printer friendly pageMED 219: Navigating the Housing Crisis & Catalyzing Community-Driven Solutions
Students completing this course will walk away with a profound understanding of how to foster sustainable community partnerships. Through a combination of classroom instruction and service learning, students will develop an understanding of the complex causes and consequences of housing inequity, community-based case management, and community-driven solutions to the housing crisis. The course will emphasize the importance of centering the lived experiences of people who are unhoused and strategies for connecting them with essential resources that improve their health/well-being. Ultimately, the insight and experience students gain from the course will empower them to be a catalyst for housing equity in any corner of the world. This is a Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
Instructors:
Chang, D. (PI)
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Lee, D. (TA)
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Mayer, M. (TA)
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Menjivar, A. (TA)
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Rodriguez, S. (TA)
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Su, E. (TA)
MED 232: Global Health: Scaling Health Technology Innovations in Low Resource Settings
Recent advances in health technologies - incorporating innovations like robotics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and smart sensors - have raised expectations of a dramatic impact on health outcomes across the world. However, bringing innovative technologies to low-resource settings has proven challenging, limiting their impact. Ironically, the COVID-19 pandemic became Exhibit 1 in the challenges the global health community faces in scaling innovative interventions. This course explores critical questions regarding the implementation and impact of technological innovations in low-resource settings. The course will feature thought leaders from the health technology community, who will explore examples of technologies that have been successful in low-resource communities, as well as those that have failed. A subset of these examples will be drawn from the current pandemic. Students will think critically to consider conditions under which technologies reach scale and have a posi
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Recent advances in health technologies - incorporating innovations like robotics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and smart sensors - have raised expectations of a dramatic impact on health outcomes across the world. However, bringing innovative technologies to low-resource settings has proven challenging, limiting their impact. Ironically, the COVID-19 pandemic became Exhibit 1 in the challenges the global health community faces in scaling innovative interventions. This course explores critical questions regarding the implementation and impact of technological innovations in low-resource settings. The course will feature thought leaders from the health technology community, who will explore examples of technologies that have been successful in low-resource communities, as well as those that have failed. A subset of these examples will be drawn from the current pandemic. Students will think critically to consider conditions under which technologies reach scale and have a positive impact on the global health field. Students will also have an opportunity to work on real-world projects, each of which will focus on the potential opportunity for health technology in a low-resource setting and consider approaches to ensure its impact at scale. This course will be taught by Dr. Anurag Mairal, Adjunct Professor of Medicine and the Director, Global Outreach Programs at Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, Dr. Krista Donaldson, Director of Innovation to Impact at Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, and Dr. Michele Barry, Senior Associate Dean for Global Health and Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health. This course is open to undergraduate students, graduate students, and medical students. Students can take the course for two or three units. Students enrolling in the course for a third unit will work on the group project described above. Students enrolled in the class for three units will also have additional assignments, including an outline, presentation, and paper related to the group project. Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center. Questions can be directed to Course Manager, Yosefa Gilon, ygilon@stanford.edu. Students must submit an application and be selected to receive an enrollment code. Application -
https://forms.gle/WfToKFonCXWc6wZL7
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
for credit
MED 235: Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Problems (AFRICAST 135, AFRICAST 235, EDUC 135, EDUC 335, EPI 235, HUMBIO 26)
The excitement around social innovation and entrepreneurship has spawned numerous startups focused on tackling world problems, particularly in the fields of education and health. The best social ventures are launched with careful consideration paid to research, design, and efficacy. This course offers students an immersive educational experience into understanding how to effectively develop, evaluate, and scale social ventures. Students will also get a rare "behind-the-scenes" glimpse at the complex ethical dilemmas social entrepreneurs have tackled to navigate the odds. Partnered with TeachAids, a global award-winning nonprofit (scaled to 82 countries), this course introduces students to the major principles of research-based design and integrates instruction supported by several game-changing social leaders. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students, it culminates in a formal presentation to an interdisciplinary panel of diverse Silicon Valley leaders. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
MED 236: Biodesign and Entrepreneurship for Societal Health (BIOE 375)
Addressing the systemic (Behavioral, Social, Environmental, Structural) drivers of health is a new frontier of entrepreneurship to improve global and public health at scale. In this hybrid seminar-based and experiential course, you will learn about challenges and opportunities for innovating in these areas. You will also design solutions and ventures aimed at tackling specific societal health problems. Our instructors and speakers are inspiring innovators and leaders in the fields of entrepreneurship and health. Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
MED 241: Clinical Skills for Patient Care in Free Clinics
Enrollment in this course is by application only for advanced volunteers at the Cardinal Free Clinics. Focus is on preparing students to gain early clinical experience by teaching basic skills such as taking patient histories, working with interpreters, providing motivational interviewing, and presenting cases to medical students or physicians. Students learn through classroom lectures and practice sessions. Upon successful completion of a competency assessment, students are able to serve in a clinic role in the Cardinal Free Clinics. Prerequisite: Advanced standing as a volunteer at the Cardinal Free Clinics.(Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
Instructors:
Boyle, R. (PI)
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Christensen, E. (PI)
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Montacute, T. (PI)
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Instructors:
Boyle, R. (PI)
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Christensen, E. (PI)
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Montacute, T. (PI)
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Quach, L. (PI)
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Singh, B. (PI)
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charon, m. (PI)
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Hernandez, B. (SI)
MED 243: Citizen Science Theory to Practice: Advancing Community-Driven Solutions for Health (CHPR 236)
Harnessing and activating the insights of community members and patients is essential to achieving health equity ¿from the bottom up.¿ Students will 1) learn and apply a novel datadriven, technology-enabled approach to improving community health through systematic documentation of lived experience and application of collective data to inform local change; 2) examine global project case studies targeting physical activity, food access, transportation, affordable housing, gender-based violence, and age-friendly environments; and 3) complete assessments of their local built environments using a Stanford-developed app and web platform, then use their data to develop and explore feasible strategies to improve community health.n(Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)
Last offered: Autumn 2020
MED 246: Confronting Emotions in the Climate Sciences (SUSTAIN 223)
Traditional climate change courses introduce students to a wide array of scientifically and emotionally challenging subjects without acknowledging the significant distress that climate learners often experience from studiously bearing witness to ecological degradation, and the social injustices this deepens. Students enrolled in the proposed course will study a rapidly growing body of scholarship and activism related to emotive and existential responses to climate change. They will explore the psychosocial complexities that the Anthropocene proposes through key texts, films, and guest lectures that draw on climate psychology, philosophy, art, literature and history. A key outcome of this course is identifying pedagogical tools that can be implemented to foster wellbeing within the climate science community and its adjacent fields. Through self reflection, journaling, and group work, students will develop new self-care skills and collective mental health 'protection and promotion' strat
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Traditional climate change courses introduce students to a wide array of scientifically and emotionally challenging subjects without acknowledging the significant distress that climate learners often experience from studiously bearing witness to ecological degradation, and the social injustices this deepens. Students enrolled in the proposed course will study a rapidly growing body of scholarship and activism related to emotive and existential responses to climate change. They will explore the psychosocial complexities that the Anthropocene proposes through key texts, films, and guest lectures that draw on climate psychology, philosophy, art, literature and history. A key outcome of this course is identifying pedagogical tools that can be implemented to foster wellbeing within the climate science community and its adjacent fields. Through self reflection, journaling, and group work, students will develop new self-care skills and collective mental health 'protection and promotion' strategies. A primary goal of the course is to understand how trauma-informed learning modules can support the scientific objectives of graduate students. Final projects will include the development of evidence-based instructional and mentoring recommendations for students studying any aspect of climate science. The course is designed to engage students in participatory scholarship; assessment of the effectiveness of various learning modules on student wellbeing and motivation towards their research will be conducted using pre-post style surveys and qualitative interview methods. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
MED 282: Early Clinical Experience at the Cardinal Free Clinics (MED 182)
The Cardinal Free Clinics, consisting of Arbor and Pacific Free Clinic, provide culturally appropriate, high quality transitional medical care for underserved patient populations in the Bay Area. Students volunteer in various clinic roles to offer services including health education, interpretation, referrals, and labs. In clinic students are guided in the practice of medical interviews, history-taking and physical examinations as appropriate, and work with attending physicians to arrive at a diagnosis and management plan. Visit
http://cfc.stanford.edu for more information. For questions related to the course or volunteering, please email arborclinic@stanford.edu and/or pacific@
med.stanford.edu. Application only; must be an accepted CFC volunteer. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Montacute, T. (PI)
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Quach, L. (PI)
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Singh, B. (PI)
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Instructors:
Montacute, T. (PI)
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Quach, L. (PI)
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Singh, B. (PI)
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charon, m. (PI)
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Hernandez, B. (SI)
MS&E 108: Senior Project
Restricted to MS&E majors in their senior year. Students carry out a major project in groups of four, applying techniques and concepts learned in the major. Project work includes problem identification and definition, data collection and synthesis, modeling, development of feasible solutions, and presentation of results. Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center. Satisfies the WIM requirement for MS&E majors.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Ashlagi, I. (PI)
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Eesley, C. (PI)
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Katila, R. (PI)
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Instructors:
Ashlagi, I. (PI)
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Eesley, C. (PI)
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Katila, R. (PI)
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Pelger, M. (PI)
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Sweeney, J. (PI)
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Edoh, U. (TA)
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Garg, A. (TA)
MS&E 188: Organizing for Good
Grand challenges of our time will demand entirely new ways of thinking about when, how, and under what conditions organizations are "doing good" and what effects that has. Focus is on the role of organizations in society, the ways that organizations can "do good," the challenges organizations face in attempting to "do good", limitations to current ways of organizing, alternative ways to organize and lead organizations that are "good," and the role and responsibilities of individuals in organizations. Students will reflect on and refine their own values and purpose to identify ways in which they can "do good." This course has been designated as a Cardinal Course by the Haas Center for Public Service. Limited Enrollment; preference to MS&E juniors and seniors, and seniors in other majors.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
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