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2.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of Pharmacology and Therapeutics II and includes lectures and conferences on the pharmacology of drugs commonly used for the treatment and management of disease states. (old #426C)
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4.00 Credits
Lectures, labs and case presentations on the assessment and treatment of medical, pediatric and surgical emergencies. The course includes advanced cardiac life support as well as labs in suturing, casting, splinting and phlebotomy.
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide an overview of public health gobally, with an emphasis on the Unites States. The course will focus on the population health perspective, including the impact on the healthcare system and the envrionment and the specific needs of underserved populations. A history and background of public health will be included to provide a framework for understanding how health and healthcare evolved globally and within the US. This history is intricately connected to the discovery of the science of epidemiology, which will also be discussed. The course will provide an introduction to disease incidence and prevalence, and how the frequency, distribution and determinants of disease affect how resources are allocated to target health conditions and health disparities. Methods used to detect diseases within populations will be described along with educational interventions used to facilitate behavior change and disease prevention. Issues of healthcare delivery will be included with a discussion of health care financing, reimbursement, cost containment and utilization. Finally, students will be introduced to the concept of social determinants of health promotion and disease prevention, including health communications and informatics, so that they may gain an understanding of the health disparities that exist today and the factors that contribute to this inequity.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to critical challenges in global health using multidisciplinary perspectives. Issues at the nexus between development and health are explored through: millennium development goals, disease burden, environmental health and safe water, epidemiology and demography of disease, AIDS and HIV prevention, chronic diseases, nutritional challenges, social determinants of global health , harm reduction and behavioral modification, health professionals and capacity development, as well as human rights and bioethical issues in a global context.
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4.00 Credits
HIV/AIDS, drug resistant tuberculosis, malaria, SARS, Avian flu and violence are among health challenges that transcend national boundaries. This course examines responses to these challenges with a focus on globalization, millennium development goals, international law and goverence. Socioeconomic, cultural, postmodernist discourses on inequity and human rights are considered.
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4.00 Credits
(4 credits, Fall) This course introduces students to the field of epidemiology, which is considered the "basic science of public health". Epidemiology is the study of how disease distributes in populations and what factors influences this distribution, with a focus on prevention of disease. As such, epidemiology is applicable to investigation of diseases and disease outbreaks, policy assessment, and population sciences in general. Specifically, the course will focus on concepts of cause-and-effect applied to the etiology of disease and the efficacy of interventions; the understanding of basic epidemiologic study designs and their applications; provide frameworks for development of evidence-based recommendations utilizing concepts of benefits, harms and costs; and consider the application of epidemiological methods to screening, policy, basic and clinical sciences, as well as analysis of public health problems, such as outbreak investigations. Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course although it is recommended that undergraduate students in the Global Public Health concentration or the University minor take PBH 110 prior to registering for this course. This is not critical but it would enhance their understanding of the topics and issues being discussed.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces health sciences students to ethical and bioethical issues from a healthcare policy prespective confronting health care professionals and practitioners within the practice setting. Particular emphasis will be placed on the interface and impact between healthcare policy and ethical decision-making. The class will examine the process of creation and execution of health policy and the ethical challenges that this process evokes. The course utilizes various ethical theories as part of the learning process, by identification and analysis of ethical problems through listening and interacting with an interdisciplinary team in resolution of these dilemmas. Emphasis on the team approach to healthcare, through case analysis, is one of several approaches utilized to teach application of decision-making models. the course will familiarize students with ethical and legal consideration, patient-provider relationships, and the concepts of moral judgement. Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course although it is recommended the the undergraduate students in the Global Health, International Studies concentration or the minor take Introduction to Public Health prior to registering for this course. This is not critical to exploring policy issues but it would enhance their understanding of the issues being discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a collaborative couse of public health programs in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. It is being offered through the College of Physicians in Philadelphia and will focus on tracing the history and practice of public health as it specifically relates to Philadelphia. Fieldtrips to historic areas within the city and discussion of topics such as the outbreak and discovery of Legionnaires Disease will be highlighted.
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