printer friendly pageINDE 212: Medical Humanities and the Arts
The interdisciplinary field of medical humanities: the use of the arts and humanities to examine medicine in personal, social, and cultural contexts. Topics include the doctor/patient relationship, the patient perspective, the meaning of doctoring, and the meaning of illness. Sources include visual and performing arts, film, and literary genres such as poetry, fiction, and scholarly writing. Designed for medical students in the Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration, but all students are welcome.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Shafer, A. (PI)
INDE 214: Stanford Medical Student Journal
Provides an opportunity for editors of all levels to cultivate their skills and assist in preparing pieces submitted by colleagues for publication in the Stanford Medical Student Journal. Students enrolled in the course work closely with student authors as well as other editors. Editors examine multiple categories of writing, including opinion pieces, poetry, memoirs, book reviews, case reports and investigative reports. The Journal is published two to three times per year and highlights the diverse talents of Stanford medical students in both scientific writing and the humanities.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Shafer, A. (PI)
INDE 215: Queer Health & Medicine
Explores specific, pertinent, and timely issues impacting the health of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community; examines the role of the primary care physician in addressing the health care needs of this community. Guest lecturers provide a gender-sensitive approach to the medical care of the LGBT patient, breaking down homophobic barriers and reaffirming patient diversity. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
Instructors:
Hendrickson, M. (PI)
;
Millet, A. (TA)
INDE 216: Cells to Tissues
Focuses on the cell biology and structural organization of human tissues as self-renewing systems. Topics include identification and differentiation of stem cells, regulation of the cell cycle and apoptosis in normal and cancerous cells, cell adhesion and polarity in epithelial tissues, intracellular transport, and cell migration. Histology laboratory sessions examine normal and abnormal samples of blood, epithelia, connective tissue, muscle, bone and cartilage. Patient presentations and small group discussions of current medical literature illustrate how cell biology influences medical practice.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Salmi, D. (PI)
INDE 217: Physician Scientist Hour
Enrollment is limited to MD, PhD, or MD-PhD students interested in careers as physician scientists. Focus is on aspects of developing careers in biomedical research through a mix of research lectures, clinical case presentations, and physician-scientist guest speakers.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
Instructors:
Porteus, M. (PI)
;
Utz, P. (PI)
INDE 221: Human Health and Disease I
First course in three-sequence Human Health and Disease block. Focus is on structure, function, disease, and therapeutics of the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system. The Human Health and Disease block presents organ system-based histology, pathology, physiology, pharmacology, and infectious disease in a sequence of interdisciplinary courses. Each organ-specific integrated course includes a review of the anatomy and related histology, normal function of that organ system, how the organ system is affected by and responds to disease including infection, and how diseases of that organ system are treated (therapeutics).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 12
Instructors:
Regula, D. (PI)
INDE 222: Human Health and Disease III
Structure, function, disease, and therapeutics of the renal/genito-urinary system, the gastrointestinal system, the endocrine system, male and female reproductive systems, and women's health. See
INDE 220 for a description of the Human Health and Disease block .
Terms: Aut
| Units: 15
Instructors:
Regula, D. (PI)
INDE 223: Human Health and Disease IV
Structure, function, disease, and therapeutics of the central nervous system, hematologic system and multi-systemic diseases. See
INDE 220 for a description of the Human Health and Disease block.
Terms: Win
| Units: 11
Instructors:
Regula, D. (PI)
INDE 225: Popular and Clinical Nutrition: Food Facts, Fads, and Pharmacology
Designed for medical students and other health care professionals. Lunchtime lectures review the epidemiological and clinical research related to eating patterns and misconceptions of the public, the mechanisms of pharmacological effects of food, and related topics common to patient nutritional concerns. Topics include fad diets, the impact of dietary addiction, longevity associated with caloric restriction, toxins in foods and the action of phytonutirents. Epidemiological, clinical, and biochemical studies are reviewed in the discussion of these and other topics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
INDE 226: History of Medicine Online
Via Internet. Topics include: ancient medicine, Egypt and Babylonia, ancient Greece and Rome, Europe in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, 18th-century schools of thought, and technological medicine. Sources include Kleinman's core clinical functions, and text, pictures, hypertext links, and sound clips. For assistance accessing the course, email: cwpsupport@
lists.stanford.edu. Enroll in Axess, then ask cwpsupport to be added to the course site as a student
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Shafer, A. (PI)
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