Staff An introduction to the tools and techniques of financial analysis and decision making. Spreadsheet programs are used extensively in this course. Discussion of issues in cost benefit analysis of public health and regulation of health care markets. Staff A philosophical examination of moral problems in biomedicine, in particular those relating to physicians and patients, researchers and subjects, birth and death. Schmee This course studies the fundamentals of applied probability, most important distributions, acceptance sampling, confidence intervals, point estimation, and testing of hypotheses.
Classes meet every other week to discuss students' field experiences and selected readings.
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the organization and management of private physician group practice through seminar and practical experience. Antitrust, consent, labor law, malpractice, professional rights and other problems are explored using actual and hypothetical case studies. Staff A series of seminars addressing current issues related to clinical practice, human values, and ethics.