Clinical Management of Transgender Patients (CONJ 570) is a 1 credit non-clinical selective that will provide an overview an overview of the clinic management of transgender patients, details information about the steps necessary for providers to help their patients transition (both surgically and non-surgically), potential health challenges that patients may face in their lives and will give providers information necessary to build transgender cultural competency.

CONJ 570 invites guest lecturers who specialize in transgender patient care on a regular basis, and offers an in-depth series on intake, mental wellness, and health disparities recognized in transgender patient healthcare. The course allows for students to access and network with physicians on procedural surgical transitions. Due to instructor and guest speaker availability this course is offered only every WINTER QUARTER.

Please feel free to contact Multicultural Education Manager Holly Kennison at SAL20@uw.edu if you are interested in this course.

FAMED 561 LGBTQ Health and Health Disparities 

LGBTQ Health & Health Disparities (FAMED 561) is a 1 credit non-clinical selective course which will rely on the experiences of physicians and experts who work actively with the LGBTW individuals. It is designed to help students strengthen their knowledge of the health care needs of the LGBTQ community through lectures from local LGBTQ providers, panel discussions, and small group activities.

FAMED 561 is typically the intro-course for students pursuing the LGBTQ Health Pathway and is open to any professional health or graduate-level students who are interested in LGBTQ Health.

Due to the specialized curriculum design that includes networking our students directly with physicians, mentors, social workers, and professional leaders in the greater-LGBTQ community, FAMED 561 is only offered every FALL QUARTER on the UW Quarterly Schedule. You may contact the Multicultural Education Manager Holly Kennison at sal20@uw.edu for more information.

This (1-credit) non-clinical elective course will provide the student with an introduction to the Hispanic culture and language, the history of Hispanics in the U.S., Hispanic health status issues, and effective strategies and techniques for working across cultures and linguistic barriers. The course is designed to help the learner to better understand and more effectively respond to the needs of this growing Hispanic population.

MED 557 is taught each FALL QUARTER by our visiting faculty mentor Dr. Rudy Rodriguez, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine; VA Puget Sound Health Professor. Hispanic Health and Health Disparities reviews evidence-based criteria and current practices in ethnic minority communities. This course welcomes any and all health professional or graduate-level students interested in Hispanic Health disparities. 

For more information on MED 557 you may contact Multicultural Education Manager, Holly Kennison at sal20@uw.edu. 

UCONJ 530 is designed to intensify your understanding of historical and contemporary issues in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Health. It is developed to help any health sciences student interested in AI/AN health further explore AI/AN contributions to healthcare. Topics covered are: Traditional Indian Medicine, current disease epidemiology, development of Federal Indian Health policy, the Indian Health Service, tribal health programs, and consequences of major legislation on AI/AN Health.

 

FAMED 556 Spanish for the Health Professional be taught based on medical systems. Lessons will include key cultural pearls and/or considerations. The course objectives include developing students’ skills in basic and intermediate medical Spanish and the vocabulary needed to perform a review of systems and physical exam, as well as, providing a basic orientation to important cultural considerations which will hopefully enable students to feel more comfortable with Spanish-speaking patients. The majority of each class session will be in a small group format with the instructor and teaching assistants where students will have the chance to ask further questions and role play clinical dialogues while practicing each week’s new terminology.

 

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Required Articles for FAMED 680 Clerkship   For UW Students in Family Medicine 680 Traditional Indian Medicine: please use your uwnetid to access readings on canvas: Family Medicine 680 Readings   Required Books for FAMED 680 Clerkship   Galloway, James and Goldberg, Bruce W. Primary Care of Native American Patients: Diagnosis, Therapy, and Epidemiology. Boston: Butterworth Heinemann, 1999 Hultkrantz, Ake. Shamanistic Ritual and Ritual Drama: Health and Medicine in Native North American Religious Traditions. New York, New York: Crossroads Publishing Co., 1992. Pojar, Jim and MacKinnon, Andy. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Vancouver, BC: Lone Pine Publishing, 2004. Rotblatt, Michael and Ziment, I. Evidence-Based Herbal Medicine. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc., 2002

IHP Home IHP Requirements Famed 681 Clerkship Alternatives Apply to IHP UCONJ530 Indian Health Issues FAMED 680 Readings FAMED 681 Readings Medicine Wheel Society Alumni

As future healthcare and human service providers, it is essential that students have a strong knowledge of health issues and policies which may impact patients/clients and practice. UCONJ 530 is designed to intensify the understanding of historical and contemporary issues in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) health.  This course is developed to help any health sciences and human services student interested in AI/AN health further explore AI/AN contributions to healthcare: Traditional AI/AN medicine, current disease epidemiology, development of Federal Indian health policy, the Indian Health Service, rural and urban tribal health programs, and consequences of major legislation on AI/AN health. Course Objectives and Community Service Requirement SPECIFIC COURSE OBJECTIVES:  Upon the completion of UCONJ 530, student should be able to: Understand the historical background of federal policy toward AI/AN, emphasizing health issues with a gradual progression toward present Indian health policy. Enable the student to analyze and determine the intent of past legislation on AI/AN health programs, as well as current Indian health policies and programs. Analyze the historical development, purposes, and functionality of the Indian Health Services (IHS). Examine the purposes and functions of reservation health programs, community Urban Indian Health programs, and Federal and State health programs. Analyze how they relate to the Indian Health Service and determine what effects they have on AI/AN health care. Understand the major diseases and causes of mortality affecting AI/AN in the past, present and future. Compare the current status of AI/AN health with other minority and white populations. Enable students to identify and define the nature of programs, recommended solutions, and determine a path of service, and future directions for AI/AN health care. Understand traditional Indian medicine and its current use in the care of Indian health problems along with modern western medicine. Learn to do a sensitive, cultural, belief/spiritual assessment. Gain an appreciation for AI/AN contributions to modern medicine and health. COMMUNITY SERVICE COMPONENT: This course includes a community service component which requires students to participate in a AIAN community event, preferably off campus.  Please be ready to spend at least 4 hours participating and reflecting upon one of the options which will be provided, or have approved by your instructor. This activity provides you with an opportunity to learn about the various AIAN cultures and traditional activities that exist and function locally.  Please be respectful and appreciative of the effort that has been made to welcome you into these activities, which are cultural and spiritual in nature.  You will be asked to write a Reflection paper about your experience. We will discuss the options and you will be able to sign up during class.