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UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis

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380 Medicine, School of<br />

290C. Literature in Stem Cell Biology (1)<br />

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing<br />

and consent of instructor. Critical presentation and<br />

analysis of recent journal articles in stem cell biology<br />

by students. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading<br />

only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Tarantal<br />

298. Group Study in Clinical Research (1-5)<br />

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Special topics in<br />

Clinical Research appropriate for group study at the<br />

graduate level. Restricted to students enrolled in the<br />

Mentored Clinical Research Training Program. (S/U<br />

grading only.)<br />

299. Clinical Research (1-5)<br />

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Independent<br />

research and special topics in clinical research<br />

appropriate for graduate level. Restricted to students<br />

enrolled in the Mentored Clinical Research Training<br />

Program. (S/U grading only.)<br />

Dermatology (DER)<br />

Upper Division Courses<br />

192. Internship in Cutaneous Biology (1-4)<br />

Internship—8-20 hours; final report. Prerequisite:<br />

upper division standing or consent of instructor.<br />

Approval of project prior to internship by preceptor.<br />

Supervised work experience involving research on<br />

the skin. (P/NP grading only.)—Isseroff, Takada, Liu<br />

199. Special Study in Cutaneous Biology<br />

(1-4)<br />

Prerequisite: advanced undergraduate standing<br />

and/or consent of instructor. Special study by individual<br />

arrangement of specialized topics in biology<br />

of skin. Work may be assigned readings, laboratory<br />

research or a combination. (P/NP grading only.)<br />

Isseroff, Liu, Maverakis<br />

Graduate Course<br />

299. Research in Cutaneous Biology (1-12)<br />

Laboratory—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: consent of<br />

instructor. Independent research in cellular and biochemical<br />

mechanisms of cutaneous biology and<br />

pathology. (S/U grading only.) Isseroff, Liu<br />

Professional Courses<br />

420. Integumentary System (2)<br />

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: approval<br />

of School of Medicine Committee on Student Progress;<br />

medical students only. Cell biology, pathology,<br />

and physical diagnosis of the skin. Recognition of<br />

normal variations, and common or important dermatoses.<br />

Patient demonstrations of select conditions. (P/<br />

F grading only.)—IV. (IV.) Isseroff<br />

460. Dermatology Clinical Clerkship (6)<br />

Clinical activity (inpatient/outpatient service)—40<br />

hours for four weeks. Prerequisite: completion of<br />

three years of medical school; or consent of instructor.<br />

Observation and participation in dermatology<br />

clinics/practice and participation in Ward Rounds<br />

and Dermatology Clinics at <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> Medical Center,<br />

Kaiser, and private practitioner offices. Limited<br />

enrollment.—I, II, III, IV. (I, II, III, IV.) Fazel<br />

480. Insights in Dermatology (1-3)<br />

Clinical activity—3-9 hours. Prerequisite: first- and<br />

second-year medical students in good academic<br />

standing; consent of instructor. Clinical experience<br />

limited to observation of delivery of dermatologic<br />

care and attendance at some conferences. (H/P/F<br />

grading only.)—I, II, III, IV. (I, II, III, IV.) Huntley<br />

495. Wound Healing: From Bench to<br />

Bedside (6)<br />

Clinical activity—12 hours; laboratory—8 hours;<br />

autotutorial—15 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:<br />

medical students only. An integrated, multi-specialty<br />

approach to clinical soft tissue wound healing.—I, II,<br />

III, IV. Isseroff<br />

498. Special Topics in Clinical Dermatology<br />

(1-6)<br />

Independent study—3-18 hours. Prerequisite: medical<br />

students with consent of instructor. Individually<br />

arranged study of special topics in clinical dermatology<br />

determined by student and instructor. Assigned<br />

readings and/or clinical examination of selected<br />

patients. (H/P/F grading only.)<br />

499. Research in Cutaneous Biology (1-12)<br />

Laboratory—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: consent of<br />

instructor. Research, either laboratory or clinical, on<br />

ongoing projects within the department under supervision<br />

of faculty. (H/P/F grading only.)<br />

Epidemiology and Preventive<br />

Medicine (EPP)<br />

Lower Division Course<br />

92. Internship in Community Health (1-12)<br />

Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: lower division<br />

standing; consent of instructor. Students apply theory<br />

and concepts learned in the classroom through field<br />

work in a community health agency. (P/NP grading<br />

only.)<br />

Upper Division Courses<br />

101. Perspectives in Community Health (3)<br />

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: undergraduate standing.<br />

Covers comprehensively the responsibilities,<br />

obligations, roles and professional activities of various<br />

health care disciplines in the community; provides<br />

students with perspectives on preventive<br />

medicine in society.—III. (III.)<br />

160. <strong>General</strong> Health Education and<br />

Prevention (1-5)<br />

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Restricted to students<br />

in the internship program for the Health Education<br />

Program only. Topics include addiction,<br />

substance abuse/prevention, nutrition, stress management,<br />

physical fitness, body image, reproductive<br />

anatomy & physiology, contraceptive options, safer<br />

sex, sexual health, healthy relationships, and other<br />

general wellness/health promotion topics. Practice<br />

in peer counseling and outreach presentations. Limited<br />

enrollment. (P/NP grading only.)—I. (I.) Lake,<br />

Ferguson<br />

161. Campus Alcohol/Drug Abuse<br />

Prevention Program Peer Educator Training<br />

(4)<br />

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; practice—1 hour. Prerequisite:<br />

course 160 (may be taken concurrently).<br />

Preparation for internship in campus and community<br />

substance abuse prevention and educational intervention.<br />

Addiction and other physiological<br />

responses to alcohol and other drugs. Harm-reduction<br />

strategies for individuals and target populations.<br />

High risk behaviors. Practice in peer counseling skills<br />

and outreach presentations to small and large<br />

groups. (P/NP grading only.)—III. (III.) Lake<br />

162. Health Advocates Peer Educator<br />

Training (4)<br />

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; practice—1 hour. Prerequisite:<br />

course 160 (may be taken concurrently).<br />

Preparation for internship in campus and community<br />

health promotion and risk reduction. Nutrition, stress<br />

management, physical fitness, body image and disordered<br />

eating, skin cancer prevention, and other<br />

general wellness/health promotion topics. (P/NP<br />

grading only.)—III. (III.) Belden, Gruhn<br />

175W. Health Policy and Health Politics (4)<br />

Seminar—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—<br />

1 hour. Following the model of a Congressional subcommittee,<br />

identification of four salient health policy<br />

issues for study, research, and development of model<br />

policies to address them. (Same course as <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong><br />

Washington Center 175.) GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.—<br />

III. Wintemute<br />

190C. Research Conference in Community<br />

and International Health (1)<br />

Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.<br />

Weekly conference on research problems, progress,<br />

and techniques in Community and International<br />

Health. Critical discussion of recent journal articles.<br />

May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)—<br />

I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Gold<br />

192. Internship in Community Health<br />

Practice (1-12)<br />

Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: upper division<br />

and graduate students; consent of instructor. The student,<br />

through fieldwork in a community health<br />

agency, learns to apply theory and concepts learned<br />

in the classroom. (P/NP grading only.)<br />

198. Study in Community and International<br />

Health (1-5)<br />

Prerequisite: undergraduate standing and consent of<br />

instructor. Study and experience for undergraduate<br />

students in any number of areas in community and<br />

international health. (P/NP grading only.)<br />

199. Research in Community and<br />

International Health (1-5)<br />

Prerequisite: undergraduate standing; consent of<br />

instructor. Student will work with faculty member in<br />

areas of research interest, including but not limited<br />

to injury control, international health, health policy,<br />

occupational and environmental health, health promotion<br />

and wellness, women’s health, and health<br />

demographics. (P/NP grading only.)<br />

Graduate Courses<br />

222. Social and Behavioral Aspects of<br />

Public Health (3)<br />

Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: Statistics<br />

102 and 106 or the equivalent, graduate standing,<br />

consent of instructor. Concepts and methods of<br />

social and behavioral sciences relevant to the identification<br />

and solution of public health problems. Topics<br />

include nutrition, physical activity, smoking,<br />

socioeconomic status, gender, race/ethnicity, stress,<br />

social support, social marketing, media advocacy<br />

and behavioral theories of change.—II. Cassidy<br />

244. Introduction to Medical Statistics (4)<br />

Lecture—6 hours; laboratory/discussion—3 hours.<br />

Introduction to statistical methods and software in<br />

clinical, laboratory and population medicine.<br />

Graphical and tabular presentation of data, probability,<br />

binomial, Poisson, normal, t-, F-, and<br />

Chisquare distributions, elementary nonparametric<br />

methods, simple linear regression and correlation,<br />

life tables. Only one unit of credit for students who<br />

have completed Statistics 100 or Preventive Veterinary<br />

Medicine 402.—IV. (IV.) Beckett<br />

245. Statistical Analysis of Laboratory Data<br />

(4)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; lecture/discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:<br />

course 244 or equivalent; consent of<br />

Instructor. The analysis of data and design of experiments<br />

for laboratory data with an emphasis on gene<br />

expression arrays and other high-throughput biological<br />

assay technologies. For students in the K30 training<br />

program in the School of Medicine. Additional<br />

class capacity will be available for students in other<br />

programs, but it is essential that the K30 students be<br />

accommodated first.—I. (I.) Rocke<br />

246. Biostatistics for Clinical Research (4)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory/discussion—1 hour.<br />

Prerequisite: courses 244 and 245. Emphasizes critical<br />

biostatistics for clinical research and targets biomedical<br />

audience. Students will develop<br />

understanding for basic planning and analysis of<br />

clinical studies and learn to develop collaborations<br />

with biostatisticians.—II. (II.) Oj<br />

247. Biostatistics for Epidemiology (4)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory/discussion—1 hour.<br />

Prerequisite: course 246. Introduction to the principles<br />

and methods of statistical inference for categorical<br />

data and survival data in epidemiological<br />

studies. The major topics include contingency table<br />

methods, logistic regression, Kaplan-Meier and logrank<br />

methods, and Cox regression.—III. (III.) Kim<br />

255. Human Reproductive Epidemiology (3)<br />

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Preventative Veterinary<br />

Medicine 405, 406, Physics 220, Physiology<br />

222 or equivalents, or consent of instructor. Human<br />

reproductive effects and risk of reproductive disorders,<br />

examined from macro- and micro-environmental<br />

exposures in community and occupational<br />

settings, epidemiologic study designs and analyses.<br />

Offered in alternate years.—(I.) Hertz-Picciotto<br />

Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-<strong>2010</strong> offering in parentheses<br />

<strong>General</strong> Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience

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