Topics include budgeting, hiring and supervising personnel, record keeping, report writing, and team building. This course is a study of human disease and disease processes, both gross and microscopic. Etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical-pathological correlation of systemic diseases are emphasized. Students also make sketches from fresh and preserved specimens. 5365 Medical-Surgical Illustration Illustrations from various subspecialties of surgery with an emphasis on accuracy and content are the focus of this course.
Students gain experience in operating-room procedures and surgical techniques.
This course focuses on the development of effective technical writing skills. Students are offered opportunities to learn and apply structured writing techniques. In addition, students have the opportunity to learn how to write job aids, scripts for mediated instruction, and technical reports. Advanced Medical-Surgical Illustration Students sketch surgical procedures in the operating rooms and clinics. This course offers concentrated instruction concerning research design and data analyses appropriate for a thesis in Biomedical Communications.