Field work opportunities available only to students who have completed rural health scholar seminars or agrimedicine research in the Department of Behavioral and Community Medicine. Advanced field work for students who have completed CHS 320 .
Weekly seminars enhance the learning experience.
Course is designed in lecture format to acquaint students engaged in premedical studies with the major patterns of illness in the U.S. and with the medical disciplines that treat those diseases. Enrollment limited to junior and senior premed students. Designed to help the student recognize environmental and occupational health hazards in the rural setting, the effects of exposure to these hazards, and preventive measures that should be taken to avoid them. CHS 420 Basic Epidemiology. A basic course in epidemiology designed for students in health or related fields which points out the population-oriented approach to epidemiology and shows how the methodology can be used to develop knowledge of disease etiology with application to the entire spectrum of health service.