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28-315 CHALLENGES IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE: HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, QUALITY & EQUITY
Department MEDICINE Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility
Course Director LORI BATEMAN, PhD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact LORI BATEMAN, PhD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email loribateman@uabmc.edu Address ANGE 636
Phone (205) 335-7434 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites * * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * PREREQUISITES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED AND MAY BE OUT OF DATE: All Jr. Clerkships 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description Activities: The Senior Medical Student Preventive Medicine & Population Science rotation will provide the student an introduction to core topic areas that represent strengths within the Division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science: (1) Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Obesity, Cancer, Addiction and Pain, COVID-19; (2) Health Equity and Priority Populations (High-Risk Populations, Rural and Low Resource Communities, and Disadvantaged Populations; and (3) Innovative Research Methodologies (Community-Engaged Research, Health System Interventions, Behavioral and Lifestyle Interventions, and Dissemination and Implementation Science). Specific activities for the elective have four components, and success of the course requires self-directed learning by the student. 1. Participation in research and learning activities of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science (GIMPOP), Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, and/or the Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education. 2. Clinical/Community Observation: Community and clinical activities will permit the student to participate in shadowing of GIMPOP faculty in clinical situations with the objective of highlighting social and health systems elements that affect the provision of care and/or as community engagement activities that highlight interventions impacting social determinants of health. The particular opportunities available will vary with available faculty. 3. Directed Reading: A curriculum of major articles and chapters related to the core course areas will be provided based on student topic interest 4. Analytic literature review: Students will be expected to conduct a directed review of a topic falling under one of the core topic areas, to be negotiated with the course director.
Where To Report ALGEN 636
Requirements Specific activities for the elective month have four components, and success of the course requires an important component of self-directed learning by the student. SEE COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOUR COMPONENTS.
Evaluation The student will be evaluated on a subjective basis, based upon faculty member’s meetings with the student, the student's interest and participation in available research and learning activities, and observations of the student's work on the analytic literature review.
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