Courses
Doctoral Seminar on Global Health: Mexico Migration Field Training Program (MMFRP) (FPM 289 A, B, C)
Description: This three-quarter series focuses on Mexican migration and health issues relevant to both sending communities in Mexico and receiving communities in Southern California, U.S. The Fall Quarter (FPM289A) involves a two-unit course on Mexican migration, health topics related to migration and field research methods that prepares students for fieldwork conducted in the Winter Quarter. In the Winter Quarter (FPM289B) students typically conduct fieldwork (i.e. application of quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews) in Mexico and/or in Southern CA regions with high concentrations of Mexican migrant communities. Interested students must be able to participate in both A and B. The optional Spring Quarter (FPM 289C) involves working in small groups to analyze field data and develop a scientific manuscript that is suitable for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. The course is designed for students in the Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health and Master’s level students at UCSD.
Instructor: Dr. María Luisa Zúñiga
Offered: see above description for details
Health Frontiers in Tijuana (HFit): A Binational Response to a Growing HIV/AIDS
Public Health Crisis (MED 239)
Prerequisite: 1st or 2nd year Medical Students
Description: Health Frontiers in Tijuana is a new elective where UCSD Medical students will learn about many of the joys and challenges of community medicine and healthcare of the underserved in Mexico becoming an active participant in the student-run Health Frontiers in Tijuana free- clinic project. Students enrolled in this course will learn about the Mexican Health Care Systems, community partners in Tijuana and will play various roles under faculty supervision, including that of binational health care provider, community advocate, health educator, clinic administrator and global public health researcher.
Instructors: Dr. Jose Luis Burgos
Offered: Every Quarter
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (FPM 287/MED 287)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, 1st or 2nd year Medical Student. Required course for JDP Global Health students.
Recommended Text: Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Guide to Diseases, Causative Agents and Surveillance. Beltz, L.A. 2011. California: Jossey-Bass / John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Description: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases is a single quarter seminar -based course designed to introduce medical and graduate students to concepts of emerging infectious diseases. In our global environment deforestation, mass food production, frequent world travel, human and animal interaction, medical advances, and political upheaval, among many other factors, have contributed to the emergence of new and re-emergence of once contained infectious diseases. This course will focus on factors associated with disease emergence and re-emergence and on ways to identify, study, and control these epidemics and outbreaks.
Instructor: Dr. Melanie Rusch
Offered: Every Fall
Essentials of Global Health (FPM 245/STPA 181)
Prerequisite: Medical or graduate student; senior-level undergraduate students by special permission
Description: The sociocultural, economic, and geo-political framework for the study and understanding of medical problems on a worldwide scale, and as basis for international health policy is presented. Using global patterns of disease, availability and needs for medical technology, and comparisons between diverse medical education and health care delivery systems abroad with those in the United States, students should be able to acquire an understanding of diverse determinants of disease and of relationships between socioeconomic development and health.
Instructor: TBD
Offered: Every Winter - Please note, this course is not being offered in the Winter Quarter of 2012
Cultural Perceptions About Health and Disease (FPM 270A)
Prerequisite: Required course for JDP students in Global Health, medical student, graduate student, or consent of instructor
Description: The U.S. is characterized by significant ethnic and cultural diversity due to historic and ongoing immigration. The purpose of this course is to examine issues related to ethnic and cultural diversity and how culture may impact health beliefs, health status, and utilization of health services. The course examines issues faced by health providers and researchers who work with diverse populations in domestic or international settings. We will also explore the concept of cultural competence and how it may be achieved. Relevant socio-cultural theories will also be addressed.
We will employ several strategies to accomplish these objectives including didactic studies, student-centered learning, and case studies. Students will prepare a final paper and present findings to colleagues and invited instructors.
Instructor: Dr. Victoria Ojeda
Offered: Every Winter
San Quintin Field Course (FPM 244)
Prerequisite: Elective course for UCSD medical students. JDP students in Global Health may enroll on a space-available basis with consent of the instructor.
Description: In 1981, Tijuana’s Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC) School of Medicine began a series of academic and research field trips to rural regions in Baja California and Sonora. These trips are now an integral part of the academic curriculum for 1st and 2nd year medical students. In 1998, the original faculty team expanded the agenda for these trips, and named the project VIIDAI: Viaje Interinstitucional de Integracion, Docente, Asistencia y de Investigacion (Retreat for Educational Integration, Assistance and Investigation). Trips involve a combination of hands-on clinical experience as well as public health research and practice. Students can take part in activities ranging from clinical practice, to survey research, to health promotion and education. Cross-cultural exchange is an integral component of this course. Competency in Spanish is not required, but adds significantly to the student’s experience.
This course requires the student to attend the 3-day (Friday-Sunday) trip to San Quintin, plus one orientation meeting at UABC in Tijuana on a Saturday prior to the trip.
Instructor: Dr. Richard Garfein
Offered: Every Fall & Spring
Conversational Spanish for Medical Students-Beginning Level (FPM 251 A,B,C)
Prerequisite: second-year medical student
This course is designed to develop the ability to communicate and relate to Spanish-speaking patients. Special emphasis is given to developing interviewing skills to obtain a complete medical history in Spanish. Clinical experiences in Spanish-speaking communities are featured in order to practice interviewing skills while culturally immersed. This course is open to beginners with little or no background.
NOTE: Since the purpose of the whole course is to acquire oral proficiency, enrollment is required for all three consecutive quarters (full academic year). A certificate of accomplishment will be issued at the conclusion of the course.
Instructor: Aide Gomez
Director: Dr. Victoria Ojeda
Offered: Every Fall & Spring
