Office of Medical Student Education
Introduction to Human Behavior
2006 Lecture Schedule
This page also contains information about the Exam, free medical student membership to the American Psychiatric Association, and program contacts.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures take place from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and group discussions are scheduled from 10:15 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.
February 1
Managing Death in Medical Practice – Medicine, Perinatal Loss
Dr. Michael Gendel and Panel: Dr. Joel Levine and Dorotha Graham Cicchinelli
READING
: Handout only
Groups
Groups A and B/Home Base:
Doctoring Patients/MPC’s. Explore issues of loss and grief if appropriate.
February 8
Doctors, Self-Care and Boundaries
Dr. Michael Gendel
READING: Handout only
Groups
A/Home Base – Interview CPHP Physician – Identify and assign MPC’s
B/Home Base – Doctoring Patients/MPC’s
February 15
Sick Doctors
Drs. Michael Gendel and Mike Michalek
READING: Handout only
Groups
A/Home Base – Doctoring Patients/MPC’s
B/Home Base – Interview CPHP Physician – Identify and assign MPC’s
February 22
Sexuality – Safe Sex
Dr. Carl Clark
READING: Fadem, Chapter 19, pp 179-189, Sexuality
Groups
A and B/Home Base: NBME Finals Review
March 1
Sexuality – The History and Dysfunction
Dr. Harold Martin
READING: Fadem, Chapter 19, pp 179-189, Sexuality
Groups
A and B/Home Base: NBME Finals Review
March 8
NBME Finals Review, if needed
March 14
Exam is 8:00-10:00 am, SOM Lecture Hall 2836
Final Human Behavior Exam is NBME Part One Shelf Examination – Behavioral Sciences. See at: www.nbme.org/programs/subjexams.asp
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Free Medical Student Membership in the American Psychiatric Association
About 30% of medical practice consists of addressing psychiatric problems in your patients. Therefore, if you are interested in psychiatry, the brain and behavior, or plan on entering clinical medicine, take advantage of the following FREE OFFER. Membership in the American Psychiatric Association is free for medical students. All you have to do is go to their medical student membership Web site at: http://www.psych.org/med_ed/how.cfm. Here is what you get:
Free subscriptions to:
The American Journal of Psychiatry - the major research publication in psychiatry
Psychiatric News
Psychiatric Residents' Newsletter
Spectrum, the newsletter of the APA minority fellow is also available upon request.
In addition your tuition is waived at the annual APA meeting. Carole Evans has the complete list of benefits. If you have any questions, call or e-mail her. Carole.evans@uchsc.edu, 303-315-8411.
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Contacts
Course Director: Michael Weissberg, MD, 303-315-58411
Associate Director: Robert Davies, MD, 303-315-0452
Course Coordinator: Sharon Campbell, 303-315-7394
Audiovisual: Mark Groth, 303-315-7052
