This course is open to second-year medical students, to run concurrently with Epidemiology 208, and to their and fourth year students. The elective can be taken in short blocks of concentrated time, for one or two months, or as a five-hour weekly project to continue for any longer period of time. An analysis and synthesis of the growing body of anthropological concepts and investigations concerned with illness and curing events from primitive cultures to complex urban societies and their relevance to medical practice. Medical specialties are investigated as sub-cultures and thought systems.
Course provides introduction to clinical ambulatory medicine for pre-clerkship students.
Field visits will constitute part of the course. This elective course is designed to provide both conceptual and practical training in the advanced application of biostatistics methods. The seminar will address clinical and methodological issues in the epidemiology of various chronic diseases. Can also be used for literature reviews on health care delivery and health policy questions, and in planning independent study projects. Consultation with other faculty can be arranged.