Course Description
This course is intended for students considering careers in medicine. Training for medical specialties, stem cells, eye disease, porphyria, medical malpractice/tort reform, Alzheimer's, end of life issues, obesity, osteopathic medicine, alternative medicine, selected skin diseases and cancers, biomedical ethics, care of elderly patients, and infectious diseases.
Athena Title
Clinical Applications Bio Sci
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students should be able to apply their lessons to the selection of their future UGA college courses and to other activities that prepare them for future medical studies and practices.
Topical Outline
Discussion in this class will focus on articles from medical journals (and perhaps lay magazines, newspapers, and Web sites) each week. The course will give pre-med students some insight into the daily activities of a practicing physician, including the moral, ethical, scientific, communication, and legal dilemmas generated in patient care situations that demand that a physician’s decision result in a proper outcome. These topics are sometimes pertinent in interviews and essays for medical school applications.