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PEDS 224: Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention (HISTORY 224C, HISTORY 324C)

Open to medical students, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Traces the history of genocide in the 20th century and the question of humanitarian intervention to stop it, a topic that has been especially controversial since the end of the Cold War. The pre-1990s discussion begins with the Armenian genocide during the First World War and includes the Holocaust and Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. Coverage of genocide and humanitarian intervention since the 1990s includes the wars in Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, the Congo and Sudan.
Terms: Win | Units: 3

PEDS 225: Humanitarian Aid and Politics

Open to medical students, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Examines the moral dilemmas and political realities that complicate the delivery of humanitarian aid, especially when undertaken by the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Emphasis is on what humanitarians call "complex humanitarian emergencies": crises often characterized by famine and/or epidemic disease and typically the result of war and/or civil war. Provides background into the history of humanitarian aid, though focus is on the post-Cold War era, up to the recent crises in Libya and Syria.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3

PEDS 226: Famine in the Modern World (HISTORY 226E, HISTORY 326E)

Open to medical students, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Examines the major famines of modern history, the controversies surrounding them, and the reasons that famine persists in our increasingly globalized world. Focus is on the relative importance of natural, economic, and political factors as causes of famine in the modern world. Case studies include the Great Irish Famine of the 1840s; the Bengal famine of 1943-44; the Soviet famines of 1921-22 and 1932-33; China's Great Famine of 1959-61; the Ethiopian famines of the 1970s and 80s, and the Somalia famines of the 1990s and of 2011.
Terms: Win | Units: 3

PEDS 230: Pediatrics Journal Club (PEDS 130)

Open to MD, graduate, and undergraduate students. Each session focuses on a current article in pediatric medicine. Discussions led by faculty experts in the area covered that session. Topics may range widely, depending on the available lieterature and students' interests. Students are expected to review the chosen article before class and participate in discussion. Discussion includes methodology and statistical analysis of each study and its relevance to pediatric practice.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Cohen, R. (PI)

PEDS 246: Developmental Disabilities: From Biology to Policy (HUMBIO 146D)

Fifteen percent of US children have disabilities. While advances in medicine and technology have increased life expectancy for these children, health care delivery, education, and public attitudes have not kept pace. Students in this course will learn the possibilities and limitations of new biomedical treatments of Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and autism. Students will also evaluate the impact of public policy initiatives, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Americans with Disabilities Act on inclusion and participation in society.
Terms: Win | Units: 3
Instructors: Feldman, H. (PI)

PEDS 250: Social and Environmental Determinants of Health (PEDS 150)

How race/ethnicity and SES contribute to health disparities, how vulnerable populations are uniquely at health risk, and how the built environment relates to health and wellness. Topics include: gender, age, race/ethnicity, language, education, individual SES and neighborhood SES as related to health; individual and structural race bias; health needs of vulnerable populations (e.g., the homeless, the incarcerated, immigrant populations, children, and uninsured/underinsured); and environmental forces (e.g., urban design/planning, traffic/car culture, green space, housing, food access/culture, law enforcement, and media).
Terms: Win | Units: 3

PEDS 251A: Medical Ethics I

Required for Scholarly Concentration in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities. The field of bioethics, including theoretical approaches to bioethical problems. Contemporary controversies and clinical cases. Values that arise in different situations and clinical encounters. Issues include: genetics and stem cell research, rationing, ethical issues in care at the end of life, organ transplantation issues.
Terms: Win | Units: 2
Instructors: Magnus, D. (PI)

PEDS 251B: Medical Ethics II

The integration of ethical theory with applications of theory or conceptual issues in medicine, health care, and the life and social sciences. Topic varies by year. Possible topics include: ethical issues in stem cell research; death and dying; genetics and ethics; concepts of health and disease; the ethics of international research; and ethical implications of new reproductive technology.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2

PEDS 254: Pediatric Physical Findings Rounds

Pediatric patients with specific physical findings and hospitalized at LPCH are identified and introduced to students. Students in small groups examine patients at the bedside to note the physical finding and discuss it within the context of the patient's clinical problem. Emphasis is on basic science discussion to understand the cause of the finding.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Prober, C. (PI)

PEDS 280: Early Clinical Experience

Provides students an opportunity to see patients and correlate clinical findings with preclinical coursework. Students spend a half day or a full day in a pediatric subspecialty clinic (e.g., infectious diseases, endocrine, gastroenterology), participate in conferences and accompany attending physicians. Students have directed reading and meet with faculty for one hour per week to discuss their reading.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 2-4 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Agarwal, R. (PI) ; Alexander, S. (PI) ; Alvira, C. (PI) ; Amieva, M. (PI) ; Ammerman, S. (PI) ; Amylon, M. (PI) ; Ariagno, R. (PI) ; Arvin, A. (PI) ; Aye, T. (PI) ; Bachrach, L. (PI) ; Barr, D. (PI) ; Bass, D. (PI) ; Benitz, W. (PI) ; Bergman, D. (PI) ; Bernstein, D. (PI) ; Berquist, W. (PI) ; Bhargava, S. (PI) ; Bhutani, V. (PI) ; Bland, R. (PI) ; Buckingham, B. (PI) ; Buckway, C. (PI) ; Burgos, T. (PI) ; Butte, A. (PI) ; Butte, M. (PI) ; Carlson, J. (PI) ; Castillo, R. (PI) ; Chamberlain, L. (PI) ; Chin, C. (PI) ; Cho, M. (PI) ; Cohen, H. (PI) ; Cohen, R. (PI) ; Conrad, C. (PI) ; Contag, C. (PI) ; Contopoulos-Ioannidis, D. (PI) ; Cornfield, D. (PI) ; Cox, K. (PI) ; Crain, L. (PI) ; Crawley, L. (PI) ; Dahl, G. (PI) ; Dekker, C. (PI) ; Dubin, A. (PI) ; Enns, G. (PI) ; Feinstein, J. (PI) ; Feldman, B. (PI) ; Feldman, H. (PI) ; Frankel, L. (PI) ; Friedman, I. (PI) ; Gans, H. (PI) ; Garcia-Careaga, M. (PI) ; Glader, B. (PI) ; Glasscock, G. (PI) ; Golden, N. (PI) ; Gould, J. (PI) ; Grady Jr., S. (PI) ; Grimm, P. (PI) ; Gutierrez, K. (PI) ; Halamek, L. (PI) ; Hammer, L. (PI) ; Hintz, S. (PI) ; Horwitz, S. (PI) ; Hudgins, L. (PI) ; Huffman, L. (PI) ; Hurwitz, M. (PI) ; Jeng, M. (PI) ; Kache, S. (PI) ; Kahana, M. (PI) ; Kay, M. (PI) ; Kerner, J. (PI) ; Kharbanda, S. (PI) ; Krensky, A. (PI) ; Lacayo, N. (PI) ; Lee, T. (PI) ; Lewis, D. (PI) ; Lin, M. (PI) ; Link, M. (PI) ; Longhurst, C. (PI) ; Loutit, C. (PI) ; Lowe, H. (PI) ; Lowe, J. (PI) ; Luna-Fineman, S. (PI) ; Magnus, D. (PI) ; Maldonado, Y. (PI) ; Marina, N. (PI) ; Mark, J. (PI) ; McNamara, N. (PI) ; Mellins, E. (PI) ; Mendoza, F. (PI) ; Milla, C. (PI) ; Moss, R. (PI) ; Murphy, D. (PI) ; Nadeau, K. (PI) ; Neely, E. (PI) ; O'Brodovich, H. (PI) ; Olson, I. (PI) ; Penn, A. (PI) ; Perry, S. (PI) ; Porteus, M. (PI) ; Potter, D. (PI) ; Prober, C. (PI) ; Rabinovitch, M. (PI) ; Rangaswami, A. (PI) ; Rhine, W. (PI) ; Robinson, T. (PI) ; Robinson, T. (PI) ; Rodriguez, E. (PI) ; Rosenthal, D. (PI) ; Roth, S. (PI) ; Ruiz-Lozano, P. (PI) ; Sage, J. (PI) ; Sakamoto, K. (PI) ; Sandborg, C. (PI) ; Sanders, L. (PI) ; Sarwal, M. (PI) ; Sharek, P. (PI) ; Shaw, G. (PI) ; Sibley, E. (PI) ; Sourkes, B. (PI) ; Stevenson, D. (PI) ; Stuart, E. (PI) ; Sweet-Cordero (PI) ; Tacy, T. (PI) ; Twist, C. (PI) ; Van Meurs, K. (PI) ; Wang, C. (PI) ; Weinberg, K. (PI) ; Wilson, D. (PI) ; Wise, P. (PI) ; Wright, G. (PI) ; Yuan, N. (PI)
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