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MAR - Marketing |
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MAR 7939 Executive Issues in Marketing
Credit Hours: 2-4
A research seminar for executives that explores contemporary issues in marketing. The specific theme of the seminar will be determined through consultations between the instructor and the students prior to the first class meeting.
USF | Muma College of Business | School of Marketing and Innovation
Credit Hours: 2-4 |
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MAR 7980 Dissertation
Credit Hours: 2-21
Directed research.
USF | Muma College of Business | School of Marketing and Innovation
Credit Hours: 2-21 |
MAS - Mathematics - Algebraic Structures |
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MAS 5145 Advanced Linear Algebra
Credit Hours: 3
Finite-dimensional vector spaces over arbitrary fields, dual spaces, canonical forms for linear transformations, inner product spaces, orthogonal, unitary, and self-ad joint operators and quadratic forms.
Prerequisite(s): MAS 3105, MAS 4301
Corequisite(s): None.
Co-Prerequisite(s): MAS 5311
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MAS 5215 Number Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Fundamental theorem of arithmetic, modular arithmetic, Chinese remainder theorem, Mersenne primes, perfect numbers, Euler-Fermat theorem, pseudo primes, primitive roots, law of quadratic reciprocity, factorization and primality testing algorithms.
Prerequisite(s): MAS 3105, MAS 4301
Corequisite(s): None.
Co-Prerequisite(s): None.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MAS 5311 Algebra I
Credit Hours: 3
Group theory: Sylow theorems; classification of groups of small order. Ring theory: ideals, quotient rings, polynomial rings, Euclidean domains, principal ideal domains and unique factorization.
Prerequisite(s): MAS 3105, MAS 4301
Corequisite(s): None.
Co-Prerequisite(s): None.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MAS 6312 Algebra II
Credit Hours: 3
A continuation of the study of graduate algebra. Topics include principal ideal domains, basic field theory, finite fields, and Galois theory
Prerequisite(s): MAS 5311
Corequisite(s): None.
Co-Prerequisite(s): None.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3 |
MAT - Mathematics |
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MAT 5932 Selected Topics
Credit Hours: 1-4
Each course covers a single topic outside the usual curriculum.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 1-4 |
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MAT 6908 Independent Study
Credit Hours: 1-19
Independent study in which student must have a contract with an instructor.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 1-19 |
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MAT 6911 Directed Research
Credit Hours: 1-19
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 1-19 |
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MAT 6932 Selected Topics
Credit Hours: 1-4
Each course covers a single topic outside the usual curriculum.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 1-4 |
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MAT 6939 Graduate Seminar
Credit Hours: 1-4
Direction of this seminar is by a faculty member. Students are required to present research papers from the literature.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 1-4 |
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MAT 6971 Thesis: Master’s
Credit Hours: 2-19
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 2-19 |
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MAT 7912 Directed Research
Credit Hours: 1-19
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 1-19 |
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MAT 7980 Dissertation: Doctoral
Credit Hours: 2-19
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 2-19 |
MCB - Microbiology |
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MCB 5206 Public Health and Pathogenic Microbiology
Credit Hours: 3
A comprehensive survey of pathogenic microbes responsible for disease in man and other animals and the impact of these infectious agents on the public health. These pathogens will be studied with respect to their morphology, cultivation, mechanisms of pathogenicity, laboratory diagnosis, and epidemiology.
Prerequisite(s): MCB 3020
Corequisite(s): None.
Co-Prerequisite(s): None.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MCB 5208 Cellular Microbiology
Credit Hours: 3
Cellular Microbiology is a lecture-based and literature-based course on the interactions between mammalian cells and microbial pathogens and/or their toxins, with a special emphasis on bacteria.
Prerequisite(s): PCB 3023, MCB 3033
Corequisite(s): None.
Co-Prerequisite(s): None.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MCB 5655 Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Credit Hours: 3
A Study of the applications of microbiology to the food/beverage industry, agriculture, public health and bioremediation. This course is a microbiology elective and has a mandatory field trip.
Prerequisite(s): MCB 3020
Corequisite(s): None.
Co-Prerequisite(s): None.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Integrative Biology
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MCB 5815 Medical Mycology
Credit Hours: 3
A modern biological survey of the medically important fungi (yeasts and molds) important to microbiologists and environmental scientists.
Prerequisite(s): MCB 3020
Corequisite(s): None.
Co-Prerequisite(s): None.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MCB 6433 Clinical Correlations in Molecular Medicine
Credit Hours: 3
The course concentrates on molecular medicine and focuses on several disease conditions that provide an “in-depth” understanding of how changes in cellular structure/function and metabolic pathway regulation can result in diseases and their therapy.
Prerequisite(s): GMS 6001 or GMS 6201
Corequisite(s): None.
Co-Prerequisite(s): None.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medical Sciences
Credit Hours: 3 |
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MCB 6919 Independent Study
Credit Hours: 1-19
Independent study in which student must have a contract with an instructor.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Credit Hours: 1-19 |
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MCB 6930 Graduate Microbiology Seminar
Credit Hours: 1
A critical examination and discussion of current literature of microbiology.
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Credit Hours: 1 |
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MCB 6971 Thesis: Master’s
Credit Hours: 2-19
USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Credit Hours: 2-19 |
MDC - Medicine Clinical Clerkships |
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MDC 7030 Select Year 3
Credit Hours: var.
This course is will build upon the foundations taught to select students in years 1 and 2 including topics such as: health systems, leadership, and values-based patient centered care. Students will meet once a week for the duration of their third year in medical school. Students will have the opportunity to apply concepts learned in this course to their clinical experiences.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7063 Doctoring III
Credit Hours: var.
Doctoring 3 will help students continue to hone skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors to become competent, ethical, humane physicians who will touch and positively impact the lives of patients and their families.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7122 Primary Care and Special Care Populations Clerkship
Credit Hours: var.
The primary care and special care populations clerkship introduces students to the principles of primary care medicine (internal medicine, family medicine, and pediatrics) in the ambulatory setting.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7181 Maternal Newborn Health
Credit Hours: var.
Students participate in maternal care and newborn care.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7182 Maternity Care, Ambulatory Women’s Health, Pediatrics
Credit Hours: var.
This clerkship will introduce students to the essentials of maternity care, ambulatory women’s health, and pediatrics. Exposure to the unique aspects of women’s health, maternity care and pediatric medicine will be provided with a focus on family centeredness, counseling, and the education of families and patients.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7200 Internal Medicine Clerkship
Credit Hours: var.
This clerkship includes an inpatient medicine immersion experience and an outpatient internal medicine immersion experience. This clerkship provides an introduction to the basic knowledge and clinical skills required for the practice of internal medicine, building upon basic science knowledge and applying this to patient care. Didactic and bedside learning in internal medicine will complement and integrate learning in other specialties of medical practice.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7250 Skin and Bones Medicine Clerkship
Credit Hours: var.
The Skin and Bones Medicine Clerkship is 4 weeks in duration dealing with the content areas of musculoskeletal and dermatology.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7280 Interdisciplinary Oncology
Credit Hours: var.
This is a four-week block in which all students will be expected to learn the fundamental principles of oncology and the multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of cancer patients.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7402 Integrated Internal Medicine - Pediatrics
Credit Hours: var.
This clerkship introduces students to basic principles and practices of hospital-based internal medicine and pediatrics. When possible, it integrates interdisciplinary principles of internal medicine and pediatric disease management.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7600 Surgical Skills Clerkship
Credit Hours: var.
This clerkship is designed to create independent, passionate, and dedicated student physicians with a fundamental knowledge of surgical conditions and basic technical skills. The experience will include pre, intra, and postoperative management of patients. Students will learn how to function effectively on a surgical team in order to deliver quality patient-centered care.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7601 Surgical Care Clerkship
Credit Hours: var.
The surgical care clerkship focuses on the development of the fundamental principles in the surgical care of patients.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7710 Emergent and Urgent Care Clerkship
Credit Hours: var.
Students participate in patients with emergent and urgent medical presentations and assist in the development of a differential diagnosis and preliminary diagnostic and therapeutic plans.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7801 Surgical Aspects of Neurological Disease
Credit Hours: var.
Students will participate in daily ward rounds and will be integrated into the ward management team. Participating students will be required to submit neurological histories and physicals and to follow their patients from the time of admission through surgery into the post-operative period and discharge. At least one oral presentation will be expected during the rotation. Student participation in the operating room will be geared toward individual talents at the discretion of the operating surgeon. There will be a concentrated experience in the diagnosis and management of neurosurgical illness and active participation in the radiological, clinical, and teaching rounds.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 7831 Neuropsychiatry Clerkship
Credit Hours: var.
The neuropsychiatry clerkship is 4 weeks consultation liaison service, 4 weeks inpatient psychiatry, and 2 weeks outpatient neurology.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDC 8340 Critical Care Senior Clerkship
Credit Hours: var.
The goals of this course are to develop an approach to the care of patients with complex, critical illnesses; to understand the physiologic and pathologic abnormalities that occur in ICU patients; and to apply science principles basic to the practice of medicine in the clinical management of complex illness.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
MDE - Medical Electives |
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MDE 7286 Flexible Elective in Oncology Hospital Medicine
Credit Hours: var.
Students will rotate on the Internal & Hospital Medicine (IHM) inpatient service. They will have exposure to problems such as atrial fibrillation, heart failure, diabetes management, thromboembolic disease, transfusion medicine, and neutropenic fever within the context of the oncology patient.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 7494 Introduction to Orthopaedic Pediatrics
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce 3rd year medical students to the subspecialty of pediatric orthopaedic surgery. Working alongside USF clinical faculty the student will experience the full range of pediatric orthopaedics from office triage and management of common orthopaedic problems to surgical correction of complex deformity and traumatic injuries in children and adolescents.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8030 Bridge Clinic Longitudinal Elective
Credit Hours: var.
This longitudinal elective would reinforce and teach the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are needed to direct a multidisciplinary healthcare clinic. Students will be required to lead and attend monthly bridge clinic meetings, meet with medical advisors regularly, attend and lead bridge clinics over the year, develop a presentation/poster to present at a national meeting, organize and coordinate other specialties and organizations with in bridge.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8035 Hospital Medicine and Patient Safety Elective
Credit Hours: var.
This rotation is designed to further the fourth year medical student’s education in internal medicine and examine the topics of patient safety and preventable medical errors.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8036 Multidisciplinary Course in Patient Safety
Credit Hours: var.
Senior med students, engineering, nursing, & public health graduate students will explore concepts of human error & patient safety through weekly seminars. Students will work in groups to identify/analyze real patient safety problems & develop solutions.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8037 Occupational Medicine
Credit Hours: var.
This elective will encompass common work injury assessment and care, specialized physical exams (i.e., commercial driver, surveillance, pre-placement work exams, etc.), medical services mandated through osha and other regulatory agencies, population health considerations for work groups, preventive medicine concepts, environmental health issues, toxic exposures at work, and assessing individuals for capability to perform work tasks.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8038 Telehealth innovation and Quality Improvement
Credit Hours: var.
This elective will introduce students to the practice and theory of Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT). Research methods in quality improvement in healthcare also will be emphasized.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8040 Medical Spanish
Credit Hours: var.
Students participating in this course will learn how to communicate more effectively with Spanish-speaking patients through basic Spanish language skills with an emphasis on communicating across cultures in the healthcare setting. Cultural awareness of various Hispanic/Latino groups and appropriate use of interpreters will also be a focus. This course includes didactic content, the use of programmed patients, and clinical/field work experiences to enable students to communicate more effectively with Spanish-speaking patients in a healthcare setting. The course is designed for non-speakers of Spanish and those with limited Spanish speaking skills.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8044 International Medical Spanish/Cultural Immersion in the Clinical Setting
Credit Hours: var.
This course will be conducted in a Latin American country. It is designed to provide medical students an opportunity to learn and/or improve conversational medical Spanish and to experience the culture of a Latin American country. It is expected that this experience will allow students to appropriately interact in the clinical setting with Spanish speaking patients abroad and in the USA. It is designed to increase the student’s functional language skills.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8048 Narrative Medicine
Credit Hours: var.
This elective will introduce medical students to narrative skills in clinical practice and to the power and influence of stories in patient-centered care. Students will develop and practice skills in the three main areas of narrative competence (attention, representation, and affiliation), learn to integrate these narrative skills into clinical settings both diagnostically and therapeutically, and strengthen their ability to perceive and to communicate complex information effectively and persuasively.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8049 Motivational Interviewing
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to teach the motivational interviewing method for enhancing practitioner skills in health behavior interventions for working with ambivalent and difficult to treat adolescent and adult patients.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8053 Aging, End-of-Life Issues in Literature/Film/Art
Credit Hours: var.
The object of this elective is to provide consideration of portrayals of aging and end-of-life issues using humanities tools. Students explore these issues in medical text and clinical experiences, but this course provides a different perspective.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8054 Social Problems in Medicine
Credit Hours: var.
The course involves an examination of cultural factors in the analysis of social problems in medicine as expressed in film, art, and literature. Focus is on the poor, racial minorities, women, homosexuals, the elderly, etc. Essentially the course focuses on nuances and complexities of the human condition. If attendance is a problem, students should not register for this course.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8056 Medical Humanities and Human Values
Credit Hours: var.
Students may arrange for independent study on topics relevant to human values in medicine. The faculty member who will supervise the study must approve a plan for such study. The plan will indicate the objectives of the study, the activities to be undertaken in pursuit of the objectives, and the means of evaluating the study.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8057 Medicine and the Arts: NYC Voices and Visions
Credit Hours: var.
This course is designed to introduce students to a broad examination of visions & voices occurring in various forms of the arts. Materials selected for this course emphasize the telling of a story from non-scientific, non-objective perspectives.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8063 Ethics across the Hospital: the Ethics Committee and the IRB
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce senior students to the two institutionalized forms of ethical analysis and action that are now standard in many American hospitals. The students will work with the IRB and with the ethics committee chair and the ethics program advisor. This elective will provide students with a basic understanding of the range and complexity of ethical issues that arise in teaching hospitals.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8071 Tropical Medicine and Public Health Abroad
Credit Hours: var.
This course offers an opportunity to practice health care in a foreign country with emphasis on tropical infectious diseases and epidemiology. An urban and rural hospital/clinic at a major medical school in Africa (Zimbabwe), India, or South America will be the location of the rotation. The student will learn to care for patients with acute and chronic parasitic and tropical bacterial and fungal infections as well as diseases common to all peoples. Interaction with the local clinicians will include joint lectures, direct supervised patient care, and observation of healthy and unhealthy behavior of the indigenous population. At the end of the rotation, each participant will present a relevant topic concerning the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of tropical diseases, or the epidemiology and control of major diseases of public health importance, and submit the report for publication.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8072 International Family Practice Elective
Credit Hours: var.
There are a wide variety of opportunities available for students with an interest in international health care. This elective is designed to provide support for USF students to get international experience from different sources. Experiences may include: 1. Foreign travel and provision of medical services 2. Academic study (readings and lectures) on the health problems of a particular area 3. Preparation and/or presentation of a report on the student’s experience 4. The international development of the specialty of family medicine 5. Other clinical issues (including the potential of time spent in USF family medicine clinics).
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8080 Clinical Informatics
Credit Hours: var.
The elective will be an introduction to clinical informatics and will include a combination of didactic lectures (both real-time and on-line) covering basics of clinical informatics, shadowing experiences with appropriate clinical technical staff (based on the students rotation goals), and individualized project work.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8090 Theory and Practice of Teaching
Credit Hours: var.
Year 4 medical students will teach in courses throughout the year, tutor junior students, and design/teach discussion sessions. Evening seminars will focus on principles of education, good teaching technique/methods, & principles of assessment and feedback.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8091 Teaching the Sciences Basic to Med Practice
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce senior medical students to the role of an academic physician across disciplines as well as encourage the exploration of positive teaching practices.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8094 Interprofessional Teaching in Healthcare Simulation
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce students to the art and science of simulation in healthcare and how to utilize simulation to teach effectively.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8102 Public Sector Medicine (PSMP)
Credit Hours: var.
Students will attend all PSMP clinics and post conferences at Judeo Christian Health Clinic and Brandon Outreach Clinic. When more junior students are present, the elective students will assume peer teaching roles. Students are also encouraged to attend similar free clinic sessions at other community sites pending approval of the course director. Other activities include: participation in the monthly health disparities scholarly concentration journal club; and a written report of a topic or project related to public medicine. Students will be encouraged to develop projects worthy of publication or presentation at a scholarly meeting.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8104 Complex Care in the Community
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce senior students to comprehensive, relationship centered care for complex patients in community settings. At the intersection of community health and primary care, students will work with our outreach teams as health coaches and story gatherers to partner with patients and learn from the patient’s point of view what it takes to live a good life in the face of complex illness.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8107 Street Medicine Elective
Credit Hours: var.
This elective allows medical students to gain experience in delivering medical care to marginalized populations who are experiencing homelessness, including those who are sheltered, unsheltered, refugee status, and those in transient housing.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8120 Family Medicine Elective
Credit Hours: var.
The aim of this elective is to reintroduce students to primary care in a family medicine clinic. Students will be responsible for evaluating patients under the guidance of a faculty member. Emphasis will be on the patient as a person, and the application of knowledge of the effects of disease, lifestyle, family setting, and personality on the development and management of the patient’s problems. Experience will be gained in the management of the wide range of problems present in family medicine.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8123 Family Medicine Residency Elective
Credit Hours: var.
Objectives: 1. Introduce the student to the relationship of family medicine to the medical community 2. Demonstrate the relationship of ambulatory care to hospital care and the effective utilization of other specialty consultations 3. Improve the student’s skills and clinical judgment by a defined and supervised patient care experience 4. Demonstrate the organizational structure of a family medicine residency including office management, medical records, patient education, and preventive medicine 5. Demonstrate the various responsibilities and activities of the family medicine resident
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8127 Family Medicine Flexible Elective
Credit Hours: var.
The student is expected to design their elective in advance with family medicine faculty and to take an active role in the assessment and management of patients.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8135 Elective in Rural Medicine
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce senior students to the practice of medicine in a rural community. Under the supervision of clinical faculty, students will have the opportunity to practice in a private office or in a community/migrant health center. Students will also round with the preceptor in the hospital. This elective will provide students with a better understanding of rural medicine and the tremendous health needs of underserved rural and migrant populations.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8137 Elective in Family Rural Medicine
Credit Hours: var.
This elective rotation is designed to introduce the senior student to the unique characteristics of medical practice in a rural or underserved community. Students will be supervised by clinical family physician faculty and will gain a better understanding of providing care to a medically underserved population and the tremendous health needs that exist.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8140 Geriatric Medicine
Credit Hours: var.
The geriatric rotation will offer experience to observe and manage elderly patients with a wide variety of medical conditions on an inpatient and outpatient basis. The student functions as a member of a team with a resident and attending physicians, offering care for patients in acute, ambulatory, community and long-term care settings, in order to understand the interaction of natural aging and disease as well as the techniques of assessment, therapy and chronic and acute disease management.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8141 Primary Care of the Elderly
Credit Hours: var.
The student will work with older patients in the outpatient clinics, make home visits through the hospital based home care program of the VA, visit terminal patients through the hospice program and VA Nursing Home, and care for frail older people living in nursing homes in the community and at the VA Hospital.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8148 Geriatrics and Health Disparities
Credit Hours: var.
This elective integrates students into the care of elderly and those who are victims of health disparity in our community.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8150 Introduction to Palliative Medicine and Hospice
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce the basic philosophy of palliative care and how these principles are applied to patients with advanced complex diseases.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8157 Advances in Understanding of the Pathophysiologic Underpinnings of Dementia
Credit Hours: var.
This two-week course will be conducted in a seminar style fashion. Students will meet with faculty to review recent articles about latest advances in the understanding of dementia (most prominently Alzheimer’s type).
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8160 Senior Elective OB/GYN
Credit Hours: var.
This elective provides advanced clinical experience in the medical and surgical aspects of gynecology. Students will take an active role in all phases of patient evaluation and management, both inpatient and outpatient. Pertinent topics will be assigned for presentation and discussion.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8161 OB/GYN Subspecialty Elective
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce senior students to the OB/GYN sub-specialty chosen by the student.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8162 Gynecologic Oncology
Credit Hours: var.
Demonstrate a level of skill in-patient care of both gynecologic oncology in-patients and outpatients comparable to an intern completing his/her first gynecologic oncology rotation.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8163 OB/GYN Back to Basics
Credit Hours: var.
The goals of this course are to review various aspects of basic anatomy, physiology, pathology, and genetics that are found within the daily clinical care setting. Students will be asked to provide a summary power point presentation based on a clinical patient management topic. The topic will focus on the underlying fundamental basic science knowledge and skills required to fully utilize the clinical decision making process.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8164 Advanced OB/GYN (Milestone Elective)
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed for senior students who have chosen to pursue a career in obstetrics & gynecology. It will specifically make sure the students meet the level 1 ACGME defined milestones. Level 1 milestones are knowledge, skills, attitudes, and other attributes that ACGME expects that an incoming resident should have. Under the supervision of clinical faculty, students will obtain knowledge and skills that will help facilitate transition into residency.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8165 Gynecology Elective
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce senior students to a variety of benign gynecologic procedures. Under the supervision of clinical faculty, students will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of benign gynecology cases. This elective will provide students with a better understanding of the various gynecologic procedures performed: their indications, the surgical management and potential surgical complications.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8168 Urogynecology
Credit Hours: var.
Demonstrate a level of skill in-patient care of both urogynecology in-patients and outpatients comparable to an intern completing his/her initial gynecologic rotation.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
Credit Hours: var. |
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MDE 8180 Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Credit Hours: var.
Demonstrate a level of skill in patient care of both high risk obstetrical patients who are in-patients and outpatients comparable to an intern completing his/her MFM rotation.
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MDE 8181 Obstetrics Elective
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Develop a level of skill in patient care of obstetrical patients comparable to an intern on his/her obstetrics rotation.
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MDE 8191 Women’s Health - A Lifespan Perspective
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is an interdisciplinary course that explores women’s health chronologically from birth to the elderly years.
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MDE 8202 Introduction to Internal Medicine - Pediatrics
Credit Hours: 11
This elective is designed to introduce senior students to the specialty of internal medicine-pediatrics. Under the supervision of faculty, students will care for adults and children in an ambulatory primary care setting.
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MDE 8207 Introduction to Sleep Medicine
Credit Hours: var.
This elective is designed to introduce students to the practice of sleep medicine in an outpatient and inpatient setting. Under the supervision of clinical faculty, students will have the opportunity to practice in a university or hospital clinic setting. Students will also round with the preceptors in the hospital. The student will have exposure to interpretation of sleep studies and observation of the overnight recordings.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8211 Gen Internal Medicine Consult Service
Credit Hours: var.
This course offers the opportunity to participate in the major practice activities of the general internist.
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MDE 8220 Clinical Cardiology
Credit Hours: var.
The objective of this elective is to provide the student with sufficient skills in diagnosis and management of patients with diverse cardiac disorders in order to allow him/her to assume the duties in the first post‑graduate year with confidence. The student will function as an acting intern on the cardiology service under the supervision of the staff physician.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8221 Harvey Elective in Cardiology
Credit Hours: var.
The major objective of this elective will be to teach the student to perform comprehensive cardiac assessment, emphasizing the physical examination. The course will utilize Harvey (the teaching manikin) and actual patients. This elective will be primarily a self-study course (utilizing Harvey) with a weekly lecture from a cardiologist to review the materials and a weekly quiz to assess the students’ progress in their self-study program. Time will also be devoted to acquiring fundamentals of ECG interpretation and exposure to utilization of exercise testing, echocardiography and cardiac catheterization.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8224 EKG Interpretation & Consultation Cardiology
Credit Hours: var.
The students will participate in the evaluation of patients referred for cardiology consultation and will assist with the integration of the general medical data base with data gathered by both noninvasive (electrocardio-graphy, ambulatory electrocardiography, stress testing) and invasive hemodynamic techniques, where indicated. This course allows the student to interpret a large number of electrocardiograms under the supervision of the attending staff. Staff attending review will provide individual instruction. Attendance at various other weekly cardiology division teaching conferences is required.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8226 Cardiology Acute Coronary Care Unit
Credit Hours: var.
The primary assignment is with the house officers, cardiology fellow and attending cardiologists in the acute coronary care units. Emphasis is on the total evaluation of the patient with acute and critical cardiovascular disease. Experience is available in the non-invasive heart station, cardiac catheterization lab and/or the electrophysiology lab by prior arrangement.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8245 Pulmonary Disease
Credit Hours: var.
The student at the completion of the elective should: 1. Be able to perform a history and physical examination as it relates to pulmonary disease 2. Know how to order and interpret basic laboratory tests such as chest x-rays, CT scans, arterial blood gases, and pulmonary function tests 3. Have an understanding of the common pulmonary disorders, including their diagnosis and treatment 4. Have a working knowledge of pulmonary physiology, especially as it relates to respiratory failure and the use of respiratory therapy (ventilators, oxygen, etc.) 5. Have a familiarity with a number of emergent conditions seen in the medical intensive care unit (Moffitt; not at T-VAH or TGH for this course).
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8250 Special Topics in Dermatology
Credit Hours: var.
Courses centering around topics of current interest or of special interest to students or instructors in dermatology.
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MDE 8251 Clinical Dermatology
Credit Hours: var.
Students will rotate throughout the elective at the USF Medical Clinics and the Davis Island Satellite Office, Tampa Veterans Hospital, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and other ancillary clinics. The student will attend various weekly conferences: introduction to dermatology, morphology, grand rounds and others.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8260 Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Credit Hours: var.
The student will directly participate in the performance of detailed endocrine tests to better understand their application and interpretation. The student will participate in seminar discussions of clinically important subjects. Informal meetings between students and senior staff members will be conducted on a regular basis to assure that the student fully understands the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of endocrine-metabolic disorders (pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, gonadal, diabetic, etc.).
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MDE 8261 Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism: Bay Pines
Credit Hours: var.
Upon the completion of this elective, the student should understand how to manage patients who have a variety of endocrinologic and metabolic diseases. Students will see all in-house endocrine problems at the Bay Pines Veterans administration hospital and attend daily working rounds, endocrine teaching rounds, endocrine conferences and clinics. The student will directly participate in the performance of detailed endocrine tests (insulin tolerance test for hypopituitarism, calcium infusion tests, Metapyrone tests, ACTH stimulation tests, etc.) so that he/she will understand their application and interpretation.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8270 Gastroenterology Elective
Credit Hours: var.
Upon successful completion of this elective, the student may expect to achieve an acceptable level of competence in the management of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. This will be achieved by the…
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8272 Esophageal and Swallowing Disorders
Credit Hours: var.
This course will familiarize and engage the senior medical student in the evaluation and management of complex patients referred to a tertiary care center. The student will be involved in the different aspects of patient care.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8273 Hepatology Elective
Credit Hours: var.
The student may expect to achieve a level of competence in managing common and uncommon disorders of the liver and managing patients with end stage liver disease as well as exposure to the management of liver transplant patients.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8280 Hematology
Credit Hours: var.
The student will serve as an acting intern on the inpatient hematology service and will have extensive contact with the attendings of the division who will provide the basic tutorial supervision in the hematology conferences. The students will be required to participate in teaching and patient care rounds, special patient care conferences, and scheduled hematology/oncology-related teaching conferences. The students also will be introduced and exposed to the specialized research projects occurring in the division as well as to the special laboratory evaluation procedures used in hematology.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8281 Ambulatory Hematology-Oncology
Credit Hours: var.
The objective of this elective is to provide the student with a basic understanding of the principles of medical management evaluation and management of hematologic and cancer related problems in the outpatient setting.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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MDE 8283 Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
Credit Hours: var.
This elective in the bone marrow transplant medicine is broad and intensive. The student will follow patients in various isolation settings and will learn the basics of hyperalimentation, fluid and electrolyte therapy, immunosuppression, and immunodeficiency states.
USF | Morsani College of Medicine | Medicine-General
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