have a handout that summarizes the above Review and practice physical exam skills Students will have a take-home test to review that week’s topic  

Careers in Medicine Specialty Talks

OHSU Portland 

JCON 705P  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 4 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Winter 
Preqs: MS1 or MS2 
Contact: Anita Taylor, 4-6618
Available to Visiting Students: No 

The course objective is to introduce various specialties in medicine in the structured format of a panel discussion. Three to four physicians in each specialty will spend one hour every other week answering questions designed by the Specialty Interest Group leaders as well as questions from the students attending the session. Required assignments include website work and evaluations for each session. 

Community Service -MIKE Program

OHSU Portland 

JCON 707A  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: Sept-May 
Credits: 1 
Term: Full Year 
Preqs: none 
Contact: Dr Cheryl Neal, 503-396-7705
Available to Visiting Students: No 

MIKE Program--Multicultural Integrated Kidney Education Program-- is a community non-profit organization serving in the Portland Metro area.  Our mission is to empower youth to be ambassadors of health in service to their diverse communities through mentorship, partnership, and the promotion of healthy kidneys. We act as guides to decrease conditions such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and risky behaviors, all precursors to kidney failure, in the context of promoting healthy kidneys.

Although you, along with other lay mentors, may explain and demonstrate how to measure blood pressure, there are no medical procedural activities in this course and thus it is suitable for all levels of health professional students interested in enriching and expanding social and behavioral skills.

MIKE Program training and support enhances your placement as a health mentor or content expert with teen groups to enrich project-based service-learning in teen classrooms or youth agencies.  The teacher or youth worker facilitates group process and navigates site requirements. You support that process using the MIKE Program curriculum to bring teens and mentors together in a partnership of inquiry and action around health promotion and disease prevention. 

Training starts this service learning opportunity.  MIKE Program will attempt to schedule trainings to coordinate with your other academic requirements. Unless we have available your background checks based on your current enrollment, you will be required to complete fingerprint background checks before being placed with teen groups. Training continues with booster sessions to process your experiences in the youth groups.  Training will include aspects of the MIKE Program curriculum, which meets national and state standards for comprehensive adolescent health education and best practices of youth development.

You will learn and experience group theory as you serve throughout the entirety of one youth group project.  Projects may start either in September/October and rotate every nine weeks, or they start in the fall and again in January/February, extending through an 18 week semester, or they may be for the high school year. Projects typically are geared toward the academic schedule and thus do not meet during academic holiday breaks, except that youth groups may participate in community service attendance in the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Usual time with youth is 1.25-2 hours, meeting one day a week, either in-school time or after school.  Add travel time and perhaps 30-60 minutes preparation time per week, occasional field trips with youth on weekends or extended class time, and bi-monthly booster networking and training sessions.
 

Conversations In Global Health

OHSU Portland 

GLBH 712  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: full year 
Credits: 1 
Term: Full Year 
Preqs: none 
Contact: Jay Kravitz, MD, MPH
Available to Visiting Students: No 

To expand awareness and dialogue among OHSU students, faculty, and guests about a wide range of contemporary scholarly and real-life global health issues facing our world. 1.Schedule: One-hour course spanning the academic year, fall through spring 2. Time: noon – 1PM on Wednesdays, as scheduled for the entire academic year 3. In general, two presentations will be offered per month 4. BUT, expect the schedule to routinely expand with “late breaker” topics 5. Credit: Attendance at 10 sessions required . 

Developing Musculosketal Research

OHSU Portland 

ORTH 705C  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 11 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Spring 
Preqs: ORTH 705A and ORTH 705B or Instructor Consent 
Contact: Linda Palmer, 4-0210
Available to Visiting Students: No 

- Week 1– Evaluating the Literature - Week 2– Mentor - Week 3– Developing Hypothesis/ Introduction to Study Design - Week 4 – Mentor - Week 5 – Introduction to Quantitative Methods - Week 6 – Data Collection - Week 7 Ethical Issues in Research - Week 8 – Mentor - Week 9 – Data Analysis - Week 10– Mentor - Week 11– Written Research Proposal Presentation  

Diagnostic Imaging and Medical Uncertainty

OHSU Portland 

RADD 705A  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 13 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: TBA 
Preqs: none 
Contact: Mark Gosselin, MD, 4-2860
Available to Visiting Students: No 

In the medical school preclinical years, due emphasis is placed on understanding tissue pathology and its utility as a diagnostic tool. Less attention is paid to other diagnostic modalities that, along with good history-taking and physical exam skills, frequently contribute to medical decision making. This course seeks to provide an introduction to some of the most commonly utilized imaging modalities such as ultrasound, radiography, and CT/MRI. The course is modeled after the style of learning that occurs on clinical rotations and emphasizes student to student teaching.The elective would meet on a weekly basis for 1 hour per session. The first 30-35 minutes would consist of the presentation of an approach to a commonly used modality (i.e., ultrasound). Emphasis would be placed on giving students the opportunity to practice the skills they acquire in each session by re-visiting topics after they are presented. For example, for each session after the "Approach to the Bone Radiograph" presentation, a bone radiograph will be presented and students given the chance to practice basic interpretation. The remainder of in-class time would involve a presentation on evidence-based medicine given by a junior student on a topic of his or her choice. This gives students the opportunity to investigate the data supporting medical points-of-view that are commonly accepted (i.e., "What is the data supporting daily aspirin as primary prevention for cardiac death?"'What is the evidence supporting SSRIs in the treatment of depression?"). To further highlight the contrast between the known and the unknown in medicine, students will be expected to attend two conferences outside of classroom time. One of the sessions must be a Grand Rounds-type presentation in the department/setting of the students' choosing. The second must deal specifically with uncertainty and can be fulfilled by attendance to either a Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conference or a Tumor Board Conference, again in the department/discipline of the students' choosing. Finally, at the end of the course there will be an afternoon-long discussion opportunity where principles will be reviewed and cases will be presented for students to practice their acquired skills. 

Electrocardiolography - OHSU

OHSU Portland 

CARD 791A  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Not offered 2011-2012 Academic Year 
Preqs: None 
Contact:
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This introductory course consists of conferences devoted to the techniques, physiological bases and interpretation of electrocardiography. (Meets 2 hours per week) 

Emergency Medicine Evidence-Based EM

OHSU Portland 

EMED 705B  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 6 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Winter through Spring 
Preqs: None 
Contact: Dr. Ricardo Ismach, 4-1587
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This course is intended to provide an in-depth examination of clinical investigations such that medical students gain insight into the key processes of hypothesis-generation, study design, validation, and generalizability of clinically-derived evidence.  The objectives of this course are 1) to familiarize medical students with the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2) to give medical students experience in applying the principles of EBM in the setting of reading and evaluating clinical literature, and 3) to provide medical students with the opportunity to prepare for and present an article at Journal Club.  Each student will be required to prepare and present at least one article at one of the monthly Journal Club sessions.  All students will be expected to read 2-3 assigned articles in advance of the monthly journal club and prepare basic EBM worksheets pertaining to each article.  Attendance at 5 of 6 sessions is mandatory to receive credit. 

Global Health in Changing Environments

OHSU Portland 

GLBH 700  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 9 weeks 
Credits: 2 
Term: Winter 
Preqs: none 
Contact: ghc@ohsu.edu
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This interdisciplinary elective introduces the student to "environmental" forces that shape health and induce disease and injury of populations across the globe. Environmental factors include: climate, conflict, culture, economics, ethics, food, infectious agents, geography, government, nutrition, occupation, politics, social determinants, and water, to name a few. Each weekly module comprises before-class readings in-class didactic presentations and small-group discussions. Class is taught by visiting faculty and the course director. Students debate the pros and cons of propositions relating to health challenges and interventions; class debate and voting identify majority and minority views. At course outset, students select a population for which they evolve a deep understanding as the course unfolds. Students use principles developed in each weekly session to shape and advance knowledge of their chosen populations. Students submit via Sakai a required, 2-3 page single-spaced essay that describes the forces shaping health in their chosen population. This GHCE Course is required if you intend to apply for a competitive Global Health Center Student Travel Scholarship, covering a global health related experience at home or abroad. 

Global Health: Local Communities

Various 

GLBH 713  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 6 days 
Credits: 1 
Term: Spring 
Preqs: None 
Contact: Valerie Palmer, 4-4233
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Interdisciplinary Community Health and Education Exchange (iCHEE) for the Global Health Center is looking for 5 medical students to join interdisciplinary teams for a Saturday community health and education exchange. iCHEE is an innovative elective in student education engaging and supporting the community. The program interfaces Portland-resident refugees and other communities with students and faculty mentors from all four OHSU schools. Dental, medicine, nursing and pharmacy students develop multicultural knowledge and cross-professional skills while providing refugees health information, physical check-ups, and referrals to low-cost clinics. Dental and medical students receive 2 credits; nursing students receive credit on other courses, and pharmacy students gain "community credit". During the Spring quarter we will be working in collaboration with the Lutheran Community Services NW meeting mainly but not exclusively with Russian and Bhutanese refugees. 

Healing Power of the Written Word: Exploring Medical Literature & Creative Writing

OHSU Portland 

EMED 705A  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Not offered 2011-2012 Academic Year 
Preqs: MS1 or MS2 
Contact: Dr. Sarah Andrus - 4-8211 Dr. Patrick Brunett - 4-9590
Available to Visiting Students: No 

In this course, students will examine selections written by physicians as they encountered challenging situations in their own lives and the lives of their patients. Through this exploration, the student will gain insight into struggles others have encountered and overcome. In doing so, they will build a foundation for coping with what undoubtedly lies ahead - the best and worst of times. Students will have brief weekly pre-assigned readings which will take no longer than one hour to complete. The material will cover diverse topics including: death and dying; racial and ethnic differences; personal stress and coping mechanisms; and, medical errors. Assigned material will be comprised of essays, book excerpts, journal articles and poetry. Course faculty members will act as facilitators for small group discussions which will be led by the students. The students will also create their own works in individual and group exercised to be shared with the group. Grading is pass/fail based on participation in sessions. Attendance is required at each session. 

Health and Disease in Context

Old Town Clinic/Portland 

JCON 707C  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 2 
Term: Spring 
Preqs:  
Contact: Cate Bishop, 4-0387
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Students will explore the social determinants of health through an experiential elective, created in partnership between OHSU SOM and Central City Concern. Central City Concern is an innovative and nationally recognized Portland agency whose mission is to provide pathways to self-sufficiency  through active intervention in poverty and homelessness. Students will learn from those who have been there and back, about life on the streets and services available to homeless individuals. Students will explore Old Town and Chinatown's diverse community resources, help to identify gaps in local service networks, and explore opportunities to address these. Students will understand the challenges and barriers to leaving street life behind. 

Health Consequences of War

OHSU Portland 

SURG 705C  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 13 weeks 
Credits: 1 credit 
Term: Winter 
Preqs: MS1 or MS2 
Contact: Dr Martin Schreiber
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This class is designed to increase awareness of the reality of war through lectures, discussions, and readings.  You will have an opportunity to increase your awareness and understanding of war and the consequences it has for health and the challenges it brings for healthcare providers.  You will be introduced to international humanitarian law and human rights.  You will learn about the people who are involved in wars and how different groups are specifically affected. A series of guest lecturers each with different perspectives will discuss the effects of war on the health of civilian and military populations.  

Healthcare Reform: Past Present & Future

OHSU Portland 

JCON 707D  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: TBA 
Preqs:  
Contact: Dr Paul Gorman, gormanp@ohsu.edu
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This course aims to put health care reform in context.  We want to explore the history of health care reform, understand who the main “players” in health care reform have been and are currently, we will learn about current legislation and about the alternatives to the recently enacted reform plan, and we discuss how we can play a part in health care reform as future health care professionals. 
During the course of this class we will focus on how public and professional opinions on health reform are shaped by alternative frames and metaphors used in the reform debate, as well as by various lenses such as personal beliefs and professional culture.
 

History of Medicine - MS1

OHSU Portland 

GMED 705F, G, H  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 10 weeks 
Credits: 1/2 per term 
Term: Fall, Winter, Spring 
Preqs: MS1 
Contact: Dr. Pete Sullivan, 4-0767
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This course covers the major periods and figures in the history of medicine. Students are expected to gain enhanced appreciation for the rich history of the profession, knowledge of famous individuals and important trends, a deeper understanding of major developments in basic science and patient care, and augmented perspective on how medicine might change throughout their careers. Instructors have been chosen based on their expertise and experience in various fields of medicine.  Must register for each term separately. 

History of Medicine - MS2

OHSU Portland 

GMED 705I, J, K  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 10 weeks 
Credits: 1/2 per term 
Term: Fall, Winter, Spring 
Preqs: MS2 
Contact: Dr. Pete Sullivan, 4-0767
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This course covers the history of developments in clinical medicine and is designed to follow the pathophysiology of disease curriculum. Students are expected to gain enhanced appreciation for the rich history of the profession, a deeper understanding of major developments in basic science and patient care, and augmented perspective on how medicine might change throughout their careers. Instructors have been chosen based on their expertise and experience in various fields of medicine.  Must register for each term separately. 

Human Nutrition - OHSU

OHSU Portland 

GMED 705E  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 10 weeks 
Credits: 1-2 
Term: Winter 
Preqs: MSCI 612 
Contact: Sonja Connor, MS, RD, LD, 4-7775
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Nutrition information and experiences that have not yet been incorporated into the curriculum will be provided. Students will become acquainted with OHSU faculty members and outside professionals who are involved in nutrition research and/or nutrition counseling in their practices. Nutrition topics of interest will change from year to year. Students may write a paper for second credit. 

Integrative Self-Care Initiative

OHSU Portland 

OBGY 705C  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8-10 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Winter 
Preqs: None 
Contact: Dr Anne Nedrow, nedrowa@ohsu.edu
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Integrative Self-Care Initiative: An Experiential Introduction to Resiliency Training Introduction: As part of the Educational Initiative in Student Integrative Self-Care, an elective course in resiliency training will be offered to first and second year medical student during Winter term Purpose: Mind-body approaches – including self-awareness, relaxation, meditation, guided imagery, biofeedback, nutrition, physical exercise, art, music and movement are among the best known and most widely used of the integrative approaches to enhance resiliency and manage stress. By their very nature they put high value on and teach the power of self-awareness and self-care. In so doing, they help shape a new integrative model of healthcare – one in which treatment is balanced with teaching; in which lifestyle, prevention and self-care are given as much respect as procedures and pharmacological interventions. In order for students to understand the potential of mind-body approaches, as well as apply them in clinical practice, we believe that they should experience these approaches themselves. It is not enough to hear about mind-body medicine and to read and comprehend the scientific basis for its efficacy. For students to appreciate their patients’ capacities for self-awareness and self-care, students should experience and realize their own abilities. Description: The integrative self-care initiative pilot elective will be offered to a maximum of 30 first and second year medical students (3 groups of 10 students). Each group will meet for 2 hours once/week for either eight, nine or ten weeks (depending on day selected) with two faculty members who will co-facilitate the sessions. This is a different style of learning with minimal ‘didactic’. The students will learn the techniques, practice them and discuss their experiences with members of the small group. Students will have an opportunity not only for individual attention and instruction, but for sharing what they are learning about stress, resiliency and themselves.  

Interprofessional Collaboration: A Dynamic Model for Contemporary Practice

OHSU Portland 

JCON 707G  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 40 hours 
Credits: 1 
Term: Winter 
Preqs: none 
Contact: Patrick Brunett, MD
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This course will provide nursing and medical students the opportunity to learn with, about, and from each other. The overall goal of interprofessional education (the process of preparing pre-licensure team members from differing professions for collaborative practice) is to lead to greater interprofessional collaboration, thereby improving the health care outcomes of the patents that members of healthcare teams service. This 40-hour elective will provide interprofessional perspectives on healthcare disparities, teamwork, communication, conflict resolution, safety, and ethics. Teaching methodologies include group activities such as simulations and on-site visits, providing time for discussion and reflection.  

Intro to Human Patient Simulation

OHSU Portland 

EMED 705C  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Winter, Spring 
Preqs:  
Contact:
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Using realistic cases on the human-patient simulator, students will practice and refine focused interviewing skills. Students will learn to interpret and apply elicited history and physical exam findings to develop differential diagnoses for each patient scenario. Students will refine effective communication skills with the patient simulator, with other members of their team, and with other health care professionals. Students will have an introduction to case-specific procedural skills, such as IV placement, intubation, and defibrillation. 

Introduction to Community Health

OHSU Portland 

GMED 705Q  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 10 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Winter 
Preqs: None 
Contact: Atif Zaman, MD, MPH, 4-8071
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Will cover such topics and Oregon Health Plan, Health Kids Oregon, Community Health Centers, Social Workers in Medicine, WIC, SNAP, School Lunch Program, TANF, Patients with Special Health Care Needs, Child and Adult Protective Services, Access Assured at OHSU, How to Make an Effective Referral, New Directions and Innovations.




 

Introduction to Health Care Law and Policy

OHSU Portland 

JCON 705P  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 13 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Offered every other year 
Preqs: none 
Contact: Dr. Ken Gatter, 4-8273
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Class requirements and grading: 1. Reading and class participation. 20% of your grade. The class depends upon all of us participating and coming to class prepared. The two hours will be much more enjoyable and productive when everyone talks a bit. 2. Group presentations. To be determined, but between 30 to 50%. A principal requirement will be an hour long group presentation. The group must come up with a topic, which must meet my approval by Class 6. The group presentation should include reading material for the class (but no more than 40 pages), a short list of learning objectives, a 20 to 30 minute presentation and a 20 to 30 minute class discussion. We will strictly adhere to a 55 minute limit. Your grade for group presentations will consist of a peer assessment, and my assessment. The peer assessment will be 20% of your grade, with an emphasis on how the individual contributed to the group in terms of cooperation, flexibility, communication, leadership, creativity and respect for others in the group. 3. Paper or final exam, both at end of fall classes. To be determined but between 30 to 50%. Topics must be approved by me by the end of class 6.  

Introduction to Integrative Medicine

OHSU Portland 

FAMP 705F  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 7 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Fall 
Preqs: none 
Contact: Meg Hayes, MD,
Available to Visiting Students: No 

The Integrative Medicine Interest Group is very pleased to be offering the "Introduction to Integrative Medicine" this fall. This elective will provide an overview of integrative medicine and various healing modalities, with an emphasis on how we MD's may incorporate them into our future practices. The details of the elective are as follows: Introduction to Integrative Medicine & course overview Mind-Body Medicine (ex: meditation, biofeedback, imagery) Manual Therapies (ex: osteopathic manipulation, massage, chiropractics) Alternative Health Systems with an emphasis on Traditional Chinese Medicine (Ayurveda, homeopathy, naturopathy will be briefly described) Nutrition and Botanicals Energy Medicine; Leadership & Training Opportunities in Integrative Medicine We will provide a course packet of reading materials to supplement the sessions. Each two-hour session will include lecture, demo and hands-on portions. We believe in experiential learning. :) The sessions will be taught by local integrative medicine practitioners, including Meg Hayes MD, Anne Nedrow MD, Elie Cole MAcOM, and Al Turner DO, to name a few. As part of this course, you will be asked to write a short reflection piece.  

Introduction to Musculoskeletal Medicine

OHSU Portland 

ORTH 705A  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 11 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: fall 
Preqs: none 
Contact: Linda Palmer, 4-0210
Available to Visiting Students: No 

- Week 1 – Overview of the Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries - Week 2 –Neuromuscular exam basics: myotomes, dermatomes, reflexes, etc. - Week 3 – Neuromuscular disorders: pattern recognition (polyneuropathy, myopathy, etc.) - Week 4 – Musculoskeletal basics: manual muscle testing, ROM, palpation skills. - Week 5 – Musculoskeletal disorders: pattern recognition (location, alleviating and aggravating factors, etc.) - Week 6 – Basics of diagnostics: imaging, electrodiagnostics, etc. - Week 7 – Non-operative management options, minimally invasive management options - Week 8 – Surgical referral/management options - Week 9 – Overview, epidemiology of musculoskeletal conditions, state of the literature and evidence-based support for treatment options - Week 10 – Acute Injury Management - Week 11* – Documentation/Coding  

Introduction to Surgery II

OHSU Portland 

SURG 705D  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: full year 
Credits: 1 credit 
Term: All 
Preqs: MS2 
Contact: Dr. Laszlo Kiraly
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This class expands upon Introduction to Surgery. A basic proficiency of the technical skills taught in Introduction to Surgery I is required. This course requires further attendance of surgical conferences and specialty talks. Students enrolled will take on the responsibility of teaching 705B students in lab workshops. They will thereby develop their own skills further. Students will also gain further experience by participating in operations during this period. This course also requires two hours of volunteer work, which include mentoring high school students who are interested in a surgery, during our OHSU skills lab or helping to teach suturing to premedical or other medical students. Participation in the skills lab beyond the initial two hour requirement can fulfill the volunteer requirement. 

Labor & Delivery Skills

OHSU Portland 

FAMP 705H  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 6 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: fall 
Preqs: MS1 or above 
Contact: Peggy O'Neill, 4-5323
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This elective provides a special opportunity for interested medical students to gain a comprehensive introduction to prenatal care and labor and delivery support. Participants are encouraged to be co-participants in the FMIG Baby Beeper program, in which they will have the opportunity to follow a patient's care with a family medicine resident from prenatal visits through labor and delivery and postnatal care of mother and infant. Topics covered will include various aspects of prenatal care, the normal birth process, labor support techniques, dealing with stalled labor, positions, dealing effectively with shoulder dystocia, operative vaginal delivery with vacuum extractions and forceps, and neonatal transition to life. 

Leadership in Medical Teams

OHSU Portland 

JCON 707F  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 5 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Spring 
Preqs: None 
Contact: Dr Molly Osborne, 4-8228
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Session one:    Definition of Leadership (Good to Great – Collins) & Self-Assessment for Leadership
Session two:    Leadership skills: How to negotiate (Dr. J Saultz)
Session three:  Interprofessional leadership in medical teams
Session four:    Leadership in academic medicine, medical societies (OMA), and community programs
Session five:    Small group discussions of individual leadership planning

 

Living With Life-Threatening Illness

OHSU Portland 

JCON 705S  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 1-3PM on Fridays, 9th floor UHS 
Credits: 2 
Term: Winter 
Preqs: MS1 
Contact: Dr. Erik Fromme - 4-8534 Dr. Susan Tolle - 4-4466
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This interdisciplinary course introduces fundamental knowledge, attitudes, and skills for working with dying patients and their families. Each student will be assigned to a patient with a life-threatening illness who they will visit in their homes. The focus of learning for the course will be the students' ongoing relationship with this patient and his or her family. Seven structured learning experiences (panel discussions, large group case discussions, seminars, role plays, and lectures) will address topics such as responses to suffering, symptom control, grief and loss, spiritual concerns, and ethical dilemmas. Weekly small-group discussions will allow students to receive supervision from an experienced clinician and to reflect on personal reactions to the patient, and will help them integrate didactic material with their clinical experience. Course evaluation will be based on participation and completing a short reflection paper or letter to your patient. 

MD/PhD Journal Club

OHSU Portland 

BCMB 705A  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 12 Weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Full Year 
Preqs: MD/PhD 1st and 2nd year students 
Contact: Dr. Peter Rotwein, 4-0536
Available to Visiting Students: No 

MD/PhD students only. 

NARA Volunteer Clinic

OHSU Portland 

GMED 709D  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: Three 8-hour Saturday sessions 
Credits: 1 
Term: Not offered 2011-2012 Academic Year 
Preqs: MS1 or MS2 and accepted application 
Contact: Dr. Jim Reuler, 503-220-8262 x55582
Available to Visiting Students: No 

The number of students is limited by the number of clinic days at NARA. The course director will select students based on application of the number of interested students exceeds the maximum. The goals of this one-credit clinical elective are 1) to expose medical students to cultural issues that arise when working with Native American patients, 2) to educate medical students about health care needs of Native Americans in the Northwest, and 3) the help medical students gain experience in basic clinical skills. Student responsibilities during clinic include patient intake, taking vitals, obtaining a medical history, educating the patients when appropriate, and assisting with clinical test or procedures when requested by the providers. 

Otolaryngology - Soft Tissue Technique Practicum

OHSU Portland 

OTOL 709F  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 2 4-hour sessions 
Credits: 1 
Term: Any 
Preqs: None 
Contact: Laura Cox, 4-5674
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Practical application of soft tissue surgical techniques using video tape instruction segments as well as individual instruction by Otolaryngologist/ Facial Plastic Surgeons during a two day intensive course. The course is focused on soft tissue handling and reconstructive techniques with particular emphasis for those that are applicable around the face. The basic principles of soft tissue surgery proceeding to moderately advanced techniques will be taught. Incisions, excisions, appropriate instrument usage and broad variety of wound closure techniques will be taught and practiced (subcuticular suturing, deep suturing, surface suturing and staple usage). Surface flaps of all types (advancement, rotation, interposition, Rhombic, bilobed) Z-plasty and scar camouflage surgery are covered. Priority is given to students in the first year of medical school as they have had the least exposure to soft tissue reconstruction. Maximum number of students 8 - Minimum number of students 4. 

Physiology & Pharmacology of Pain

OHSU Portland 

NSUR 705A  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 6 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Noon, March/April 
Preqs: Neuroscience & Behavior (concurrent) 
Contact: Dr. Mary Heinricher, 4-1135
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This six-week course will allow students to explore pain in terms if both mechanism and treatment. Following an introductory review of the neural basis of pain transmission and modulation, the course will consider common, clinically significant pain syndromes (e.g., headache) and factors that have a significant impact on pain (e.g., pain in children). Each of these sessions will consist of a brief didactic presentation by the faculty followed by a student-led presentation on a relevant article or case report. At the end of the course, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge related to pain pathways, and to mechanisms and treatment of acute and chronic pain.
 

Providing Culturally Competent Health Care

OHSU Portland 

JCON 705H  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 11 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Fall, Winter, Spring 
Preqs: MS2 or above 
Contact: Dr. Rosa Colquitt, 4-7948
Available to Visiting Students: No 

The purpose of this on-line interdisciplinary course is: 1) To provide a general overview of the concepts of culture which provide a foundation for understanding diversity and cultural competence; and 2) To offer a rationale for why cultural competence is essential to the delivery of high quality health care. Required assignments include journal readings, book excerpts, websites, videotapes and movies, and weekly faculty postings. Closing course activity is a group "cultural" outing.  Contact Dr. Rosa Colquitt for approval to sign up.
 

Reproductive Health Choices

OHSU Portland 

OBGY 705D  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration:  
Credits: 1 or 2 
Term: Every other year in Winter term, Will not be offered in 2011-2012 
Preqs: none 
Contact: Dr. Meg O'Reilly
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Topics covered include contraception, infertility, sterilization, medical and issues and religious perspectives on abortion and contraception. Lecture and panel discussion format.  

Scholars in Medical Spanish 1

OHSU Portland 

PHPM 705F  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Not offered 2011-2012 Academic Year 
Preqs: 1 yr of college Spanish or equivalent, a Spanish language proficiency exam is required 
Contact:
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This course provides a fast-paced approach for physicians. It is designed to provide grammar in the context of the medical history and physical, and emphasizes medical terminology. It also provides insight into cultural aspects that may affect health care decisions and delivery. While the course focuses on conversational skills, it also provides sufficient instruction for written instructions and communication. Evaluation: This course is Pass/Fail. Attendance and active oral participation is required. There are two mock patient interviews and one short essay on a chosen disease required during the term.  

Scholars in Medical Spanish 2

OHSU Portland 

PHPM 705G  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Not offered 2011-2012 Academic Year 
Preqs: 2 yrs of college Spanish or equivalent or Scholars in Med Spanish 1, a Spanish language proficiency exam is required 
Contact:
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This course provides a fast-paced approach for physicians. It is designed to provide grammar in the context of the medical history and physical, and emphasizes medical terminology. It also provides insight into cultural aspects that may affect health care decisions and delivery. While the course focuses on conversational skills, it also provides sufficient instruction for written instructions and communication. Evaluation: This course is Pass/Fail. Attendance and active oral participation is required. There are two mock patient interviews and one short essay on a chosen disease required during the term. 

Scholars in Medical Spanish 3

OHSU Portland 

PHPM 705H  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Not offered 2011-2012 Academic Year 
Preqs: 3 yrs of college Spanish or equivalent or Scholars in Med Spanish 2, a Spanish language proficiency exam is required 
Contact:
Available to Visiting Students: No 

This course provides a fast-paced approach for physicians. It is designed to provide grammar in the context of the medical history and physical, and emphasizes medical terminology. It also provides insight into cultural aspects that may affect health care decisions and delivery. While the course focuses on conversational skills, it also provides sufficient instruction for written instructions and communication. Evaluation: This course is Pass/Fail. Attendance and active oral participation is required. There are two mock patient interviews and one short essay on a chosen disease required during the term.  

Simulation-Based Clinical Medicine

OHSU Portland 

EMED 705D  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 4 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: TBA 
Preqs: MS2 
Contact: Dr. Todd Ellingson, 4-7500 / Dr. Jonathan Ilgen, 4-7551
Available to Visiting Students: No 

The main purpose of this course is to facilitate the formation of illness scripts. An illness script represents a provider's stored knowledge of disease states, conditions and processes acquired through experience. With the use of patient-simulators, cases will be presented for the students to integrate their basic science knowledge through  its application to clinical scenarios, compare and contrast features of each case, and begin the formation of illness scripts. 

Summer Preceptorship

OHSU Portland 

JCON 709S  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 3 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Summer 
Preqs: MS1 
Contact: Marcia DeCaro, 4-4101
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Students are responsible for selecting a site and obtaining a preceptor. 

Summer Research

OHSU Portland 

JCON 701S  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 4 weeks 
Credits: 4 
Term: Summer (between 1st & 2nd year only) 
Preqs: MS1 
Contact: Marcia Decaro, 4-4101
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Students may conduct research under the direction of a faculty mentor in selected areas of ongoing research or carry out pilot studies to initiate new research projects. The Research Elective Request form must be signed off by the faculty member, department clerkship coordinator and the ESDA office prior to starting. 

Surgery and Inequalities

OHSU Portland 

SURG 705E  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 12 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Winter 2013 
Preqs: None 
Contact: Marci Jo Carlton, 4-6626
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Inequalities dramatically impact individual and population health. Globally, two billion people have no access to basic surgical care, yet eleven percent of the global burden of disease is surgical; and the world's poorest third only get 3.5% of all surgeries performed. Here in the United States, surgical disease such as obesity, cancer, and trauma are public health issues that target our nation's most vulnerable populations. This triad of high disease burden, low access, and great disparity has led to a growing interest among surgeons, educators, and health delivery researchers to integrate concepts of population and global health with surgery. This class will introduce first and second year medical students to the important role surgery can play in reducing health inequalities. We will discuss topics such as ethics of global volunteerism, how social determinants of health and governmental policy affect surgical disease in the United States, World Health Organization's Emergency and Essential Surgical Care program, volunteer opportunities, exchange programs and global experiences of local surgeons. Sessions will be led by guest-speakers, speaker panels and student-facilitated journal clubs. Course Objectives: 1. Expose students to non-traditional contexts of surgery. 2. Discuss the impact of health inequalities on surgical burden of disease. 3. Discuss the global burden of disease, and how local surgeons have participated in ameliorating it. 4. Discuss the impact that surgical intervention can have on national and international public health. 5. Encourage critical analysis of medical volunteerism through discussion of ethical concerns. 6. Discuss volunteer opportunities available to students and residents. 7. Encourage interest in research as related to surgery, public and global health. 8. Highlight the importance of academic and multi-disciplinary collaboration. 9. Understanding the logistics and challenges of international health work. 10. Discuss different models of health care delivery services. Methods of Evaluation: 1. Class participation: attendance, participation in session discussion. 2. Facilitate one Journal Club with partner. 

SW Volunteer Clinic

Portland 

FAMP 709K  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: Full Year 
Credits: 1 
Term: All 
Preqs:  
Contact: Jessie Flynn, M.D.
Available to Visiting Students: No 

The Healer's Art

OHSU Portland 

JCON 705G  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Winter, offered in alternate years, 2013 is next time it is offered. 
Preqs: MS1, MS2 or MS4 
Contact: Dr. Karen Adams, 4-4495
Available to Visiting Students: No 

Topics include meaning and service, sharing loss, finding healing, strengthening our personal commitment and uncovering the spiritual dimensions of the practice of medicine for ourselves. Class format includes both presentation and small group discussion in a discovery model around the topics.  

The Healing Racism Institute

OHSU Portland 

JCON 709U  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 8 weeks 
Credits: 1 
Term: Fall, Winter 
Preqs: MS1 or above 
Contact: Dr. Rosa Colquitt, 4-7948
Available to Visiting Students: No 

The course objectives include 1) To learn the historical development and origins of some stereotypes and oppressive terms used in reference to members of ethnic minority groups, 2) To define institutional racism and learn to recognize racism in institutional forms, and 3) To learn how to act to heal racism through education and influencing institutional actions.  Contact Dr. Rosa Colquitt to sign up. 

The Origins of Medical Terminology

OHSU Portland 

GMED 705T  
MS1-MS2 Electives 
Duration: 10 weeks 
Credits: 1 (non-clinical) 
Term: March - May (Thurs from 12:00-1:00) 
Preqs: MS1 or MS2 
Contact: Dr. Lynn Loriaux, 4-1564
Available to Visiting Students: No 

The aims of this course are to provide students with the tools necessary for understanding and interpreting medical terminology.  Students will be introduced to the Greek and Latin roots of medical words, the essential grammatical structures inherited from the ancient languages, and the importance of prefixes, suffixes, and bases in word building.  Later classes will explore the terminology specific to the muscular-skeletal, integumentary, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, urinary, reproductive, and nervous systems and the special senses.  Classes meet in BS 4320.