Course dir:
Graduate Research Advisor

This elective does not participate in the initial senior match.

Description:

This elective is for those M.D./Ph.D. students who need extra time (1-3 months) at the start (June) of the third year of medical school (required clerkships) to complete research/thesis writing work. Up to three months of elective may be taken (Mid-June through mid-September) as delineated by the third year clerkship schedule. The research advisor will serve as the Course Director and will be responsible for monitoring the student's progress and assigning a grade for each elective unit/month.

For enrollment information, contact Dennis Deal in Medical Student Affairs, Medical Science Building, Room 159.

Competency offered:
None

Course dir:
Dr. William Agbor-Baiyee

Description:

This course is designed for students who are especially interested in academic medicine. Attendance and participation are required components of success in this course. Students are expected to make a tangible contribution to the case writing process.

This course provides an academic context in which students take responsibility for their own learning. The course uses a small group setting in which students can benefit from peer and facilitator feedback and support each other's learning. During Problem-Based Learning (PBL) sessions, students will work creatively to develop their ideas, discuss strategies, use available resources, and negotiate their choices and contributions to the case development process. Students will work in a small group consisting of 5 members to write an instruction-quality PBL case. Each case will be realistic and objective-driven.

At the start of the course, students will be provided a course orientation and a timetable for submission of assignments and completion of various components of the case. Students will meet with the course director biweekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays to edit and review the progress of the case. Each class session shall last 1 hour and 30 minutes. Group members are expected to meet outside of scheduled class time to discuss issues pertinent to their case.

Evaluation of student performance will be by the course director, and, if appropriate, by a clinical faculty member chosen by the course director. Each student is expected to make a tangible contribution to the case development process. Exceptionally well written cases may be used for instruction of future students.

Course Goals:

• To provide the student with an opportunity to acquire, utilize, and refine communication skills which will be helpful in their future career.

• To facilitate the acquisition of skills and attitudes by the student related to lifelong learning.

• To provide the student with an opportunity to research in-depth one particular area of medicine, from the molecular level to the whole individual, with further studies into the demographics, cultural and socioeconomic impact of the disease, thus strengthening that area of knowledge in the student's chosen program.

Course Objectives:

• Identify a common and significant clinical problem that would constitute the basis of an instructional case.

• Formulate clear learning objectives for the case.

• Develop a coherent case that integrates the basic and clinical sciences.

• Analyze and evaluate data in order to write a good PBL case.

• Consult with physicians and other experts whose work is relevant to the case being developed.

• Work collaboratively with peers.

• Communicate (oral and written) information to peers.

• Make oral and written reports.

• Research literature that is relevant to the case being developed.

Competency offered:
IV: Lifelong Learning
VIII: Problem Solving

Course dir:
Dr. Patrick Bankston
Dr. Mary Ann Kirkish

Description:

Students will select a disease entity, find a real case, find and record test results, duplicate imaging studies, study relevant literature, write a case in standard PBL style, including resources, tutor guide, guiding questions and vocabulary.

Objective:

To provide students with an opportunity to use multidisciplinary problem solving skills to write a Problem-based Learning Case for possible future use in teaching medical students. 

Competency offered:
VIII: Problem Solving
IV: Lifelong Learning

Description:

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Course dir:
Dr. Judith Ganser

Other Faculty:
Dr. Robert Teclaw
Dr. Charlene Graves
Dr. Hamilton-Byrd

Description:

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) offers a unique and exciting experience in the principles and practices of preventive medicine and public health. Students will be introduced to the key public health roles of assessment, policy development, and assurance through an individual project. Students should agree with the course instructor on the objectives of their project in advance. Students may expect to study Indiana data and high-priority public health problems including infectious diseases, food-borne disease outbreaks, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, maternal and child health, child or adult immunization, injury and chronic disease. A two day cultural competency training is usually included during the course.

Goals:

• To understand public health structure in Indiana
• To know basic public health resources
• To experience studying a public health problem and making recommendations based on public health principles and research.

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Competency offered:
None

Course dir:
Dr. Kelley

Other Faculty:
Dr. Van Reken
Dr. Einterz
Dr. Helphinstine

Description:

This elective is to provide students with an increased understanding of the issues involved in health care in a third world country.

The student will work  four to eight weeks in a third world location with a physician preceptor. The student will select and research a topic related to health care in a third world setting. A written report of the topic which demonstrates accomplishment of specific objectives is required.

Some financial support for travel is available from outside sources on a competitive basis. Further information regarding financial support and a list of possible sites is available through Dr. Charles Kelley (630-7019) or Jose Espada in Financial Services (274-8568).

Visit our website: www.iupui.edu/~thirdwld for more information.

Goals:

• To enhance medical knowledge, clinical skills and relationships with patients by providing care in a cross-cultural setting in which resources are limited and challenges abound.
• To become better equipped to practice compassionate, cost-effective medicine in the U.S. by enhanced sensitivity to culture and diversity and increased reliance on physical diagnostic skills.

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Competency offered:
VIII: Problem Solving

Course dir:
Dr. Einterz

Other Faculty:
Dr. Kelley
Dr. Mamlin

Description:

NOTE: THIS COURSE DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE INITIAL MATCH. DETAILS OF THE ELECTIVE MUST BE SPECIALLY ARRANGED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RONALD PETTIGREW, PROGRAM MANAGER (PHONE 630-8695), E-MAIL: RPETTIGR@IUPUI.EDU. 

THIS COURSE REQUIRES TWO MONTHS NOTICE FROM START DATE TO DROP OR ADD.

Since 1989, the IU School of Medicine has been involved in a collaborative educational project with Moi University Faculty of Health Sciences in Eldoret, Kenya. IU students participate in a variety of clinical activities in the medical wards of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. Students will work under the direction of an IU general internist or prediatrician. Students also have opportunity for involvement in community based activities at several urban and rural health centers. Students are encouraged to develop counterpart relationships with Kenyan medical students. Students are housed in Eldoret in the Moi University student hostel. Each student is responsible for his/her travel expenses and room and board. The elective is a two-month elective.

Goals:

• Understand the clinical presentation and management of common diseases in Kenya by participating in daily rounds and related patient care activities at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.
• Understand the health system of Kenya by observing and/or participating in health care delivery at rural and urban sites and by observing and/or participating in medical education at Moi University.
• Understand the theory and practice of primary health care by self-directed study and by participating in care delivery in Kenya.
• Demonstrate effective cross-cultural communication.
• At the conclusion of the elective, write a ten page report reflecting on the learner's experiences and perspectives.

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Competency offered:
III: Using Science to Guide Diagnosis, Management, Therapeutics, and Prevention
VIII: Problem Solving

Course dir:
Dr. Stelzner

Objectives:

1) Participants will gain knowledge of disparities in health care access and health outcomes faced by Hispanics and the importance of eliminating these disparities.
2) Participants will understand practical models of cross-cultural encounters that will improve their ability to appreciate the meaning of health and illness for patients from different cultures and enhance the provider-patient relationship.
3) Participants will increase their knowledge of Hispanic cultural and health practices that are similar to and different from those of the majority central Indiana population.
4) Participants will learn how to determine the individual patient's and family's social context and thus better understand the unique barriers to health care faced by Hispanics in central Indiana.
5) Participants will engage in clinical services and advocacy organizations based within the Clarian Health System and within the community where significant Hispanic populations receive services.
6) Participants will utilize this experience to provide better care for patients in Indianapolis from different social and cultural backgrounds.

Methods:

1) service learning experiences in community based organizations and clinical sites
2) reflection discussions
3) clinical work in a variety of settings that serve diverse patient population

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Competency offered:
I: Effective Communication
VI: Social & Community Contexts of Health Care

Course dir:
Dr. David Burkhart

Note: MUST be arranged a minimum of 4 weeks prior to start date due to scheduling requirements of the health center.

Description:

The goal of this elective is to provide a rewarding experience practicing the skills of outpatient evaluation and management for our pleasant and stimulating student patient population. By practicing in the ambulatory care setting of a college campus health clinic, the medical student will be able to see a large volume of patients and a variety of medical problems. After an initial period of orientation and observation, the student will be able to assume responsibility under supervision as the patients' primary care physician. Thus, the student will be able to perform ample problem focused history and physical examinations, order laboratory and radiologic studies as indicated, make diagnoses, and issue treatment as necessary. The student will work under the supervision of a variety of faculty including Health Center physicians and will work with experienced P.A.'s and nurse practitioners as appropriate. This rotation gives the student the opportunity to improve his skills, not only at diagnosis and treatment, but also at dictating patient charts, consulting fellow physicians, making referrals to specialists when appropriate, and seeing patients for follow-up medical care. One month before the student is to begin the elective, he or she should contact Patty Booker in Bloomington Hospital Medical Education (812-353-9525) to arrange the use of a rent-free, furnished apartment. He or she should also contact Teresa Brummett at IU Health Center (812-855-6511) at least 3 weeks prior to the elective regarding start day and time and other information.

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Competency offered:
None

Course dir:
Dr. Blanke

Description:

Students work one-on-one with a Family Medicine physician for a six week sequential experience on each service. Students will be actively involved in the care of both inpatients and outpatients. There is ample opportunity for extensive involvement in the evaluation and treatment planning of patients. Clinical assessment and examination skills will be honed, as the full scope of medical practice is encountered in all aspects of medicine, including but not limited to Pediatrics, Orthopaedics, ENT, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Geriatrics. Didactic Conferences, Grand Rounds, Inpatient Rounds, and other educational sessions complete the learning experience.

Dr. Blanke has a busy OB practice and a special interest in offering Natural Family Planning as an option for couples for both achieving and avoiding pregnancy. Students will also work with Dr. Blanke at a local Pregnancy Resource Center doing STD testing and counseling teens on abstinence.

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Competency offered:
None

Course dir:
Dr. Meg Gaffney

Other Faculty:
Dr. Gramelspacher
Dr. Gunderman
Dr. Orentlicher
Dr. Eric Meslin
Dr. Paul Helft
Dr. Steve Ivy
Dr. Rich Frankel
Dr. Tom Inui

Description:

Note: This course may be dropped or added within 15 days of the beginning of the elective month.

Students will be assigned readings in important current topics and discuss these in seminars with faculty.  They will also participate in Ethics consultations and will be expected to complete a research project in Ethics or Professionalism during the month.

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Competency offered:
VII: Moral Reasoning and Ethical Judgment
IX: Professionalism and Role Recognition

Course dir:
Dr. R. Gunderman

To add or drop this course after the initial computer scheduling, contact Ruth Patterson at 278-6302.

Objectives:

1) To prepare medical students to be responsible and effective physician leaders.
2) To redress the dearth of opportunities for formal study of leadership in the medical school curriculum.
3) To introduce key traits of effective leaders and basic leadership skills.
4) To broaden understanding of physicians' responsibilities beyond the doctor-patient relationship.
5) To engage students as active investigators, policymakers, and advocates.
6) To foster active learning and give students an opportunity to direct their own learning.
7) To provide practical experience in preparing healthcare policy presentations and publications.

Description:

The curricula of most US medical schools provide little or no opportunity for medical students to study leadership. Physicians are trained to view medicine in terms of the physician-patient relationship, yet many of the greatest opportunities to treat disease and promote health lie in the organizational and social contexts of healthcare. The future of medicine and the patients we serve depends on cultivating responsible and effective physician leaders. This course introduces medical students to the key traits and skills of effective leaders and provides them an opportunity to study these broader contexts of healthcare.

To gain a basic understanding of the traits and skills of leaders, students will read six articles on leadership, drawn primarily from the business literature, as well as longer works from medicine. We will discuss each of these readings and review student progress on the course project in class meetings. The course will meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.

Grading will be determined by the instructor based on the following criteria: Attendance (10%), Participation in class discussions (20%), Presentation (30%), and Contribution to the final manuscript (40%). Each student's contribution to the final white paper manuscript will be graded separately, and it will be important for students to work together as group members to complete the research and writing. Students will need to earn at least 70% of the possible points to pass the course.

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Competency offered:
VII: Moral Reasoning and Ethical Judgment
VI: The Social and Community Contexts of Healthcare

Course dir:
Dr. G. Weber

Objectives:

• To gain an insight into drug protocols and biological action of the most important clinical anticancer drugs (antifolates, tiazofurin, AZT, quercetin and other compounds).
• To clarify the biochemical basis of action of new chemotherapeutic drugs in human and animal tumors and the targets of toxicity in normal tissues.
• To analyze the enzymic targets of new anticancer drugs currently used in clinical practice in the areas of purine, pyrimidine metabolism and signal transduction.
• To carry out research with new drug combinations to achieve an improved anticancer action of clinical drugs in animal and tissue culture model systems.
• To achieve an understanding of the biochemical mechanism of action in a comparison of therapeutic and toxicologic effects of clinically used anticancer drugs.

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Competency offered:
None

Course dir:
Dr. Goulet 

Other Faculty:
Dr. Morphis 
Dr. Mary Nichols 
Dr. Cathy Miller 
Carol Huntley, R.N.

Description:

This course will expand the student's fund of knowledge regarding the principals of breast cancer biology, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with breast cancer. It will be presented as a series of four one week components: diagnostic radiology, surgery, medical oncology, and radiation oncology. The student will participate in service clinical activities, informal teaching sessions, weekly breast tumor board, and independent study.

This course is cross-listed under Surgery.

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Competency offered:
None

Course dir:
Frances Brahmi, MA MLS

Preceptor: Nancy Eckerman, MLS, MARS

Description:

The course’s focus is critical appraisal of the literature, both traditional and web-based.  The requirements include: a 5-7 page paper on a self-selected topic, approved by the assigned  preceptor, and  related to  any area of clinical medicine, basic sciences, research, history of medicine, epidemiology, public health, medical ethics, or medical informatics or other appropriate area; an in-depth critique of  websites cited in the paper;  and evidence of thoughtful insight into the topic of choice.

Please check the Calendar on Angel for exact date, place, and time of orientation before scheduling any other activities; your presence at the orientation meeting is REQUIRED.  Check the Angel course website for more information https://daly.medicine.iu.edu/med/frameIndex.htm.

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Competency offered:
I: Effective Communication
IV: Lifelong Learning

Course dir:
Dr. J. J. Hunt

Description:

The sports medicine elective is designed to concentrate on the primary care aspects of sports medicine as well as exposing the student to a multi disciplinary approach to sports medicine practice. During the clerkship the student will be involved in contact with between 300 and 400 acute and chronic sports injuries and illnesses mostly of junior high, high school, and college level athletes as well as a large number of recreational and senior athletes. Patient contacts will come from the Sports Medicine Clinic at Central Indiana Sports Medicine. In addition, training room sessions are available that will allow experience in dealing with acute injuries in Division I and high school athletes.

The medical student will have the opportunity to deal with acute injuries first hand and will gain experience in training of the athlete, emergency care and transportation of the athlete, and finally, definitive diagnostic procedures to be used. Experience will include office care of the athlete, coverage of various sporting events on the campus of Ball State University, and informal teaching sessions with the athletic training staff, physical therapists, and various consultants in sports medicine. The student will gain knowledge not only in the clinical aspects of sports medicine, but also in the philosophy of primary care sports medicine, rehabilitation techniques, and the important aspects of prevention in sports medicine.

Each student will be required to select an area of sports medicine to investigate during their period of rotation. A thorough review of the literature and a short  lecture presentation at the end of the elective is required.

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Competency offered:
None

Course dir:
Dr. Peter Marcus

Other Faculty:
William Schneider, PhD 

Objectives:  

Competency offered:
IV: Lifelong Learning
VI: Social & Community Contexts of Health Care

Course dir:
Dr. Karen Amstutz

Other Faculty:
Dr. B. McDonald

This elective does not participate in the initial senior match.

Description:  

Course dir:
Mr. Scott Jones

Course creator:
Dr. Jack Gill

Other Faculty:
Dr. Bob McDonald
Dr. Julie McGowan 

This elective does not participate in the initial senior match.

Description: