This elective is not administered by the School of Medicine, please reach out to the course leadership for information about timing/signing-up for elective

Description: coming soon!

Primary registration will be given to MS1 students participating thin the Maryland Infection, Immunization, Intervention, and Impact (M4I) Program.

1 Terms: MS1 or MS2 Spring

Course Director

Iyabo Obasanjo
iobasanjo@som.umaryland.edu

PSYH 548: CAPP Longitudinal Elective

The Combined Accelerated Program in Psychiatry was initiated in 1970 by the Department of Psychiatry as a major effort to explore new approaches to medical education. This behavioral science-psychiatry track allows selected students to enroll in basic psychiatric specialty training, beginning in and concurrent with the MS1 and MS2 years, and continuing through the remaining years of medical school. In addition to participating in the psychiatry program, students must fulfill all of the requirements of a standard four-year medical curriculum. In admitting students to the program, there is no requirement for any pledge of a career interest in psychiatry.

4 Terms: MS1: Fall and Spring; MS2: Fall and Spring (4 credits total; 8 possible)

Course Director

Ann Hackman, M.D.
ahackman@psych.umaryland.edu

PREV 666: Comparative Health Care Law & Policy

This elective is not administered by the School of Medicine, please reach out to the course leadership for information about timing/signing-up for elective

This course will examine several aspects of health care delivery and regulation of health care in a variety of different countries. Topics for exploration will include how other countries: (1) provide, pay for, and regulate various aspects of health care; (2) resolve health care disputes, including medical malpractice claims; and (3) address certain bioethics issues, specifically organ donation for transplantation and end-of-life care. The seminar will use examples from other countries with different legal and health care systems to compare and contrast with each other as well as with the U.S. health care system

The course is offered in the Spring Term

Course Director

Diane Hoffmann
dhoffmann@law.umaryland.edu

Course Administrator

Gehan Girguis
ggirguis@law.umaryland.edu

PH 727: Critical Issues in Global Health

This elective is not administered by the School of Medicine, please reach out to the course leadership for information about timing/signing-up for elective

This course is designed to give advanced, interprofessional and MPH students an overview of the global health problems facing the world today. The World Health Organization's (WHO) Social Determinants of Health Model will be applied to teach students to critically analyze the root social and organizational determinants of global population health and equip them with the essential tools and skills needed to navigate the world of global health. Drivers of global health outcomes will be examined including globalization, the political economy, governance, global health actors, health systems and workers, and the cross-cutting issues of gender inequality, climate change, conflict, migration and refugees. Using seminars, lectures, readings, case studies and interactive assignments the course will leverage interprofessional faculty across the UMB campus (e.g. Law, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine, Social Work, and Graduate School) as well as external global health experts from international agencies.

1 Term: MS1: Spring (4 credits total)

Course Director

Yolanda Ogbolu, Ph.D., CRNP, Chair PPEP
ogbolu@umaryland.edu  

Coordinator

Nancy McDowell
nmcdowell@umaryland.edu

LAW 548B: Critical Issues in Health Care

This elective is not administered by the School of Medicine, please reach out to the course leadership for information about timing/signing-up for elective

This course is open to students from the Schools of Law, Medicine, Social Work, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry and the graduate schools at UMB and UMBC. The course is designed to: (1) provide students with an opportunity to reflect on the legal, ethical and policy issues surrounding a number of health care delivery problems; (2) expose participants to the basic skills necessary to analyze problems from a legal, ethical and policy perspective; and (3) offer participants from different disciplines an opportunity to interact and share information and perspectives about their professions with one another. A variety of teaching techniques, including case studies, simulations, and video clips will be used to explore such topics as medical malpractice, rights of patients to refuse treatment, informed consent and substituted consent in medical decision making, regulation of experimental drugs, and health care reform. The course will be taught by faculty from a variety of disciplines. During the course, students will have an opportunity to work in multidisciplinary teams to analyze a particular health care problem and develop a position paper on a health care policy issue. More...

Course Director

Diane Hoffmann
dhoffmann@law.umaryland.edu

EMER 552: Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management

Disasters (either accidental or intentional) can occur at any time. A robust medical response is crucial to saving lives. Thus, future physicians must understand best practices in emergency management and disaster preparedness and response. This elective seeks to familiarize students with concepts related to the disaster cycle as well as emergency management. The first year will discuss concepts through didactic lectures while the second year will focus on case studies of real world events. Students will also have the opportunity to meet with and learn from leaders in various state level organizations such as Maryland’s Office of Preparedness and Response, Maryland’s Coordination and Analysis Center and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

2 Terms: MS1: Fall and Spring; or MS2: Fall and Spring (4 credits total)

Course Director

Gregory Jasani, M.D.
GJasani@som.umaryland.edu

GLHT 547: Global Health

This elective is designed to teach students about achieving better health outcomes for vulnerable populations and communities around the world. The elective is designed for students interested in a deeper look at Global Health. Those who study or practice global health work to eliminate health disparities in low-resource settings around the world through research, education and collaborative intervention. Global health emphasizes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to understanding emerging health challenges, considering social, cultural, economic and environmental factors that underlie health inequities.

This course will be a mixture of concepts, implementation and research skills – and participants will obtain background understanding of the vocabulary, problems and concepts in global health in order to develop tools for success in global health careers. Concepts learned in this global health track are applicable to the local Baltimore population, as global health concepts are especially relevant to populations as diverse as that of the US and of the state of Maryland. A knowledge of fundamental global health concepts will prepare students for interactions with patients of different sociocultural backgrounds, refugees, immigrants, vulnerable populations and underserved communities both overseas and in the US.

2 Terms: MS1: Fall and Spring (4 credits total)

Course Director

Shailvi Gupta, MD MPH FACS
Shailvi.gupta@som.umaryland.edu

MSPR 500: Humanism Symposium

The Humanism Symposium is an elective course that offers medical students, SOM faculty, and members of the Baltimore community the opportunity to examine the full range of what it means to be a humanistic physician. The course is led by a select group of junior and senior students (by application only) with faculty leadership. Humanism meets for 2.5 hours once per week for 16 sessions from October to April. It addresses topics across specialties, from medical ethics to cultural differences, spirituality to physician self-care. Over the six-month course, students will engage in roundtable discussions, learn about the intersection of art and medicine at the Baltimore Museum of Art, get acquainted with their peers and the city of Baltimore through organized outings, and design a final creative project. This course enables and encourages students to explore the joys and challenges of medicine and to strengthen their sense of empathy and duty as they face the rigors of medical school. For the faculty who lead classes or participate in sessions, we hope it will serve as a reminder of the compassion that the practice of medicine demands.

2 Terms: MS1: Fall and Spring; or MS2: Fall and Spring (4 credits total)

Course Directors

Ada Offurum, M.D.
aibe@som.umaryland.edu

John Allen, M.D.
john.allen@som.umaryland.edu