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MSU Catalog
MEDS
Medical Science
Department of Medical Science/WWAMI
(406) 994-4411
MEDS 280 SPECIAL TOPICS
MEDS 340 INTRODUCTION TO DENTISTRY
MEDS 440 40 hr CLINICAL OBSERVATION
MEDS 462 US HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
MEDS 480 SPECIAL TOPICS
MEDS 500 SEMINAR
MEDS 502 SPANISH FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
MEDS 503 LITERATURE AND MEDICINE:THE POETICS OF HEALING
MEDS 510 MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY (HISTOLOGY)
MEDS 511 ANATOMY & EMBRYOLOGY
MEDS 512 MECHANISMS IN CELL PHYSIOLOGY
MEDS 513 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE I
MEDS 514 BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MEDS 516 CLINICAL PRECEPTORSHIP
MEDS 521 INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND MICROBIOLOGY
MEDS 522 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE II
MEDS 523 IMMUNOLOGY & HUMAN DISEASE
MEDS 531 HEAD & NECK ANATOMY
MEDS 532 NERVOUS SYSTEM
MEDS 533 SYSTEMS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR I
MEDS 540 CLINICAL PRACTICUM
MEDS 551 MEDICAL MUSCULOSKELETAL ANATOMY
MEDS 560 RURAL HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
MEDS 562 US HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
MEDS 570 INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS
MEDS 580 SPECIAL TOPICS
MEDS 591 MEDICAL INFORMATION & DECISION MAKING
MEDS 280 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: None required but some may be determined
necessary by each offering department.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which
there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial
basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting
a regular course number.
MEDS 340 INTRODUCTION TO DENTISTRY
S 1 cr. LEC 1 cr.
PREREQUISITE: CHMY 141 and CHMY 143; BIOL 213 and BIOL
214; at least junior standing, GPA >3.0 and consent
of instructor.
-- This course is ideal for students who want to confirm
an interest in a career in dentistry. An overview of
tooth anatomy, development and vocabulary will position
students to better understand the various specialties
presented at the clinics of community dentists.
MEDS 440 40 hr CLINICAL OBSERVATION
F,S 2 cr. LAB 2 cr.
PREREQUISITE: CHMY 141 and CHMY 143; BIOL 213 and BIOL
214; at least junior standing, GPA >3.0 and consent
of instructor.
-- This shadowing experience will provide students with
the opportunity to observe providers in a clinical setting
and position them to meet, in part the requirements
for application to health professional school.
MEDS 462 US HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior or higher standing.
-- A detailed overview of the US healthcare systems,
providing students with an understanding of the history
and current status regarding the US healthcare systems,
industry, economics and healthcare policy. Factors playing
a role in the escalating cost of healthcare will be
identified, as will the performance indicators of health
outcomes, with comparisons between the US and other
countries.
MEDS 480 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: None required but some may be determined
necessary by each offering department.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which
there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial
basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting
a regular course number.
MEDS 500 SEMINAR
On Demand 1 cr. SEM 1 Maximum 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the Division of Graduate
Education.
-- Yearly conference dealing with topics related to
Montana's colorful medical history.
MEDS 502 SPANISH FOR HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS
S 1 cr. LEC 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the Division of Graduate
Education.
-- Learn basic and intermediate Spanish in a medical
setting; the vocabulary needed to perform a review of
systems and physical exams; and how to feel less uncomfortable
with a patient who only speaks Spanish.
MEDS 503 MEDICINE & LITERATURE:
THE POETICS OF HEALING
S 1 cr. LEC 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the Division of Graduate
Education.
-- Patient autonomy in life and death; a doctor's story;
familial dimensions of pain, suffering, and hope; contemporary
issues: the black market body and the virtual body.
MEDS 510 MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY
(HISTOLOGY)
F 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
-- Microscopic study of the structure and function of
human cells, tissues and organs as a basis for understanding
the alterations in structure and function seen in human
disease.
MEDS 511 ANATOMY & EMBRYOLOGY
F 4 cr. LEC 2 LAB 2
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
-- Dissection study of the anatomy of the human thorax,
abdomen, pelvis and perineum. The course integrates
a detailed study of adult anatomical features, innervations,
blood supplies, and lymphatics with basic embryonic
development, both normal and abnormal.
MEDS 512 MECHANISMS IN CELL PHYSIOLOGY
F 4 cr. LEC 4
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
-- Physiological mechanisms in excitable tissues, transporting
epithelium and other organ systems; excitation and conduction,
junctional, transport signal transduction, sensory reception
and epithelial transport. Integration of physiological
mechanisms within and between organ systems.
MEDS 513 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL
MEDICINE I
F 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student.
-- Communication skills and interview techniques to
form the basis for the doctor-patient relationship and
for the skill of communicating with patients.
MEDS 514 BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY
F 5 cr. LEC 4 RCT 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
-- Coordinated course covering classical molecular and
cellular biochemistry and molecular genetics. Metabolic
interrelationships as they occur in the individual are
stressed and related to disturbances in disease states.
MEDS 516 CLINICAL PRECEPTORSHIP
F 1 cr. LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student.
-- Opportunity to gain personal experience with primary
care medical practice by observation of selected physicians
in the Bozeman area.
MEDS 521 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
AND MICROBIOLOGY
S 5 cr. LEC 3 RCT 1 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
-- Pathogenesis, susceptibility and resistance to infection.
Microbiology, epidemiology, clinical manifestations
and control of representative bacterial, fungal, parasitic
and viral infectious diseases. Principles of chemotherapy.
Sterilization, principles of asepsis, nosocomial and
iatrogenic infections and their prevention.
MEDS 522 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL
MEDICINE II
S 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student.
-- Continuation of communication skills. The medical
history is introduced and instruction in data collection
begins. Screening physical examination, further experience
and instruction in the medical history, the problem-oriented
medical record.
MEDS 523 IMMUNOLOGY & HUMAN
DISEASE
F 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
-- Mechanisms of humoral and cell mediated immunity.
Immunological mechanisms of cell and tissue injury.
Immune mechanisms in human resistance to disease and
in immunological diseases.
MEDS 531 HEAD & NECK ANATOMY
S 4 cr. LEC 2 LAB 2
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
-- Gross anatomy of head and neck. Relation of head
and neck anatomy to disease of the nasal passages, throat,
eyes and oral cavity. Relation to physical examination
(including skull, pharynx, and larynx).
MEDS 532 NERVOUS SYSTEM
S 6 cr. LEC 4 LAB 2
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
-- Integrated approach to the normal structure and function
of the human nervous system, basic neuropathological
concepts and an introduction to the clinical evaluation
of typical neurological lesions. Laboratory includes
dissection of human brain and histologic study of brain
stem cross sectional anatomy.
MEDS 533 SYSTEMS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR
I
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
-- Overview of conceptual systems and models of behavior,
normality and abnormality, environment and social learning,
conditioning, learning in the autonomic nervous system,
catecholamines and behavior, illness behavior, feelings,
emotion and cognition, physician-patient interaction
and disease and techniques of behavior change.
MEDS 540 CLINICAL PRACTICUM
F,S,Su 1 cr. LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: Graduate level standing and acceptance
into Post-Bacc Pre-Med program.
-- A practical course for students going into the medical
field to work in then hospital departments while observing
and learning about the services provided by different
health care professionals at various stages of patient
care.
MEDS 551 MEDICAL MUSCULOSKELETAL
ANATOMY
S 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
--Dissection study of the anatomy of the extremities
and back including correllations with clinical material
such as diseases, disorders, trauma, imaging methods,
and physical examinations.
MEDS 560 RURAL HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
F 1 cr. LEC 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of the
Director of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the
Division of Graduate Education.
--Provide historical and current information about the
health care industry, health care delivery systems and
economics of health care and health care policy; with
emphasis on rural health care. The purpose is to encourage
WWAMI students to consider practicing in rural communities
and/or providing health care to undeserved populations.
The infrastructure of the Montana health Care Delivery
system will be presented in detail.
MEDS 562 US HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
--A detailed overview of the US healthcare systems,
providing students with an understanding of the history
and current status regarding the US healthcare systems,
industry, economics and healthcare policy. Factors playing
a role in the escalating cost of healthcare will be
identified, as will the performance indicators of health
outcomes, with comparisons between the US and other
countries.
MEDS 570 INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS
On Demand 1 -3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor,
approval of the Director of the WWAMI Medical Program
and Dean of Graduate Studies.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
MEDS 580 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Upper division courses and others as determined
for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which
there is a particular one time need, or given on a trial
basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting
a regular course number.
MEDS 591 MEDICAL INFORMATION
& DECISION MAKING
F 1 cr. LEC 1
PREREQUISITE: WWAMI medical student or consent of Director
of the WWAMI Medical Program and Dean of the Division
of Graduate Education.
-- This course is designed to provide an introduction
to medical information. Evidence-Based Medicine and
use of medical information in patient care. This will
include an introduction to methods for identifying and
retrieving high quality, relevant evidence electronically,
using the Internet and other resources. The course will
also present methods to evaluate the quality of primary
research studies, or preventive interventions. The course
will also describe the challenges of applying medical
information to decision making. The course will utilize
lectures, discussion sessions and computer lab sessions.
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