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Electives Courses
046:126 International Perspectives: Xicotepec
Brief course description: This course is designed to introduce multidisciplinary students to the benefits, challenges, and logistics of partnering with nonprofits and community members to provide service in a community in a less developed country. In collaboration with Rotary International and local community members, students will develop discipline-specific projects aimed at identifying and addressing community needs (particularly healthcare, social service, and environmental quality) in Xicotepec, Mexico. The course prepares the student culturally and professionally for teamwork in an international environment. This is a service-learning course in which students will use critical thinking and reflection to underscore and enhance both the knowledge and skills gained in their disciplinary courses and the experiences gained through meaningful service in Xicotepec.
046: 127 Pharmaceutical Management for Underserved Populations
Brief course description: Students will be guided to analyze problems and develop strategies based on real world drug management issues including regulations, manufacture, procurement, distribution, safety, policy, financing and the unique aspects of international pharmaceutical trade, the role of the World Trade Organization – Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO-TRIPS), government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals/programs in the selection and use of pharmaceutical products. Course materials are drawn from both developed and developing countries so that the student will be knowledgeable about the role of Essential Medicines and the formation of a National Drug Policy. The course will use a multidisciplinary approach to provide students with an operational understanding of factors influencing access to and use of pharmaceuticals and other health commodities. Collectively, these materials and approaches are intended to stimulate critical thinking on how to improve access to and the use of pharmaceutical products.
046:377 Health Disparities & Cultural Competence
Brief Course Description: This course introduces students to the characteristics, causes, and effects of health disparities in the U.S. health care system and provides students with a foundation to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to become culturally competent health providers. Representative topics include an overview of health disparities among specific population groups; definitions and models of cultural competence; evidence for cultural competence as a remedy for health disparities; guidelines for taking a culturally appropriate history; working with language interpreters; legal and professional imperatives for cultural competence; characteristics of culturally effective practitioners and workplaces; personal growth in cultural competence. Students will participate in discussion of assigned readings and other classroom and experiential activities designed to enable students to meet course goals.
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