Directors: J. A. Finkelstein

Credits: 0 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: January  Time: 01/04/2009- 01/29/2010; Mon-Friday 8:00- 10:30 AM  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health (CEPH) combines teaching of core skills of clinical epidemiology (including biostatistics, study design, and critical reading) as they apply to the care of individuals ...

Directors: K. K. Treadway

Prerequisites:   Credits: 0 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: Fall  Time: 08/17/2009- 08/28/2009  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: This course is required for all entering medical and dental students. It is designed to provide a broad overview of the profession from a variety of perspectives. It will also aim to clarify the goals, ...

Directors: R. W. King

Prerequisites: Year I standing  Credits: 0 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: Fall  Time: 08/28/2009-10/02/2009; Mon- Fri; 8:30-12:30 PM & Select Tuesdays 1:30-3:30 PM  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: Molecular and Cellular Basis of Medicine provides an introduction to biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology. The course will cover not only well-established findings but also recent advances that ...

Directors: E. S. Sanders, R. M. Schwartzstein

Prerequisites: Year I standing  Credits: 2 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: Feb-Mar  Time: 2/1/2010- 3/12/2010 M-F 8:30-12:30 PM & TU 1:30-3:30  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: The Integrated Human Physiology course builds on anatomy, biochemistry, and cell biology, and presumes a working knowledge of the basics of college physics and chemistry. Using case tutorials, lectures, ...

Directors: C. H. McDermott, T. . Van Houten

Prerequisites: Year 1 standing  Credits: 2 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: Fall  Time: 10/5/2009 -11/25/2009; Mon- Fri; 8:00 AM- 12:30 PM  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: The Human Body course provides the foundation for understanding the anatomic basis of diseases studied in subsequent courses and encountered firsthand in clinical settings. First-year medical and dental ...

Directors: A. H. Lichtman, A. J. McAdam

Prerequisites: Year I standing, Histology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics  Credits: 0 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: Spring  Time: 3/22/2010 -6/4/2010; Mon- Fri 8:30- 12:30 PM & Select Tuesdays 1:30- 3:30 PM  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: This course will present an integrated introduction to general mechanisms of cell, tissue and organ injury (general pathology), the principal mechanisms of responses to injury and defense against foreign ...

Directors: D. M. Altshuler, J. N. Hirschhorn

Prerequisites: Year 1 standing. Biochemistry, or equivalent  Credits: 0 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: Fall  Time: 11/30/2009- 12/18/2009; Mon - Fri; 8:30- 12:30 PM and Select Tuesdays 1:30- 3:30 PM  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: This course will focus on fundamental aspects of human genetics. Both classical and modern genetic principles and methods will be covered, with a strong emphasis on applications to human biology and medicine. ...

Directors: R. A. Arky, B. . Woo

Prerequisites: Year I standing  Credits: 0 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: 09/08/2008- 6/3/2009  Time: 08/31/2009- 6/2/2010; M & W; 1:00-5:00 PM  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: Students will learn to take a medical history with excellent communication skills and to develop relationships with patients. Understanding the patient's experience of illness and various aspects of the ...

Directors: D. W. Brock

Prerequisites:   Credits: 2 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: Feb-June  Time: 2/4/2010- 6/3/2010 ; TH; 1:30-3:30 PM  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: This course provides an overview of the major ethical issues that arise in the practice of medicine and in medical education and research. After an initial whole-class introductory session in the amphitheater, ...

Directors: M. B. Feany

Prerequisites: Required for 1st year MD/PhD Students.  Credits: 4 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: July and August.  Time: M, W, F 9am-12pm  Place: MEC 448

Description: This 5-week course will provide an in-depth analysis of recent advances in our understanding of human disease pathogenesis, as afforded by contemporary biomedical research in the basic sciences. Topics ...

Directors: C. . Pierre, D. K. Urion

Prerequisites: Year I students  Credits: 0 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: January  Time: 1/4/2010 -1/29/2010  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: Physician In Community

Directors: E. . Maratos-Flier, E. W. Seely

Prerequisites: Year I Students  Credits: 0 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: January  Time: 1/4/2010 -1/29/2010  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: Scholarship in Medicine

Directors: A. M. Brandt, P. E. Farmer, D. S. Jones

Prerequisites:   Credits: 0 CREDITS (Required)

Offered: Fall (September-December)  Time: 09/03/2009-12/10/2009; TH; 1:30-3:30 PM  Place: See mycourses.med.harvard.edu

Description: All physicians, regardless of their specialty, will work in setting where social, economic, and political forces powerfully influence who gets sick, the diseases that afflict them, the treatments that ...