9.2
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
(CHS)
The courses listed
below are open to qualified graduate students. Medical school and family practice
residency curricula are published separately from this catalog.
CHS
500 Rural Environment/Occupational Health. Three hours.
Prerequisite: Standing as a Rural Medical Scholar or permission of
the instructor.
The goal of the course is to help the student recognize
environmental and occupational health hazards in the rural setting,
the effects of exposure to these hazards, and preventive measures
that should be taken to avoid them.
CHS 520 Basic Epidemiology. Three hours.
Prerequisite: CHS 425 or equivalent.
A course for students in health-related fields. The basic
epidemiologic approach is developed; principles and methods are
learned through readings (text and published studies), lectures,
discussions, and the preparation of a research design by each
student.
CHS 522 Community Clinical Process. Three hours.
Prerequisite: Standing as a Rural Medical Scholar or permission of
the instructor.
A combination of scheduled sessions and fieldwork activities. The
fieldwork will consist of visiting with an assigned rural advisor,
completing a rural community assessment, and assisting with
community health screenings and education programs.
CHS 525 Biostatistics. Three hours.
A course in statistical methods and concepts particularly
appropriate for biomedical research and health-related subjects.
Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, parametric and
nonparametric procedures for one-group and two-group problems,
contingency tables, and computer applications.
CHS 526 Advanced Biostatistics. Three hours.
An advanced course in statistical methods and concepts particularly
appropriate for biomedical research and health-related subjects.
Topics include simple and multiple regression, analysis of variance,
and analysis of covariance.
CHS 527 Health Policy and Planning. Three hours.
Designed to assist the student in understanding the planning process
and factors that influence and determine policy decisions.
CHS 532 Community Clinical Process II. Three hours.
Prerequisite: CHS 522 or equivalent.
A continuation of studies from CHS 522 that will include an
introduction to basic physical assessment techniques and
continuation of a community project.
CHS 560 Introduction to Medical Science. Three hours.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing in social work or graduate
standing in a health- or mental-health-related discipline.
Introduces social workers and other allied health professionals to
the basic processes and components of the health care system; the
major structures and characteristics of human body systems; the
common or characteristic pathophysiological processes associated
with these body systems; and the implications of illness and
wellness for the individual, the family, and the community.
CHS 610 Special Problems in Medical Behavioral Science. One
to three hours.
Open to graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences by
permission of the instructor. Research or directed reading in
behavioral science.
CHS 620 Independent Study in Preventive/Community Medicine.
One to three hours.
Research or directed reading in community medicine topics, including
health care delivery, preventive medicine, and health policy aspects
of other related topics.
CHS 622 Directed Research in Community Health. One to three
hours.
An advanced applied-research course designed to develop skills in
the analysis and evaluation of health problems of community
interest.
CHS 627 Multivariate Methods of Health Statistics. Three
hours.
Prerequisite: CHS 526 or equivalent.
Emphasis is on application and interpretation of statistical
software that performs techniques such as multivariate analysis of
variance, discriminant analysis, logistic regression, log-linear
modeling, and factor analysis.
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