Department of Preventive Medicine
School of Medicine Courses

FIRST YEAR

626. MEDICAL GENETICS. Basic principles of genetics and their application to medical practice. (36 clock hours)


SECOND YEAR

623. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. The study of the practice and methods of the preventive medicine specialties to general preventive medicine, public health, aerospace medicine, and occupational medicine, and related topics, and their clinical and basic science applications, with special emphasis on epidemiologic principals. (60 clock hours)

625. BIOSTATISTICS. Basic concepts of statistical methodology and their relationships to observational and experimental studies. Topics include probability, measures of central tendency and dispersion, confidence intervals, t-tests, chi-square tests, regression, and correlation. (24 hours).


FOURTH YEAR

651. (E) MEDICAL GENETICS. Consists of participation in genetic counseling, medical genetics consultation, ward rounds and familiarization with special laboratory procedures. Didactic instruction includes self instruction film series or seminar presentation. (3 students each block. Available all blocks.)

654. (A) CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH.

655. (E) CLINICAL TROPICAL MEDICINE.

656. (E) APPLIED METHODS IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY. A course of study synthesized along the lines of interest developed by the student and the course coordinator