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PSY 417 - Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Acting Internship
This course is designed for seniors wishing for a sub-internship experience in Inpatient Psychiatry prior to beginning residency in Psychiatry. However, students entering the Primary Care field, who want further experience recognizing and assessing mental illness should also apply. This elective may be beneficial for students interested in Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Psychiatry or other fields that would involve the Geriatric population. The student will be exposed to the Senior Treatment Area at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, which is an inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry unit. This unit hosts a population of patients 65 years or older who often present with dementia, delirium psychosis, anxiety and affective states, alongside the physical impairments of various medical conditions, including movement disorders, cardiac and pulmonary conditions and progressive terminal illness. At this location, the student will work actively with the attending physician and will gain experience in diagnostic assessments, behavioral and pharmacologic management of psychiatric illness and the education of patients/caregivers. Treatment modalities include the exposure to Electroconvulsive Therapy which is an effective and safe option for medication-refractory depression, psychosis or catatonia in this population. The student will follow and manage patients daily and play an active role in team presentations. Common topics on this rotation include polypharmacy, ways to minimize confusional states, interdisciplinary management, palliative care, resources in the community and caregiver burden. Efforts will be made to expose the student to topics of interest.
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PSY 419 - Army Psychiatry
Military outpatient mental health care is different than general outpatient care in several ways. The population is generally physically healthy and younger. The goal of treatment is not only symptom improvement, but evaluation of fitness for duty. There are administrative evaluations not conducted in the civilian sector. Focus will on new patient evaluations conducted in the outpatient setting.
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PSY 420 - Rural Outpatient Psychiatry
This clinically-oriented elective will provide the student with exposure to rural mental health care for children, adolescents and adults in the outpatient setting. The realms of anxiety, affective/mood disorders, neuro-developmental disorders, psychotic illness will be explored. The elective curriculum would include content on mental health disparities in rural areas and on the Eastern Shore.
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PSY 421 - Emergency Psychiatry
This clinically-oriented elective will provide the student with exposure to Emergency Psychiatry in the Emergency Room at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The student will participate in evaluations of, but not limited to, patients with psychotic, mood, personality and substance use disorders as well as lethality. The student will evaluate the need for emergent psychopharmacology and ultimate disposition.
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PSY 998 - Psychiatry
Non-site-specific elective with a member of the EVMS faculty
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PSY 999 - Psychiatry
Away elective
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Public Health |
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MPH 600 - Introduction to Public Health
1 Credit Hours
This course provides an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of public health. Students will learn the history, core functions and roles of the U.S. public health system through grounding in the 12 foundational public health knowledge areas.
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MPH 611 - Social and Behavioral Sciences for Public Health
3 Credit Hours
This course is a social and behavioral sciences core course for the MPH program. Psychological, social and cultural concepts and models relevant to health and disease in society are reviewed and critiqued. The course will enable students to describe core theoretical perspectives from each of the social science disciplines of psychology, sociology and anthropology. Students will learn how to select and apply appropriate social and behavioral models to the design of public health interventions and policies. The course will also cover existing social inequalities in health status related to race, social class and gender and the critical intersection between social risk factors, behavioral risk factors, and the development and implementation of public health interventions. Social ecological models that influence population health at multiple levels are emphasized.
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MPH 612 - Statistical Reasoning for Public Health
3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to the use of statistics in the health field with emphasis on descriptive statistics, estimation, linear regression and contingency tables.
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MPH 613 - Principles of Environmental Health
3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to the chemical, physical and biological factors affecting human health and disease with emphasis on the skills to detect environmental factors in health problems and to determine methods of control to prevent disease and maximize environmental quality.
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MPH 614 - Principles Of Epidemiology
3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to epidemiology as a body of knowledge and a method for analyzing community health problems with emphasis on how to measure and describe the health of populations, the natural history of diseases in population groups, standardization of rates, sources of data, study designs, measurements of risk, evaluation of screening tests, causal inferences and outbreak investigation. This course includes lectures, reading and individual and group assignments.
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MPH 620 - Public Health Administration and Management
3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to the understanding of the structure and functions of the American healthcare system, public health practice in the United States and basic managerial responsibilities. Emphasis is places on management tasks and styles, structure and trends in the healthcare system, legal and regulatory frameworks for public health, organizational and community.
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MPH 626 - Effective Information Technology for Healthcare Organizations
3 Credit Hours
This course provides the key concepts related to information technology within healthcare organizations. Students will learn how information technology is used as a tool to improve performance within healthcare organizations for positive health outcomes. Topic areas include the electronic health record, HIPAA and security requirements, ethics and legal rules for retrieving and managing clinical data, computerized provider order entry and the use of administrative and registry data for standard reports.
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MPH 627 - Data Visualization
3 Credit Hours
This course is intended to be a step-by-step introduction to the world of visual analytics and is designed for the beginner and intermediate uses of data visualization. The course will help students to understand and apply important concepts and techniques in data visualization, moving from simple to complex situations and combine them in interactive dashboards. Topics to be covered include data connection, different graphs and charts, quick table calculations, designing interactive dashboards, mapping, unions and joints.
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MPH 630 - Statistical Software for Public Health
3 Credit Hours
This course is a collection of modules that introduce students to selected statistical software that are used widely in many areas of public health and research. The course will familiarize students with the primary features of statistical software, as well as database management, basic programming skills and tools and some simple statistical procedures. (Prerequisites: MPH 612, MPH 614)
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MPH 631 - Leveraging Data for Evidence-Based Decision Making
3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: MHA 503 , MHDS 601
The utilization of data in decision-making is essential in healthcare delivery. Data can be used to evaluate the quality of care delivery, program effectiveness, health economics and more. This course provides an introduction to the use of data and how to transform analysis results into evidence-driven decisions. Students will also learn how to apply and integrate these concepts into health-related scenarios and gain fundamental skills in data-driven decision-making for healthcare leaders.
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MPH 632 - Health Law and Ethics
3 Credit Hours
This course examines legal, regulatory and ethical issues health professionals are likely to confront. In this course, we will examine the legal principles needed to analyze regulatory and liability issues. We will study selected principles and policies under-girding health, the American system of health law, including common law principles of liability and federal/state legislation regulating health professionals and operations. We will also discuss the impact of state and federal law on the operation of various health-related organizations.
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MPH 690 - Leadership: Theories, Skills and Applications
3 Credit Hours
The emphasis of this course is on the practice of leadership. The course will equip the student with the basic managerial background, fundamentals and theories which will be applicable at any level in management and in leadership positions. Students will be exposed to the interaction of leadership, change, communication and power as seen in the healthcare environment. This course will examine the traits of leading, developing leadership skill, creating a vision, managing conflicts and obstacles in an organization.
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MPH 701 - Introduction to Healthcare Analytics
1 Credit Hours
Participants will learn cutting edge strategies for implementing change and achieving high performance in their work environments from recognized healthcare delivery experts.
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MPH 703 - Programming Tools and Techniques in Data Management
3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to train students in basic and advanced statistical programming languages R, SAS, and SQL together with techniques and tools necessary for data management and data mining. It will provide you with the skills in the data management process for analytics including data acquisition, cleaning, debugging, and decision making tools through case studies and projects.
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MPH 704 - Predictive Data Analysis
3 Credit Hours
Healthcare data in multiple formats were collected daily for the ultimate purpose of better patient care and reducing cost. The volume and variety of data accumulated in the healthcare industry call for effective analytics tools that can extract insightful information from the data to leverage business and medical decisions. Predictive analytics involves the processes of developing statistical models to predict outcomes from future data by building validated mathematical relationships between variables from existing data. (Prerequisites: MPH 701, MPH 703)
This course introduces the techniques of predictive analytics in the context of a healthcare environment. The aim is to provide students with the highly demanded skills in data analytics and data mining by training them on how to move from data collection to data analysis and how to use data as the basis to predict future outcomes. Topics to be covered include formulating a hypothesis, examining data structure, selecting data, determining and designing appropriate statistical models, evaluating the models and interpreting the results.
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MPH 705 - Data Mining and Machine Learning
3 Credit Hours
This course covers healthcare analytics using data mining and machine learning techniques. Statistical software, R, will be implemented for data exploration and visualization, classification, clustering and time series analysis.
Decision trees, nearest neighbor algorithm, artificial neural networks and support vector machine methods will be introduced. Case studies and real-world data will be utilized to leverage data mining and machine learning outcomes. (Prerequisites: MPH 701, MPH 704)
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MPH 706 - Categorical Data Analysis
3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to prepare the graduate students, health professionals, or fellows to apply statistical methods for analyzing categorical data relevant to healthcare analytics and public health research. The topics to be covered in this course include statistical models (e.g., logistic regression models and loglinear models) for categorical responses. Another emphasis of this course is to demonstrate the statistical methods of categorical data analysis based on real-world data using R and SAS software packages. (ADS Track Prerequisites: MPH 701, MPH 703); (EPI Track Prerequisites: MPH 612, MPH 630)
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MPH 707 - Survival Analysis
3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to prepare the graduate students, health professionals, or fellows to apply basic methods of statistical analysis for survival (a.k.a. time-to-event) data relevant to clinical and public health research. The major topics to be covered include the Kaplan-Meier product-limit estimation, log-rank and related tests, the Cox regression model, parametric model, power and sample size justification, competing risk analysis, and recurrent event analysis. Interpretation of subsequent analysis results will be stressed. Concepts will be explored through critical review of the biomedical and public health literature, class exercises, two exams, and a data analysis project. Computations will be illustrated using the statistical software package SAS
The course is intended for graduate students and health professionals who will be actively involved in the analysis and interpretation of biomedical research or public health studies generating time-to-event data. (ADS Track Prerequisites: MPH 701, MPH 703); (EPI Track Prerequisites: MPH 612, MPH 630)
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MPH 721 - Healthcare Strategy
3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to help students learn about essential aspects of strategic planning and strategic management in the context of healthcare service organizations. Students will acquire an enhanced understanding of the complex U.S. healthcare system, apply planning concepts to formulate mission and vision statements, and formulate goals and objectives as part of a strategic plan. The course content will also address aspects of organizational leadership, along with the importance of implementation and monitoring progress to achieve continuous quality improvement and to “close the loop” with strategic planning initiatives.
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MPH 723 - Policy and Politics
3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to policy process, frameworks for understanding health policy issues, background research necessary for policy implementation and implementation strategies.
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MPH 727 - Organizational Management
3 Credit Hours
This course examines organizational management and behavior as related to leadership, organizational design, culture, processes, workforce strategy and change management with an emphasis on the application of theory and research to organizational management and behavior. This course provides an opportunity to explore conceptual frameworks addressing organizational behavior, development, leadership, strategy, and management of change.
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MPH 733 - Financing Healthcare
3 Credit Hours
Students examine financial evaluation of the healthcare industry, the source of funds and effects of changing patient policies. Other topics of interest will be financial strategies, budgets and capital outlay.
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MPH 736 - Conflict Analysis and Negotiations
3 Credit Hours
This course will provide students with advanced knowledge and skills in the theory of conflict analysis and resolution and negotiations, including but not necessarily limited to:
1. Skill development and collaborative problem solving at the individual, group, and organizational level.
2. Conceptual and practical skills in negotiation that are essential for managers.
3. Third-party conflict intervention, which can assume several forms such as fact-finding, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration.
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MPH 737 - Infectious and Chronic Disease Epidemiology
3 Credit Hours
This 3-credit hour course is offered to Epidemiology Track students as a required course and to Masters of Public Health students in the remaining tracks as an elective course. This course is focused on substantive areas in epidemiology with an emphasis on ‘infectious disease epidemiology’ and ‘chronic disease epidemiology’. The course gives the introductory scientific and biomedical theories of modern public health problems and explores mechanisms and models of the major categories of disease.
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MPH 750 - Community Practicum
3 Credit Hours
This course is an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills gained in academic courses in a working environment or community setting under the supervision of a preceptor. This course requires a written report to the preceptor and the course director as well as oral presentation.
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MPH 772 - International Health Exchange Program
3 Credit Hours
This course exposes students to important issues in international public health and is unique in that it involves the analysis of health problems in the broad social, cultural, economic and political contexts that generate and sustain them.
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MPH 779 - Introduction to Research Methods
3 Credit Hours
The goal of this course is to provide practical, step-by-step guidance in the research process. The organizing framework used is the scientific method, which is applied to current health initiatives. Students develop a unique research design proposal.
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MPHE 615 - Public Health Administration and Management
3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to the understanding of the structure and functions of the American healthcare system, public health practice in the United States and basic managerial responsibilities. Emphasis is on management tasks and styles, structure and trends in the healthcare system, legal and regulatory frameworks for public health, organizational and community assessment and public health settings and services. This course consists of lectures, reading and written assignments.
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MPHE 624 - Data Management with SAS
3 Credit Hours
SAS is a collection of modules that are being used widely in many areas of research and industry. It is a powerful integrated system that enables the users to process and analyze data. This course introduces students to the main features of SAS programming, including basic data management, programming tools, and some simple statistical procedures.
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MPHE 630 - Statistical Software for Public Health
3 Credit Hours
This course is a collection of modules over selected statistical software that are being used widely in many areas of public health and research. This course introduces students to the main features of statistical software, including basic data management, programming tools, and some simple statistical procedures.
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MPHE 702 - Biostatistics II
3 Credit Hours
Topics from inferential statistics and probability modeling will be discussed and illustrated using data selected from real-life health-related applications. Data analysis emphasizing proper interpretation of results and familiarity with SAS software will be a key component of the course.
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MPHE 711 - Epidemiologic Methods I
3 Credit Hours
This course introduces elements of study design, data analysis and inference in epidemiologic investigation.
Prerequisites MPH 612
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MPHE 715 - Current Issues in Epidemiology
3 Credit Hours
This course offers discussions with experts experienced in the diverse applications of epidemiology in current research and practice with an emphasis on emerging infectious diseases, environmental and occupational health, chronic diseases and community intervention trials. Methods include lectures, discussions, class presentations and development of research project.
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MPHE 718 - Epidemiologic Methods II
3 Credit Hours
This course covers statistical design and analysis concepts and methods in epidemiologic research.
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MPHE 721 - Healthcare Strategy
3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: DHSC 901
This course examines strategy-making issues for healthcare organizations, including analysis of economic incentives, financial strategies, development of mission and goals and formulation and implementation of long-range strategies to accomplish those goals.
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MPHE 723 - Policy and Politics of Health
3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: DHSC 900
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MPHE 727 - Organizational Management
3 Credit Hours
This course examines issues and principles in the management of individuals, groups and organizations. Topics include motivation and reward systems, group dynamics and organizational design and change.
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MPHE 733 - Financing Healthcare
3 Credit Hours
Students examine financial evaluation of the healthcare industry, the source of funds and effects of changing patient policies. Other topics of interest will be financial strategies, budgets and capital outlay.
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MPHE 736 - Conflict Analysis and Negotiations
3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: DHSC 703
This course examines issues and principles in the management of conflict and negotiation within organizations. Topics include resolution strategies and organizational design and change.
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MPHE 737 - Infectious and Chronic Disease Epidemiology
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on substantive areas in epidemiology with an emphasis on infectious disease epidemiology and chronic disease epidemiology. The course will also include projects focused on field epidemiology, with an emphasis on public health surveillance and outbreak investigation. These topics are important for epidemiologists and other health professionals in public health practice.
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ROC 401 - Clinical Radiation Oncology
Students will learn biology, physics, and clinical application of radiation in the management of tumors and certain specific non-malignancies. They will be exposed to the use of external beam radiation therapy using 3-D planning, IMRT, using interstitial therapy such as prostate implants. This is accomplished by new patient conferences and examination of patients. The students will learn to evaluate tumor response, acute and late normal tissue reactions to radiation therapy, and the use of chemotherapy with radiation therapy.
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ROC 998 - Radiation Oncology and Biophysics
Non-site-specific elective with a member of the EVMS faculty
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ROC 999 - Radiation Oncology and Biophysics
Away elective
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RAD 400 - Radiology
During the elective students will spend their mornings participating in read-out sessions in the various subspecialties of Diagnostic Radiology, spending 1-3 days in each modality. Time devoted to the sub-specialties can be tailored to the special needs and interests of the participants, such as pediatric radiology, interventional and neuroradiology, etc. (based on availability). Required reading is a basic radiology text that will be distributed to the students the first day of their rotation. Afternoons the students will attend lectures given by both attendings and residents in Radiology. Time will be allowed for self-instruction, so that students may review the ACR teaching files, web-based learning tools and radiologic anatomy. Students are expected to attend all teaching conferences held in the department at 7:00 a.m. and noon. At the end of the rotation the student will prepare and present a short case presentation. A written and oral exam is given toward the end of the rotation.
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RAD 407 - Interventional Radiology
The Interventional Radiology (IR) elective offers the 4th year student a 4-week experience in caring for patients undergoing image-guided procedures. The student will work closely with attendings, residents, and other providers as an integral member of the IR team. Students will learn to perform basic IR procedures including PICC line placement and core needle biopsies, assist in advanced procedures including TIPS and chemo-/radioembolization, and participate in consults for the IR service. The student will attend Department of Radiology morning (7AM) and noon didactic conferences. The student will also attend Diagnostic Radiology medical student lectures given by residents, unless he/she has already completed RAD 400 satisfactorily; if so, the lecture time will be replaced with reading/study time. Required reading includes selected chapters of The Requisites: Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Recommended supplemental reading for students who have not completed RAD 400 is Learning Radiology: Recognizing the Basics. Both texts available through Brickell Library’s Online Resources. Students will also have access to IR Lecture Series slides covering high-yield IR topics. Written exam at end of rotation will be based on the required reading. The student will also present a case during noon conference highlighting pathophysiology and interventional techniques during the last week of the elective.
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RAD 408 - Diagnostic Radiology Ultrasound
One to two EVMS M4 students planning a career in radiology with special interest in ultrasound will gain advanced understanding of the radiologic subspecialty while working with Radiology attendings and residents through a variety of activities including hands on scanning, developing procedural skills, didactics and self-directed learning. We expect each student to provide 160 hours of engagement during the course of the year similar to a full four week block rotation (4 weeks x 40 hours = 160 hours) to be completed by March 15th of academic year. Given interviews and away rotations the student may not be able to participate in all course educational offerings. Maximum numbers of hours permitted for each activity will ensure a balanced experience.
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RAD 998 - Radiology
Non-site-specific elective with a member of the EVMS faculty
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RCS 700 - Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology
2 Credit Hours
This course presents the basic principles of cellular structure and function, which are the infrastructure for understanding clinical endocrinology and embryo metabolism. This 4-module course examines the structure of biological components and their roles in biochemical processes - metabolism, molecular feedback through hormones, signal transduction, cellular physiology and molecular biology. Case study discussion boards and current journal article discussions connect the basic science content to IVF.
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RCS 701 - Introduction IVF, Laboratory Tech and Skills Development
3 Credit Hours
Laboratory science and technology are at the foundation of the Clinical Embryology Laboratory, and ART success rates are largely dependent on the quality of the laboratory environment and the knowledge and skill of laboratory personnel. This course covers the basic laboratory skills and techniques used in the IVF and andrology laboratories. A required, on-campus component includes hands-on training and skills evaluation.
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RCS 702 - Molecular Biology and Genetics
3 Credit Hours
This course includes an introduction to molecular biology with an emphasis on the structure and function of both DNA and RNA and their roles in protein synthesis. Aspects of gene structure-function and regulation will also be discussed in this course, including a section on mitochondrial DNA. Research in this area includes the use of molecular techniques, which will be illustrated. This course also provides instruction in the fundamentals of human cytogenetics with discussions of chromosomal structure and cell division, as well as both genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of inheritance and different types of mutations and aneuploidies. This course will also introduce basic molecular biological techniques that are used in current molecular biological research including DNA, RNA isolation and analysis, protein isolation and analysis, genetic engineering, cloning and sequencing, gene expression analysis, PCR and quantitative real-time RCR.
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RCS 703 - Female Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
3 Credit Hours
This course provides an introduction to endocrinology, female reproductive anatomy and the latest information in basic reproductive physiology of the female at all life stages, including puberty, mid-reproductive life and menopause. Chronic reproductive abnormalities will be discussed in detail using the current literature, including hypothalamic amenorrhea, polycystic ovarian syndrome and premature menopause. The role of gonadotropin hormone therapy in ovulation induction and controlled ovarian stimulation along with complications, such as ovarian hyperstimulation and multiple births, will also be discussed. The use of agonists and antagonists in ART and stimulation protocols for difficult cases, such as the poor responder and hyper-responder, will be covered, along with donor egg and surrogacy and ethics.
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RCS 704 - Current Topics In IVF
1 Credit Hours
This course is a journal club format designed to give basic instruction for reading the literature as students prepare to take courses in the following semesters that depend on journal articles as a supplement to or the sole source of reading. Another purpose for this course is to introduce current topics in IVF prior to thesis topic selection in the second semester. The students will work in groups to present papers selected by the program faculty. The online meeting format will be used to present and record the sessions; these sessions can be attended synchronously or asynchronously. Discussion boards will also be used to review and critique the presentations.
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RCS 705 - In Vitro Fertilization Technology
3 Credit Hours
In vitro fertilization has given its name to the field of reproductive medicine. This course presents a historic overview of the field of IVF and all current techniques and regulatory issues including: how to collect, recover, assess, prepare, fertilize and maintain gametes and embryos; the basic protocols for IVF, ICSI, GIFT, ZIFT, TET and ET; the types of culture media and culture systems used in IVF; how to design and maintain a quality IVF laboratory; the principles and application of Quality Assurance (QC, proficiency testing) and laboratory safety (security, fire, electrical, patient issues, staff issues); the operation and maintenance of common lab equipment, recordkeeping, personnel issues and standards of good practice; how to troubleshoot problems that may arise in the IVF lab; and topical subjects, such as derivation of embryo stem cells from blastocysts and cloning. Assigned asynchronous discussions with faculty and students connect students with current topics allowing them to present their own experiences and to review the current literature for changes in the field.
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RCS 706 - Gametes and Embryos
3 Credit Hours
The objective of this course is to present the recent understanding of the development of gametes and embryos to connect the participants with the molecular principles behind IVF laboratory practice. Using the historic and current literature, this course covers the molecular aspects of the origin of germ cells, oogenesis, spermatogenesis, meiosis, fertilization and preimplantation, development, implantation of embryos, gamete pathology and aging. The students are taught how to evaluate a current journal article and write a research paper to discuss their findings.
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RCS 707 - Research Methods and Capstone/Thesis: Project and Statistics
2 Credit Hours
Statistics and research study design are essential tools in any scientific endeavor. Developing a thesis research study design and understanding the background literature needed to create a capstone review or practice improvement project requires a rudimentary knowledge of basic statistics. In this course, students will receive training in biostatistics, which is the study of statistics used in medical and basic biological research. Students will: learn the fundamental principles of biostatistics, study applications of biostatistics in clinical medicine, participate in statistical problem-solving and learn the fundamental components of a research study design.
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RCS 708 - Advanced IVF, Laboratory Tech and Skills Development
2 Credit Hours
Laboratory science and technology are at the foundation of the Clinical Embryology Laboratory, and ART success rates are largely dependent on the quality of the laboratory environment and the knowledge and skill of laboratory personnel. This course covers advanced laboratory skills and techniques used in the IVF and andrology laboratories. A required, on-campus component includes hands-on training and skills evaluation.
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RCS 709 - Research Methods Capstone/Thesis: Project Proposal
1 Credit Hours
The master’s project must be an original project of scholarship or research on a relevant topic in reproductive biology or medicine resulting in a paper. Students select either the review, QC/QI or research track. In all cases, an EVMS and possibly local advisers are selected to help determine the proper approach to the project. Depending on the track selected, a detailed capstone research or QC/QI study design is developed. To aid in capstone writing, a section of the courses have been developed to give the students an outline of the steps for writing their project. Basic elements of the capstone project for the three different tracks are covered: development of a thesis statement, data commentary, introduction, background, discussion and conclusion; specific to the research thesis, materials/methods and results. A major concern in publication today is plagiarism; this topic is also covered in detail. All students in this program are required to take IRB, bloodborne pathogens and HIPAA for research training during this course.
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RCS 710 - Genetics of Reproduction and Infertility
3 Credit Hours
Many aspects of medicine, including reproductive medicine, are beginning to revolve around underlying genetic causes or predispositions. This course covers many important areas of genetics including: the basis of sex determination with functional anomalies of the reproductive system, the origin of aneuploidy and other chromosomal abnormalities in oocytes, sperm and embryos, the epidemiology and genetic basis of pregnancy wastage, the current status of preimplantation/prenatal genetic diagnosis and its applications and the molecular techniques that are available for PGD and prenatal diagnosis. Current journal article critiques and PGD design projects are used to connect with recent developments in the field.
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RCS 711 - Research Methods Capstone/Thesis: Master’s Project
1 Credit Hours
The master’s project must be an original project of scholarship or research on a relevant topic in reproductive biology or medicine resulting in a paper. Students select either the review, QC/QI or research track. In all cases, an EVMS and possibly local advisers are selected to help determine the proper approach to the project. Depending on the track selected, a detailed capstone research or QC/QI study design is developed. To aid in capstone writing, a section of the courses have been developed to give the students an outline of the steps for writing their project. Basic elements of the capstone project for the three different tracks are covered: development of a thesis statement, data commentary, introduction, background, discussion and conclusion; specific to the research thesis, materials/methods and results. A major concern in publication today is plagiarism; this topic is also covered in detail. All students in this program are required to take IRB, bloodborne pathogens and HIPAA for research training during this course.
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RCS 712 - Male Reproductive Function and Dysfunction
3 Credit Hours
The emphasis of this course will be on the physiology and pathology of the male reproductive system in the context of evaluations for male infertility. Knowledge of reproductive function by reviewing recent discoveries about the physiology and dysfunction of the male reproductive system will be presented using current articles and techniques. Relevant areas include: normal and abnormal spermatogenesis, reviewing slides prepared from testicular biopsies, basic semen analysis, standard tests of sperm function using microscopy and specialized functional and “non-functional” sperm evaluating assays. Also covered are disorders like testicular cancer, benign and malignant prostate and genetic causes of male infertility, male contraception and gender pre-selection using sperm. Additionally, students will be challenged with the evaluation of case studies in andrology.
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RCS 713 - Research Methods Capstone/Thesis: Scientific Writing
3 Credit Hours
The master’s project must be an original project of scholarship or research on a relevant topic in reproductive biology or medicine resulting in a paper. Students select either the review, QC/QI or research track. In all cases, an EVMS and possibly local advisers are selected to help determine the proper approach to the project. Depending on the track selected, a detailed capstone research or QC/QI study design is developed. To aid in capstone writing, a section of the courses have been developed to give the students an outline of the steps for writing their project. Basic elements of the capstone project for the three different tracks are covered: development of a thesis statement, data commentary, introduction, background, discussion and conclusion; specific to the research thesis, materials/methods and results. A major concern in publication today is plagiarism; this topic is also covered in detail. All students in this program are required to take IRB, bloodborne pathogens and HIPAA for research training during this course.
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RCS 714 - Cryopreservation
2 Credit Hours
The goals of cryopreservation are to preserve viable gametes, embryos, tissues and even whole organs for future fertility options and to enable augmented pregnancy rates for IVF. In this course, the biological effects of cooling and freezing will be covered in detail. Additionally, the discussion will include the following: principles of cryopreservation using conventional, equilibrium cooling methods, vitrification as an alternative to conventional freeze-thawing, applications and adaptations of low temperature banking for different cell and tissue type as well as safeguards for quality assurance. Assigned asynchronous discussion groups between faculty and students are used to have students present their own experience in the lab or to review current literature to discuss recent changes in techniques.
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RCS 715 - Ethics, Society and ART
1 Credit Hours
The objective of this course is to provide the student with a historical background of various traditional beliefs about reproduction, as well as the comments of moral theologians, ethicists, philosophers, sociologists and others about these same beliefs. The student will gain considerable understanding to be prepared to discuss these sensitive subjects with patients. Specifically, the course will provide a limited amount of background material but will refer the student to original sources, as well as to selected commentaries. At the practical level, the student will be presented with clinical case histories and will be expected to discuss the pros and cons of each case and offer a realistic resolution to the ethical or moral dilemma. Grades in this course will be determined by the students’ evaluation of these case studies and a take-home exam.
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RCS 716 - Scientific Writing
1 Credit Hours
Students who do not successfully complete the thesis requirement will be required to enroll in this extended writing course until it is completed. This course can only be repeated a select number of times.
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RCS 717 - IVF Clinical Internship
3 Credit Hours
During the second year of the program, those entering with no or limited experience will be placed in internships at various clinics and at the EVMS training facility. These experiences will give students additional hands-on skills in andrology and embryology that will broaden their knowledge in best practices in the field of IVF.
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RCS 801 - Advanced Statistics
3 Credit Hours
Advanced Statistics explores the use of statistics in basic and clinical science research. Learn what types, when and how to use different analysis tools for qualitative and quantitative statistics and quality assurance calculations. Particular attention will be focused on clinical and laboratory applications as well as basic science research.
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RCS 802 - Assisted Reproduction Evidence-Based Practice Journal Club
1 Credit Hours
Using the best evidence from literature, learn how to interpret and formulate best practices in IVF. This course will utilize the principles of evidence-based medical practice and adapt them to the clinical IVF environment.
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RCS 803 - Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Reproduction
3 Credit Hours
Knowing which type of animal models and how they may be used in research is an essential component of interpreting and applying study outcomes to humans. This course will illustrate the uses and limitations of these animal models in the study of human reproduction.
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RCS 804 - Experimental Design
3 Credit Hours
Essential skills for a researcher are how to design a study and how to apply advanced experimental modeling techniques. These are both combined here, leading to best practices development in experimental design.
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RCS 805 - Advanced Topics IVF
1 Credit Hours
Using the literature, students will present current topic areas in IVF, laboratory and clinical research. How to conduct research in this area will also be covered in this course.
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RCS 806 - Developmental Biology
3 Credit Hours
Study the origin and development of form and patterns in organisms. Recent investigations and recent research methodology on the processes of growth and differentiation are stressed.
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RCS 809 - Toxicology and Infertility
3 Credit Hours
Environmental factors influence fertility during development, gametogenesis, fertilization and embryogenesis. This course explores the current technology, theories and research surrounding toxins and fertility.
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RCS 810 - Research Literature Review
3 Credit Hours
During this course, students learn the best techniques for reviewing the literature, summarizing previous data and writing a review of a topic area. Students will produce their own topic literature review by the end of this course.
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RCS 811 - Advanced Topics Male Infertility Research Literature
1 Credit Hours
Using the literature, students will present current topic areas in male infertility, treatment and research. How to conduct research in this area will also be covered in this course.
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RCS 812 - Clinical Laboratory Management
3 Credit Hours
All aspects of the management of a clinical lab will be presented in this course. Students will develop new protocols, write risk management reports, develop QC guidelines and design and justify the design of an IVF facility as a portfolio project.
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RCS 814 - ART and Genetics
1 Credit Hours
Using literature, students will present current topics in ART and genetics. How to conduct research in this area will also be covered in this course.
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RCS 815 - Dissertation Research Proposal Development
4 Credit Hours
This course gives students an opportunity to structure their research projects and write a proposal for their dissertation.
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RCS 816 - Dissertation Research
Varies 1, 3, 6, 7 Credit Hours
The objective of this course is to follow the dissertation research plan and track progress of dissertation research.
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RCS 819 - The Business of IVF
1 Credit Hours
Management of the IVF facility from the business perspective is the main goal of this course. Students will construct an analysis of a laboratory business plan and propose phased changes to make improvements.
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ORT 998 - Orthopedic Surgery
Non-site-specific elective with a member of the EVMS faculty
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ORT 999 - Orthopedic Surgery
Away elective
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PLS 998 - Plastic Surgery
Non-site-specific elective with a member of the EVMS faculty
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PLS 999 - Plastic Surgery
Away elective
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SUR 301 - Surgery
The EVMS Surgery Clerkship provides students with clinical experience in inpatient surgery at EVMS and partnering institutions as well as exposure to the outpatient surgical clinic. Our faculty and residents contribute to medical student education through direct observation in the clinical setting, bedside teaching, interactive case-based didactics, procedural skills, computer case simulation, review of clinical documentation, and student mentoring and advising. Students will develop the ability to demonstrate basic surgical and procedural skills and provide pre-operative and post-operative care to a diverse patient population.
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SUR 402 - Clinical Surgery - Professorial Service
The Acting Internship (AI) experience is designed to encourage senior medical students to assume patient care responsibilities similar to those of an intern (PGY-1 resident), including night call. Students will gain exposure to broad range of surgical conditions on the wards, in the operating room and clinics and full participation on the surgery professorial service. The student will participate in weekly teaching rounds with Dr. L.D. Britt and other faculty small group teaching sessions.
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SUR 404 - Shock/Trauma
This rotation is designed to introduce the student to the principles of initial assessment, resuscitation and decision making needed to deal with the multiply injured patient. Operative management, care in the intensive care unit and integration of care by multiple services are emphasized on daily rounds. The role of the Trauma Surgeon/team as coordinating physician is demonstrated especially regarding complex multi-system injury patients. The student will be assigned to one of the Trauma Teams. Responsibilities on call include care of all new incoming patients, ongoing care in the Burn Trauma Unit and on the floor service. The student is expected to function as an integral team member under the direction of the Chief Resident and attending staff. Initial reading material will be distributed at the start of the rotation.
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SUR 411 - Surgical and Breast Oncology
This is a senior elective (year M4) for any student interested in surgical oncology and breast surgery. The focus will be on the evaluation and staging of patients with common malignancies especially gastrointestinal cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, as well as unusual and complex problems. The importance of a well-thought out treatment plan as well as the multi-modality approach to care, will be emphasized. Importance will be placed on the comprehensive management of the entire patient, not only from a medical standpoint, but also in terms of psychological, social, and rehabilitation aspects. The student will also become familiar with the complexity of current national protocol studies. The student will be assigned to patients for twice daily rounds, procedures and ward work. Students will be required to attend the tumor conferences. During the rotation the student will be expected to perform an in-depth analysis each week on a tumor-specific evaluation or treatment that the student encountered and give a brief 10-minute summary to the course director. The textbook for the course is “THE M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook, 4th Edition, Lippincott, 2006.” Online reference for the course is “The National Comprehensive Cancer Network” ONCCN.
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SUR 416 - Emergency General Surgery Acting Internship
One M4 year student per rotation will have the opportunity to work on the Emergency General Service (EGS) at Sentara NGH for four weeks. They will be expected to function at the intern level helping the R2 and chief manage the service. They will be expected to see inpatient and ED consults and to round on patients on a daily basis. Call will be every 4th to 5th night with early release post call. Students will be off at least one weekend day per week. Students will participate in patient management, placement of central lines, arterial lines, PA catheters, chest tubes, tracheostomies, PEGs and OR cases. Students will participate in all Department of Surgery conferences and didactic sessions during their rotations. Each acting intern will be responsible for organizing one EGS journal club. This elective is ideal for the student interested in surgery or the subspecialties.
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SUR 417 - Clinical Vascular Surgery Acting Internship
One M4 year student per rotation will have the opportunity to learn the clinical aspects of Basic Science and Vascular Surgery.
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SUR 418 - Clinical Vascular Surgery Research
Retrospective Vascular Surgery Clinical Research. Student will have opportunity to work with research fellows and co-author studies.
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SUR 998 - Surgery
Non-site-specific elective with a member of the EVMS faculty
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SUR 999 - Surgery
Away elective
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CSA 300 - Priniciples of Surgical Assisting I
3 Credit Hours
Principles of Surgical Assisting is a two-part course that teaches fundamental skills of the surgical assistant: basic procedural knowledge, basic surgical anatomy, the language of surgery, Anesthesia assistance, bladder catheterization, surgical positioning, application of tourniquets, prepping and draping, visualization techniques, hemostasis, suturing and knot tying techniques, dressings and drainage systems, pre-operative and post-operative pain control methods, wound healing and the use of special equipment.
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