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CLK 301 - Clerkship: Transition into Practice Series
Transiton into clinical practice.
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USIE 900 - Research
Varies 2, 4, 6 Credit Hours
The goal of this course is submission of the doctoral candidate’s research proposal to IRB and receiving approval to collect data.
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Anesthesia |
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ANS 401 - Clinical Anesthesia
Practical and theoretical aspects of anesthetic techniques with special emphasis on selection of the anesthetic technique of choice and contraindications to different anesthetic techniques. Selected references recommended to be read before elective.
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ANS 403 - Pediatric Clinical Anesthesia
The clinical anesthesia elective offered at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters/Eastern Virginia Medical School will provide the medical student with practical and theoretical aspects of anesthetic techniques as they apply to the subspecialty of pediatric anesthesia with special emphasis on the differences between the adult and the pediatric patient in areas of airway management, fluid management, preoperative and postoperative evaluation and care. There will be hands-on experience with managing the pediatric airway including insertion of oral airways, laryngoscopy and intubation; there will also be hands-on experience in the techniques of intravenous access. Participation in resident’s didactic session will be optional. Due to the very specialized nature of pediatric anesthesia, previous experience in adult anesthesia is strongly recommended. Students with this prior anesthesia experience will be given preference. Course length is 2 weeks with the option to extend to 4 weeks for those students planning to go into the anesthesiology field. Before signing up for this course, please email Ms. Lisa Seate, Lisa.Seate@chkd.org, with your motivations for taking this course and details of your past anesthesia experience.
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ANS 415 - Anesthesiology Acting Internship
During your Acting Internship in Anesthesiology, you will be working one-on-one with a senior anesthesiology resident in operating rooms and procedural sites throughout the hospital. You will be directly assisting in providing general anesthesia and monitored anesthesia care to a wide variety of patients. You will be expected to be an active participant in care and will be given the opportunity to practice life-saving skills including mask ventilation, oral/nasal airway placement, intravenous catheter placement, laryngeal mask airway placement, and endotracheal intubation. You may also have the opportunity to perform or assist with advanced skills such as arterial line, central line, or epidural catheter placement. The skills you gain during this clerkship are broadly applicable to a wide variety of medical fields, but are particularly suited to those medical students who intend to pursue a residency in anesthesiology.
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ANS 998 - Anesthesiology
Non-site-specific elective with a member of the EVMS faculty
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ANS 999 - Anesthesiology
Away elective
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Art Therapy |
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ATC 502 - Basic Counseling and Art Psychotherapy Skills
3 Credit Hours
This course includes GATCP Orientation workshops and events which engage the student in preparatory work, readings and experiential exercises in becoming a counselor and art therapist.
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ATC 505 - Advanced Counseling and Art Psychotherapy Skills I
1 Credit Hours
This course combines academic discussion and in-class practical applications of advanced counseling and art psychotherapy skills. Students will demonstrate knowledge in micro-skills: self-disclosure, challenge and confrontation, accurate empathy, and immediacy, client selection, crisis intervention, case management, case formulation, and theoretical orientation. Students will demonstrate the ability to integrate theory with advanced counseling and psychotherapy skills via weekly in-class practical applications and three reflective papers.
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ATC 513 - Research Methods and Program Evaluation
3 Credit Hours
This course introduces the student to basic tenets of planning, conducting, and evaluating research. Aspects of research which are specific and unique to art therapy are introduced and discussed. Basic designs and components of research methods are explored.
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ATC 513-0 - Research Methods and Program Evaluation
0 Credit Hours
This course provides students with the opportunity to understand the purposes, methods, and the ethical, legal, and cultural considerations of research. Students will demonstrate the necessary skills to design and prepare to conduct a research study and/or program evaluation. Students will learn how to use research, research skills, and findings to assess effectiveness of mental health, art therapy, and counseling services by becoming an informed consumer of art therapy research.
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ATC 513-3 - Research Methods and Program Evaluation
3 Credit Hours
This course introduces the student to basic tenets of planning, conducting, and evaluating research. Aspects of research which are specific and unique to art therapy are introduced and discussed. Basic designs and components of research methods are explored.
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ATC 520 - Group Counseling and Psychotherapy
3 Credit Hours
This course includes the study of group counseling and psychotherapy techniques and practice. Emphasis is on use of group dynamics, process illumination, and stages of group development. Cultural and ethical issues are explored.
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ATC 521 - Individual Counseling and Psychotherapy
3 Credit Hours
This course explores various theoretical approaches to individual psychotherapy and their relation to art psychotherapy approaches. The therapist’s values and ethics are addressed. The goal of the course is to provide the student with an opportunity to continue the development of an approach to individual psychotherapy.
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ATC 524 - Processes and Materials of Art Psychotherapy I
4 Credit Hours
This course is designed so that the student will directly experience the therapeutic usefulness and understand the psychological implications of a variety of materials and processes. Students become familiar with the language of art and the range of possible therapeutic responses. Students learn the theory and application of the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC).
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ATC 528 - Theories of Human Psychological Development
3 Credit Hours
Following a family life cycle perspective, students explore human psychological development from birth to death. Students are exposed to various theories of personality development. Cultural and environmental influences are addressed.
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ATC 529 - Case Presentation Skills
1 Credit Hours
Students develop presentation skills and learn to effectively communicate clinical case material. This course is designed to prepare the student for the case conference course in the second year.
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ATC 530 - Psychopathology
3 Credit Hours
Students learn descriptive criteria for psychiatric diagnoses, the use of the DSM V, and theories of psychopathology. A goal of the course is for students to develop an ability to recognize behavioral and art indicators of functional and organic disorders.
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ATC 533 - Clinical Specialties (varied)
Varies .5,1,1.5,2,2.5,3 Credit Hours
Clinical Specialties are clinical and professional development topics that you attend outside of your regularly scheduled coursework. Clinical Specialties are credits earned for attending additional education offerings, clinical case presentations, psychiatry department grand rounds, educational seminars, workshops, symposiums, trainings, and other educational experiences offered by the GATCP, EVMS, professional trainings, seminars, or other professionally documented trainings. The course is designed to encourage participation in ongoing education beyond the required curriculum of the GATCP. The clinical specialties course intends to offer and award credit for student initiative in expanding his/her knowledge to become a well-rounded art therapist.
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ATC 534 - Introduction to the History and Theory of Art Therapy
1 Credit Hours
This course offers an overview of the history and growth of art therapy as a discipline, along with an overview of theoretical approaches that have evolved from the founding practitioners in the field. Students develop a specific definition of art therapy that conveys a personal approach, as well as a clear understanding of the role of art therapists in various work settings. Current developments and future directions within the field are also explored.
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ATC 535 - Art Therapy in the Schools
1 Credit Hours
This elective course introduces principles underlying comprehensive school art therapy service delivery. Topics explored include special and alternative education settings, program development, and research supporting art therapy in schools.
Prerequisites Permission of Program Director is required.
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ATC 547 - Individual Supervision I
1 Credit Hours
The student receives one hour of individual supervision per week from a registered art therapist. Supervision provides opportunities for integration of didactic information with clinical experience. Through supervision, students explore verbal, behavioral, and artistic communication along with assessment and treatment dynamics.
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ATC 548 - Assessment
3 Credit Hours
Students explore the fundamentals of psychological testing and art therapy assessment and become familiar with a variety of specific instruments and procedures used in appraisal and evaluation. Students learn to administer and document Art Therapy-Projective Imagery Assessments and to formulate treatment goals and objectives based upon assessment findings.
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ATC 549 - Processes and Materials of Art Psychotherapy II
4 Credit Hours
This course is a continuation of 524 Processes and Materials of Art Psychotherapy I.
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ATC 551 - Practicum I
0.5 Credit Hours
Three days per week (16 hours) are spent at the site for two weeks to enable the student to prepare for the internship through observation and practice.
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ATC 555 - Internship I
2.5 Credit Hours
Three days per week (18 hours) are spent at the site, for 13 weeks. Students provide Art Therapy-Projective Imagery Assessments, individual, group and/or family art therapy for 9 hours per week. The other hours on site are for students to attend team meetings, in-service conferences, and all related milieu activities, and to complete documentation. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults. A minimum of one placement in a mental health facility is required. Students within the specialty tracks of art therapy in the schools, medical art therapy, or family art therapy are afforded that placement focus.
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ATC 562 - Medical Art Therapy
1 Credit Hours
This elective course provides an introduction to the use of art therapy in a medical setting. Topics explored include developmental perceptions of illness, death and dying, hospitalization, and body image throughout the life span as well as research supporting art therapy as a treatment modality for persons with medical illnesses.
Prerequisites Permission of Program Director is required.
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ATC 567 - Group Supervision Counseling and Psychotherapy with Children
1.5 Credit Hours
Students meet in a supervision group (no more than 1:8 for 1.5 hours), with a registered art therapist, to discuss clinical topics related to the treatment of children/adolescents/adults and couples and their families in various settings. Students use case examples from their internship sites to explore art expression, assessments, treatment planning, treatment approaches, relationship dynamics, and treatment team interactions.
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ATC 569 - Group Supervision Counseling and Psychotherapy Children
1.5 Credit Hours
Students meet in a supervision group (no more than 1:8 for 1.5 hours), with a registered art therapist, to discuss clinical topics related to the treatment of children/adolescents/adults and couples and their families in various settings. Students use case examples from their internship sites to explore art expression, assessments, treatment planning, treatment approaches, relationship dynamics, and treatment team interactions.
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ATC 571 - Group Supervision Counseling and Psychotherapy with Children
1.5 Credit Hours
Students meet in a supervision group (no more than 1:8 for 1.5 hours), with a registered art therapist, to discuss clinical topics related to the treatment of children/adolescents/adults and couples and their families in various settings. Students use case examples from their internship sites to explore art expression, assessments, treatment planning, treatment approaches, relationship dynamics, and treatment team interactions.
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ATC 576 - Practicum and Internship I
3 Credit Hours
Students attend their practicum experience 32 hours per semester to engage and learn about different treatment settings. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults for the first 2 weeks of each clinical semester. Students attend internship 18 hours per week for 14 weeks. Students provide Art Therapy Projective Imagery Assessments, individual, group and/or family art therapy for an average minimum of 10 hours per week. The other hours on site are for students to attend team meetings, inservice conferences, and all related milieu activities, and to complete documentation. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience.
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ATC 605 - Advanced Counseling and Art Psychotherapy Skills II
1 Credit Hours
This course combines academic discussion and in-class practical applications of advanced counseling and art psychotherapy skills. Students will demonstrate knowledge in assessment, treatment planning, case formulation, theoretical orientation, and advanced application of counseling and art psychotherapy skills through integration with application of the Expressive Therapies Continuum. Students will demonstrate the ability to integrate theory with advanced counseling and psychotherapy skills via weekly in-class practical applications and three reflective papers.
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ATC 607 - Capstone Project
1-2 Credit Hours
In this course the student develops the Capstone proposal. The student finalizes and implements the Capstone proposal.The student completes, defends, and submits the Capstone Project. Can be repeated for two semesters or until completion.
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ATC 615 - Family Counseling and Psychotherapy
3 Credit Hours
In this elective course, students develop a thorough understanding of current family systems theory, the family life cycle, evaluation, and practice. Students improve their objectivity as family psychotherapists as they develop insights about their own families of origin. This course prepares the students to administer verbal and projective imagery family evaluations and to conceptualize family dynamics from various theoretical perspectives.
Prerequisites Permission of Program Director is required.
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ATC 616 - Clinical Case Conference II
1 Credit Hours
Students demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate clinical material and integrate theory and practice through structured case presentations.
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ATC 617 - Ethics and Professionalism
3 Credit Hours
This course addresses professional identity, professional ethics, and the ethical practice of art psychotherapy. Students prepare to enter the job market and review the requirements for professional credentialing.
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ATC 632 - Addictions
3 Credit Hours
This three-credit elective course provides an overview of the field of Addiction Studies. Topics that will be covered include drugs and society, substance and process addictions, evidence-based best practices for the substance abuse counselor, assessment, the recovery process, addiction and the family, and prevention strategies. This course covers diagnosis and treatment of addictive disorders and includes an overview of the philosophies and evidenced-based best practices, policies, and outcomes of the most generally accepted models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for addictions and other substance abuse related problems. Students also gain awareness of the impact of drug abuse on society and an appreciation of the cultural context within which addiction and recovery occurs.
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ATC 633 - Clinical Specialties (varied)
Varies .5,1,1.5,2,2.5,4 Credit Hours
Clinical Specialties are clinical and professional development topics that you attend outside of your regularly scheduled coursework. Clinical Specialties are credits earned for attending additional education offerings, clinical case presentations, psychiatry department grand rounds, educational seminars, workshops, symposiums, trainings, and other educational experiences offered by the GATCP, EVMS, professional trainings, seminars, or other professionally documented trainings. The course is designed to encourage participation in ongoing education beyond the required curriculum of the GATCP. The clinical specialties course intends to offer and award credit for student initiative in expanding his/her knowledge to become a well-rounded art therapist.
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ATC 634 - Career Counseling
3 Credit Hours
This elective course includes the study of theory and process of career counseling. Students will acquire skills to incorporate career development theory into the practice of counseling. Students will be introduced to career assessment tools and occupational methods.
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ATC 635 - Art Therapy in the Schools
1 Credit Hours
This elective course introduces principles underlying comprehensive school art therapy service delivery. Topics explored include special and alternative education settings, program development, and research supporting art therapy in schools.
Prerequisites Permission of Program Director is required.
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ATC 638 - Countertransference/Jung
1 Credit Hours
This elective course facilitates through reading and discussion the exploration of the impact of transference and countertransference in work with patients. The impact on the therapist is explored with depth and implications for informing work with patients is explored.
Prerequisites Permission of Program Director is required.
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ATC 639 - Exploration of the Psyche
1 Credit Hours
This elective course aims to enliven the students’ understanding of the psyche and its processes, and to increase their understanding of the psychic processes both in the therapeutic process and in their own lives.
Prerequisites Permission of Program Director is required.
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ATC 646 - Individual Supervision II
1 Credit Hours
The student receives one hour of individual supervision per week from a registered art therapist. Supervision provides opportunities for integration of didactic information with clinical experience. Through supervision, students explore verbal, behavioral, and artistic communication along with assessment and treatment dynamics.
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ATC 647 - Individual Supervision III
1 Credit Hours
The student receives one hour of individual supervision per week from a registered art therapist. Supervision provides opportunities for integration of didactic information with clinical experience. Through supervision, students explore verbal, behavioral, and artistic communication along with assessment and treatment dynamics.
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ATC 649 - Creativity, Symbolism and Metaphor
3 Credit Hours
This course reviews various theories regarding the types, formation and roles of symbolism and its relation to psychopathology and mental health. Students explore the function and interpretation of symbols in dreams and artwork and examine the role of symbolism in assessment and art therapy. Students develop a deeper understanding of symbolic language in order to enhance their understanding of inner experiences. Students develop an understanding of the nature of creativity, creativity research, and the impact of mental illness upon the creative process.
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ATC 652 - Medical Art Therapy
1 Credit Hours
This elective course provides an introduction to the use of art therapy in a medical setting. Topics explored include developmental perceptions of illness, death and dying, hospitalization, and body image throughout the life span as well as research supporting art therapy as a treatment modality for persons with medical illnesses.
Prerequisites Permission of Program Director is required.
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ATC 655 - Trauma Informed Art Psycotherapy and Counseling
1 Credit Hours
This elective course will review and engage students in the current literature of Trauma Informed Art Therapy Practices and additional materials. The objective is for the student to build skills and understanding of how to treat survivors of trauma, understand the etiology of behaviors, emotions, and functioning related to trauma, and develop age-appropriate treatment plans based in best art therapy practice. Permission of Program Director is required.
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ATC 659 - Cultural Humility
3 Credit Hours
This course supports the development of culturally humble art therapists and counselors through multicultural orientation with regard to intersecting identities including age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, socio-economic status, developmental ability, physical ability, education, family values, and religious and spiritual values. Through review of the current literature, application to clinical practice, and self-assessment, students will explore culture and their own unintentional biases, develop strategies for working with diverse individuals, groups, and communities, foster critical thinking skills, and explore the role of the art therapist in culturally alert and responsive practices for art therapy, social justice, and advocacy.
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ATC 667 - Group Supervision Counseling and Psychotherapy with Adults
1.5 Credit Hours
Students meet in a supervision group (no more than 1:8 for 1.5 hours), with a registered art therapist, to discuss clinical topics related to the treatment of children/adolescents/adults and couples and their families in various settings. Students use case examples from their internship sites to explore art expression, assessments, treatment planning, treatment approaches, relationship dynamics, and treatment team interactions.
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ATC 669 - Group Supervision Counseling and Psychotherapy Adults
1.5 Credit Hours
Students meet in a supervision group (no more than 1:8 for 1.5 hours), with a registered art therapist, to discuss clinical topics related to the treatment of children/adolescents/adults and couples and their families in various settings. Students use case examples from their internship sites to explore art expression, assessments, treatment planning, treatment approaches, relationship dynamics, and treatment team interactions.
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ATC 670 - Group Supervision Counseling and Psychotherapy with Adolescents
1.5 Credit Hours
Students meet in a supervision group (no more than 1:8 for 1.5 hours), with a registered art therapist, to discuss clinical topics related to the treatment of children/adolescents/adults and couples and their families in various settings. Students use case examples from their internship sites to explore art expression, assessments, treatment planning, treatment approaches, relationship dynamics, and treatment team interactions.
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ATC 672 - Group Supervision Counseling and Psychotherapy Adolescents
1.5 Credit Hours
Students meet in a supervision group (no more than 1:8 for 1.5 hours), with a registered art therapist, to discuss clinical topics related to the treatment of children/adolescents/adults and couples and their families in various settings. Students use case examples from their internship sites to explore art expression, assessments, treatment planning, treatment approaches, relationship dynamics, and treatment team interactions.
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ATC 673 - Group Supervision Counseling and Psychotherapy Adults
1.5 Credit Hours
Students meet in a supervision group (no more than 1:8 for 1.5 hours), with a registered art therapist, to discuss clinical topics related to the treatment of children/adolescents/adults and couples and their families in various settings. Students use case examples from their internship sites to explore art expression, assessments, treatment planning, treatment approaches, relationship dynamics, and treatment team interactions.
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ATC 674 - Group Supervision Counseling and Psychotherapy Adolescents
1.5 Credit Hours
Students meet in a supervision group (no more than 1:8 for 1.5 hours), with a registered art therapist, to discuss clinical topics related to the treatment of children/adolescents/adults and couples and their families in various settings. Students use case examples from their internship sites to explore art expression, assessments, treatment planning, treatment approaches, relationship dynamics, and treatment team interactions.
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ATC 676 - Practicum and Internship II
3 Credit Hours
Students attend their practicum experience 32 hours per semester to engage and learn about different treatment settings. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults for the first 2 weeks of each clinical semester. Students attend internship 18 hours per week for 14 weeks. Students provide Art Therapy Projective Imagery Assessments, individual, group and/or family art therapy for an average minimum of 9 hours per week. The other hours on site are for students to attend team meetings, inservice conferences, and all related milieu activities, and to complete documentation. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults.
Prerequisites A minimum of one placement in a mental health (psychiatric) facility is required
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ATC 677 - Practicum and Internship II
3 Credit Hours
Students attend practicum experience 32 hours per semester to engage and learn about different treatment settings. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults for the first 2 weeks of each clinical semester. Students attend internship 18 hours per week for 14 weeks. Students provide Art Therapy Projective Imagery Assessments, individual, group and/or family art therapy for an average minimum of 9 hours per week. The other hours on site are for students to attend team meetings, inservice conferences, and all related milieu activities, and to complete documentation. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults. A minimum of one placement in a mental health (psychiatric) facility is required.
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ATC 678 - Practicum and Internship III
3 Credit Hours
Students attend their practicum experience 32 hours per semester to engage and learn about different treatment settings. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults for the first 2 weeks of each clinical semester. Students attend internship 18 hours per week for 14 weeks. Students provide Art Therapy Projective Imagery Assessments, individual, group and/or family art therapy for an average minimum of 9 hours per week. The other hours on site are for students to attend team meetings, inservice conferences, and all related milieu activities, and to complete documentation. Students rotate through one site per semester in order to obtain experience with children, adolescents, and adults. A minimum of one placement in a mental health (psychiatric) facility is required.
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ATC 680 - Trauma and Neuroscience Informed Counseling & Art Psychotherapy
3 Credit Hours
This course will review and engage students in the current literature of Trauma and Neuroscience Informed Counseling & Art Psychotherapy Practices and additional materials. The objective is for the student to build skills and understanding of how to treat survivors of trauma, understand the etiology of behaviors, emotions, and functioning related to trauma, and develop age-appropriate treatment plans based in best art therapy practice. In addition, students will develop an understanding of brain based science and neuro informed practices in counseling and art psychotherapy.
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ATC 687 - Trauma and Neuroscience Informed Counseling & Art Psychotherapy
3 Credit Hours
This course will review and engage students in the current literature of Trauma and Neuroscience Informed Counseling & Art Psychotherapy Practices and additional materials. The objective is for the student to build skills and understanding how to treat survivors of trauma, understand the etiology of behaviors, emotions, and functioning related to trauma, and develop age-appropriate treatment plans based in best art therapy practice. In addition, students will develop an understanding of brain based science and neuro informed practices in counseling and art psychotherapy.
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ATC 701 - Applied Cultural Sensitivity in Art Psychotherapy and Counseling (Study Abroad)
4 Credit Hours
This elective course will engage students in cultural immersion to learn about cultural similarities and differences in art, the arts, and art psychotherapy, and varied aspects of the impacts of trauma (war trauma, trauma experiences of families, combat trauma, survivors of sex trafficking, and historical trauma). Students will engage in content and experientials that explore art expression, role of art, artists, therapists, and art therapists in society, art/crafts processes, preferences or prohibitions to various art processes or media, and conventional/cultural symbolism; cultural appropriation in art therapy; and cultural sensitivity to the use of art processes and materials in art therapy for trauma informed approaches integrated into art psychotherapy and counseling in various community settings
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ATC 702 - Applied Cultural Sensitivity in Art Psychotherapy and Counseling (Study Abroad)
4 Credit Hours
This elective course will engage students in cultural immersion to learn about cultural similarities and differences in art, the arts, and art psychotherapy, and varied aspects of the impacts of trauma (war trauma, trauma experiences of families, combat trauma, survivors of sex trafficking, and historical trauma). Students will engage in content and experientials that explore art expression, role of art, artists, therapists, and art therapists in society, art/crafts processes, preferences or prohibitions to various art processes or media, and conventional/cultural symbolism; cultural appropriation in art therapy; and cultural sensitivity to the use of art processes and materials in art therapy for trauma informed approaches integrated into art psychotherapy and counseling in various community settings.
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ATC 705 - Trauma and Neuroscience Informed Therapy
3 Credit Hours
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BM 519 - Presentation Skills and Professional Knowledge
3 Credit Hours
Presentation and Professional Knowledge Skills is a team based course covering non-academic aspects of the admissions process including practice interviews and history/vitals using standardized patients in small groups; application strategies; AMCAS application, personal statement; the role of healthcare team (various allied health professions) in delivering medical care; community medicine; coping skills (personality types, cultural issues, interview anxieties, effective study strategies, setting goals and failure); ethics and healthcare economics.
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BM 522 - MCAT Preparation
2 Credit Hours
Students take an MCAT preparation course taught by the Princeton Review during the first year of the program. EVMS faculty advisors and academic counselors will monitor students’ progress in the course. Approximately 60 hours of in-class preparation per semester.
Prerequisites This course requires an additional fee.
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BM 523 - MCAT Preparation
2 Credit Hours
Students take an MCAT preparation course taught by the Princeton Review during the first year of the program. EVMS faculty advisors and academic counselors will monitor students’ progress in the course. Approximately 60 hours of in-class preparation per semester.
Prerequisites This course requires an additional fee.
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BM 524 - Clinical Shadowing and Service Learning
1 Credit Hours
Clinical Shadowing and Service Learning opportunities are arranged through the School of Medicine. Students are expected to participate in approximately 3 hours/week of shadowing and service learning experiences. Participation in these activities will be monitored by EVMS faculty advisors and academic counselors.
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BM 525 - Clinical Shadowing and Service Learning
1 Credit Hours
Clinical Shadowing and Service Learning opportunities are included throughout the first year of this program. The Medical Master’s Program will arrange 3+ hours/week of shadowing and 4+ hours/week of service learning experiences. Participation in these activities will be monitored by EVMS faculty advisors and academic counselors. Transportation is not provided; students must have their own means of transportation.
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BM 529 - Foundational Science
8 Credit Hours
Foundational Science introduces students to molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, and histology from an intracellular perspective. In addition, students will be introduced to the fundamental principles of biostatistics and develop skills required to obtain a complete patient-centered medical history. This course provides the foundational building blocks necessary to progress to subsequent modules in the curriculum.
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BM 530 - Foundational Science II
5 Credit Hours
The Foundational Sciences 2 module addresses the fundamentals of organ structure and function, and builds upon the foundations of clinical practice laid in earlier modules. Students will be able to apply the principles and process of organ structure and function to effective practice.
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BM 531 - General Mechanisms of Disease
6 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: MCHA 530
The General Mechanisms of Disease module serves as a transition from the foundational modules to the organ systems modules. It focuses on the general mechanisms of disease, introducing students to microbiology and infectious disease, principles for discriminating healthy from unhealthy conditions, and predicting clinical manifestations from available data. Students will interpret clinical data and prioritize differential diagnoses and management plans. Students will also conduct integrated and focused physical examinations based on chief complaint and history.
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BM 532 - Skin, Muscle and Bone
4 Credit Hours
The Skin, Muscle and Bone module provides students with the tools to recognize the causes and potential diseases of the integumentary and musculoskeletal systems. Through integration of these systems, the students will develop the ability to diagnose and create management plans for diseases of skin, muscle, and bones based on signs, symptoms, complaints, and diagnostic results.
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BM 533 - Gastrointestinal System and Metabolism
5 Credit Hours
The Gastrointestinal System and Metabolism module provides students with the tools to recognize causes and potential gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases. Students will develop the ability to develop diagnoses and management plans for gastrointestinal system and metabolic diseases based on signs, symptoms, complaints, and diagnostic results.
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BM 534 - MCAT Preparation
4 Credit Hours
The students will take an MCAT preparation course taught by Kaplan Test Prep during the spring of year 1. EVMS faculty advisors and academic counselors will monitor students’ progress in the course.
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BM 536 - Human Structure
7 Credit Hours
The Human Structure course is devoted to developing a three-dimensional understanding of the human body. Information will be presented in various formats using online, live and interactive methods followed by a dissection of a human donor in the human anatomy laboratory. This is a course designed for active, self-motivated learners who carry a strong professional drive to master the content. Materials will cover the following: 1. Anatomical concepts and structures 2. Clinical applied anatomy 3. Medical imaging (plain film, CT, MRI, US) and 4. Developmental anatomy.
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BP 700 - Molecules to Cells
2 Credit Hours
The Molecules to Cells course presents the basic cellular functions and processes. This course is divided into three modules which study genome and gene expression, biochemistry of the cell, cell organelles, the cytoskeleton and protein trafficking.
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BP 701 - Molecular and Cellular Techniques
2 Credit Hours
This course provides an opportunity for students to gain an understanding of research techniques commonly employed in research laboratories.
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BP 703 - Cell Communication and Signaling
3 Credit Hours
This is a foundational course covering basic cell membrane functions, cell signaling, cell specialization and immunology.
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BP 704 - Molecular Genetics
1.5 Credit Hours
Molecular Genetics will teach students the key aspects of molecular genetics including the important concept of genetic dissection as well as mutational analysis of gene and pathway function.
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BP 706 - Cell Energetics and Organ Function
4 Credit Hours
This course integrates elements of cellular metabolism with organ system physiology. Students will gain an understanding of and critically discuss the cellular metabolic pathways required for normal function and the systemic organ function with a focus on human physiology.
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BP 708 - Oral Communication Forum
1 Credit Hours
Students host seminar presentations in various research areas such as tumor biology, infectious diseases, immunology, molecular cell biology, cardiovascular and reproductive physiology, endocrinology and neuroscience. Journal articles describing major scientific advances are discussed and critiqued. This course is offered each year during the fall and spring semesters.
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BP 709 - Scientific Writing and Research Design
3 Credit Hours
Students learn how to design and write a realistic research proposal and gain a general understanding of how different techniques can be used to address a wide range of research questions. Students gain experience in small group presentation, evaluation and discussion of current scientific literature.
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BP 718 - Introduction to the Laboratory
2 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 818
This intensive laboratory course introduces students to basic research techniques, including DNA purification, subcloning, polymerase chain reaction and cell culture methods.
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BP 719 - Biomedical Sciences Lab Rotation I
2 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 819
Students get hands-on laboratory experience in these lab rotations, with help from a pre-designated faculty member. These courses are designed for students to sample different types of research models, techniques and subject matter.
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BP 720 - Biomedical Sciences Lab Rotation II
2 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 820
Students get hands-on laboratory experience in these lab rotations, with help from a pre-designated faculty member. These courses are designed for students to sample different types of research models, techniques and subject matter.
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BP 721 - Biomedical Sciences Lab Rotation III
2 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 821
Students get hands-on laboratory experience in these lab rotations, with help from a pre-designated faculty member. These courses are designed for students to sample different types of research models, techniques and subject matter.
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BP 771 - Methods and Logic in Translational Biology
4 Credit Hours
This is an advanced course that will emphasize the key elements required to successfully design and conduct translational projects. The course will serve as a bridge between basic research and the clinical manifestations of disease, and it will cover therapies of the future that are still under development.
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BP 773 - Responsible Conduct in Science
1 Credit Hours
This course features a series of lectures that expose graduate students to moral and ethical dilemmas in biomedical sciences. The course will also expose students to peer review processes related to submission of grants and manuscripts.
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BP 781 - Applied Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
3 Credit Hours
This course will cover quantitative statistics as well as conceptual understanding required for biomedical sciences application of such methods. The course will also provide an overview of basic bioinformatics concepts and commonly used tools and fundamental knowledge of structural bioinformatics and computer-based approaches for protein structure visualization.
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BP 795 - Special Topics
2 Credit Hours
Guided readings and discussions of current research topics in a specialized area. Prerequisites: approval of instructor.
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BP 798 - Research
1-6 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 898
Laboratory research for Research Master’s students in both thesis and non-thesis options.
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BP 799 - Thesis
1-6 Credit Hours
Review of the student’s literature and written presentation of research.
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BP 818 - Introduction to the Laboratory
2 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 718
This intensive laboratory course introduces students to basic research techniques, including DNA purification, subcloning, polymerase chain reaction and cell culture methods.
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BP 819 - Biomedical Sciences Lab Rotation I
2 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 719
Students get hands-on laboratory experience in these lab rotations, with help from a pre-designated faculty member. These courses are designed for students to sample different types of research models, techniques and subject matter.
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BP 820 - Biomedical Sciences Lab Rotation II
2 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 720
Students get hands-on laboratory experience in these lab rotations, with help from a pre-designated faculty member. These courses are designed for students to sample different types of research models, techniques and subject matter.
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BP 821 - Biomedical Sciences Lab Rotation III
2 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 721
Students get hands-on laboratory experience in these lab rotations, with help from a pre-designated faculty member. These courses are designed for students to sample different types of research models, techniques and subject matter.
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BP 895 - Special Topics in Biomedical Sciences
1-3 Credit Hours
Guided readings and discussions of current research topics in a specialized area. Prerequisite: instructor approval.
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BP 898 - Research
1-6 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: BP 798
Laboratory research for Research Master’s students in both thesis and non-thesis options.
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BP 710 - Oral Communication Forum
Students host seminar presentations in various research areas such as tumor biology, infectious diseases, immunology, molecular cell biology, cardiovascular and reproductive physiology, endocrinology and neuroscience. Journal articles describing major scientific advances are discussed and critiqued. This course is offered each year during the fall and spring semesters.
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BT 707 - Microscopy and Imaging Techniques
2 Credit Hours
This is a hands-on, technical course that will focus on developing microscopy and imaging skills. The course will provide basic instruction and practice in electron microscopy, confocal and fluorescence microscopy, immunofluorescence, and image analysis.
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BT 709 - Proteomic Technologies
2 Credit Hours
Laboratory course will give students an introduction to basic proteomic techniques, including 2D-gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry.
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