printer friendly pageINDE 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)
INDE 227: Careers in Medicine: Pathways in the Medical Sciences
Open to medical students, graduate and undergraduate students. Interactive, seminar-style sessions expose students to diverse career opportunities and the challenges of developing work-life balance in medicine. Recognized experts in clinical medicine and biomedical research who have been innovators in their careers discuss their work, decision-points in their career pathways, and lifestyle aspects of their choices.
Last offered: Spring 2015
| Repeatable
for credit
INDE 228: Career Transition Planning: Taking Action Today for a Successful Tomorrow
Open to School of Medicine MD and graduate students; post-docs and clinical fellows may audit by consent of instructor. How to prioritize career goals and develop an effective job search campaign. Topics: translating scientific and clinical training into a variety of workplace environmennts, professional network development, professional interest assessment, recruiters' perspectives, credentials development, and creating a marketing plan. Guest speakers from myriad career fields. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
INDE 229: Managing Difficult Conversations
(Same as
GSBGEN 568) Dealing effectively with difficult interpersonal situations in medical contexts. Focus is on improving students' judgment as to how to prepare for and confront difficult discussions in medical situations. Relevant principles of professionalism, leadership, and psychology underlie the course pedagogy. Case-based; student-to-student and student-to-instructor role-playing in actual medical situations. Patient and physician-expert participation as class guests. Enrollment limited to 20 medical students (2nd year and beyond) and 15 2nd year MBA students.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Grousbeck, H. (PI)
;
Prober, C. (SI)
INDE 230: Topics in Scientific Management
Designed for postdocs and advanced graduate students. Reviews management skills necessary for successfully assuming leadership roles in scientific research. Addresses some of the most difficult aspects of developing, directing, and managing people and projects and running a research group, especially issues that new faculty have traditionally learned by trial and error over a number of years. Topics include: the faculty job search process and strategies, key elements in starting a lab, basic principles regarding legal dimensions of scientific activity (intellectual property, royalties, links with industry), team science, research ethics, communication and negotiation skills, and writing and securing grants.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
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