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LC 6 The Practice of Medicine and You
Fall 2003 Wednesdays 1:30 Science 011
Professors Barry/Higgins
Syllabus/Assignments/Grading/Learning Objectives
September 3 Introduction
Scavenger Hunt- Library
Heather Perry
Journal: Design a treasure hunt, pick 10 items to be hidden.
September 10 Assad Sayah, M.D.
Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton*
Emergency Medicine and Disaster planning
Assignment: Scavenger items, health care systems response to 9/11
Journal: Reflect on 9/11. How did it change your life?
September 17 Video: Exposure
Rev. Thomas Gariepy
Stonehill College
Epidemiology
Assignment: Definition, understand concepts, give examples
Journal: Does the fear of global infectious disease (ex. SARS)
affect your desire or interest in travel?
September 24 Karen Gurnick, O.R. Director
Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton *
Assignment: morbidity, mortality after surgery, nosocomial inf
Journal: Explore how illness or injury within the family setting has
forced you to reevaluate how you demonstrate affection. If nothing
serious has occurred, how does your family demonstrate affection?
October 1 State House, Boston**
Representative Thomas Kennedy
Assignment: HC bill or law in Mass. within past two years
Journal: Pick a historical event or a person that has most affected
you. Describe how this has happened.
October 8 MaryAnn Miller
Rhode Island Department of Public Health
Primary Care/ Public Health
Assignment: Explore RI DPH site, give examples of focus.
Explore your own state DPH web site
Journal: no journal entry due
October 15 Professor Craig Almeida
Stonehill College
Human Genome Project, stem cell, cloning controversies
Assignment: History of HGP, articles on stem cells, cloning
Journal: Pick any disease that may or may not have a pre-diagnosis test
yet. Describe how it would affect your life and choose to either be
tested or not. Take a stand.
Notebooks due October 16
October 22 Pei Ge**
Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge
Assignment due: Life cycle of drugs from compound to generic
Journal: What is your ideal business venture? Brainstorm on ways
it can become a reality.
October 29 Dana Hewins, Ph.D., Economic Consultant
Medical Malpractice
Assignment: News articles on malpractice cases
Journal: no specific assignment this week other than reflections on
speaker and topic.
November 5 Jennifer Cray
New England Organ Bank
Assignment due: mission of NEOB, transplant news articles
Journal: Imagine that either your mom or dad has terminal
kidney disease. Would you be tested to be an organ donor?
If you were a match would you be willing (be honest) to
take that step? What would affect your decision?
November 12 Old Colony Hospice team, Stoughton
Assignment due: Hospice legislation (House bill 1756)
Journal: Describe your family unit's view of death and dying. Where do you fit in with this?
November 19 AIDS presentation
Lisa Wentworth
Community Resource Initiative New England
Assignment due: News stories regional and international
Journal: List the 10 most important things in life now and
in the future excluding car or house. How do you plan to do
something about it, i.e., what actions will you take to achieve those goals.
November 26 No class, Thanksgiving break
December 3 Sue Harris
Whole Person Health, Canton
Alternative (complementary) medicine
Assignment: Choose two alternative treatments, news articles
ournal: Pick a personal point of view and write in your journal how it
differs from your family and friends.
Notebooks due December 5
December 10 TBA
* Off campus- cars ** Off campus- bus
Seminar Learning Objectives:
Exposure to players and systems
Exposure to various health care professionals
Diagnosis and diseases: Etiology
Community based agencies exposure
Discover `new' environments as a consumer; patient; advocate; student
Learn how to be a change agent for healing environments
Methodology:
Field (Observe players and facilities)
Semester `Notebook'
Weekly articles and summaries
Topical research -written brief on subject for the week (before
speakers, visits, etc.) by fulfilling assignments
Reflective journal- this should include your own thoughts on the
presentation as well as completing the weekly journal assignment.
Three questions/week on the subject of the week for speakers to be handed
in at the beginning of each class. Keep a copy for your notebook and to use that day.
Class notes
Assessment: Notebook
Journals (reflective and weekly topic)
Assignments (articles and summaries, personal thoughts)
Attendance/Participation (“engagement”)
Weekly questions
Grading:
13 weekly reflection journals (none due from 10/8, 12/10) @ 3 pts each 39%
12 weekly assignments (none due from 9/3,12/10) @ 4 pts each 48%
Attendance (beginning 9/10) @ 0.5 pts each week 6%
Participation (prepare three questions/week, ask questions weekly)
(beginning 9/10) @ 0.5 pts each week 6%