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Inactive: Family Pract & Community Hlth (FPCH) Courses

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FPCH 5201 - Clinical Family Medicine
(12 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 108 credits; may be repeated 9 times)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5201 until 10-MAY-10, was FPCH 8201 until 07-JAN-02
Supervised care for patients of all ages on a continuous, primary, preventive, and general diagnostic basis. Diagnosis, methods of treatment, and problem-solving devices for benefit of patient and family, emphasizing health hazard appraisal. New and refined methods of recording, documentation, and retrieval of clinical data.
FPCH 5345 - Curriculum Design and Teaching Strategies for Medical Education I
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5345 until 20-JAN-15
Identifying/developing course goals. Developing course, teacher, learner evaluations. Students must also take 5346, which follows immediately after 5345.
FPCH 5346 - Curriculum Design and Teaching Strategies for Medical Education II
(1 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5346 until 20-JAN-15
Taken with 5345. Practicum of lecture, demonstration, small-group discussion, clinical teaching, and computer-assisted instruction. Academic ethics, policies, copyright issues, tenure, academic freedom, problem-based learning.
FPCH 5564 - Family Practice Seminar
(1 cr; O-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 9 times)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5564 until 05-JAN-15
Knowledge, skills, and attitudes in biomedical and behavioral sciences that form foundation for academic discipline of family medicine; medical decision making, common problems and procedures, family theory and assessment, clinical pharmacy, and human sexuality.
FPCH 5650 - Principles of Geriatrics I
(1 cr; P-N or Audit; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 5 credits; may be repeated 5 times)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5650 until 05-JAN-15
A comprehensive survey of major topics in geriatric medicine. The epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of major geriatric syndromes and illnesses will be presented.
FPCH 5651 - Principles of Geriatrics II
(1 cr; P-N or Audit; may be repeated for 5 credits; may be repeated 5 times)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5651 until 05-JAN-15
Second course in the Principles of Geriatrics sequence. Comprehensive survey of major topics in geriatric medicine. The epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of major geriatric syndromes and illnesses will be presented.
FPCH 5950 - Clinical Issues in Human Sexuality
(2 cr; O-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5950 until 05-JAN-15
Clinical issues, assessment techniques, and treatment techniques pertaining to common sexual problems.
FPCH 5955 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 10]; O-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 10 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5955 until 05-JAN-15
Studies on special topics as arranged between students and faculty.
FPCH 5960 - Basic Research Methods in Family Practice
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5960 until 02-SEP-14
History and current status of research in family medicine, research resources available in the department. How to ask/define a research question, conduct a literature search, select a research methodology, meet federal requirements for protection of human subjects in research, critically read the medical literature and facilitate its discussion, and prepare a grant proposal.
FPCH 5961 - Family Medicine Fellows and Junior Faculty Integration Seminar
(1 cr [max 9]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 9 times)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 5961 until 02-SEP-14
Preparation for roles in academia. Achieving success as a clinical investigator. Funding opportunities, authorship, collaboration, publishing, grant preparation.
FPCH 7500 - Sub-internship in Family Medicine
(2 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7500 until 03-MAY-21
Participation in inpatient/outpatient care in family practice clinic and in hospital.
FPCH 7501 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP)
(2 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7501 until 05-JAN-15
Community-based elective with extensive primary care experience in a rural setting. Intended for the student with an interest in rural Minnesota primary care. Each student works with family physicians and local and/or visiting specialists. Problem-based learning, hands-on clinical experience and one-to-one teaching. Scholarships are available.
FPCH 7502 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Orthopaedic Surgery
(2 cr [max 4]; P-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7502 until 05-JAN-15
Community-based elective with extensive orthopaedic surgery experience in a rural setting.
FPCH 7503 - Preceptorship in Family Practice Obstetrics
(2 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7503 until 02-MAY-22
Students participate in inpatient/outpatient obstetrics from a family practice perspective, and participate in pre-natal care/evaluation of a patient in labor/delivery. Various techniques utilized during delivery of a child.
FPCH 7504 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Surgery
(6 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7504 until 05-JAN-15
Community-based elective with extensive primary care (surgery) experience in a rural setting. Each student works with family physicians and local or visiting specialists. Problem-based learning, hands-on clinical experience, one-to-one teaching.
FPCH 7505 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Obstetrics and Gynecology
(6 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7505 until 05-JAN-15
Community-based elective with extensive obstetrics/gynecology experience in a rural setting. Each student works with family physicians and local or visiting specialists. Problem-based learning, hands-on clinical experience, one-to-one teaching.
FPCH 7506 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Pediatrics
(6 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7506 until 05-JAN-15
Community-based elective with extensive pediatrics experience in a rural setting.
FPCH 7507 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Otolaryngology
(2 cr [max 4]; P-N or Audit; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7507 until 06-MAY-13
Community-based elective with extensive otolaryngology experience in a rural setting.
FPCH 7508 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Urology
(2 cr [max 4]; P-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7508 until 06-MAY-13
Community-based elective with extensive urology experience in a rural setting.
FPCH 7509 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Primary Care Clerkship I
(4 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7509 until 05-JAN-15
Community-based elective with extensive primary care experience in a rural setting.
FPCH 7510 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Primary Care Clerkship II
(4 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7510 until 05-JAN-15
Community-based elective with extensive primary care experience in a rural setting.
FPCH 7511 - Urban Community Ambulatory Medicine (UCAM)
(4 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7511 until 02-MAY-22
Expands primary-care clerkship (PCC) into 16 weeks of primary care experience in one underserved urban clinic. Students attend PCC seminars during first eight weeks, followed by weekly seminars covering patient diversity, indigenous medicine, and community health.
FPCH 7512 - Urban Community Ambulatory Medicine (UCAM)
(4 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7512 until 05-JAN-15
Expands primary-care clerkship (PCC) into 16 weeks of primary care experience in one underserved urban clinic. Students attend PCC seminars during first eight weeks, followed by weekly seminars covering patient diversity, indigenous medicine, and community health.
FPCH 7513 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Orthopaedic SurgeryRSU
(2 cr [max 4]; P-N or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7513 until 05-JAN-15
Community-based elective with extensive orthopaedic surgery experience in a rural setting.
FPCH 7516 - Research in Human Sexuality
(6 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7516 until 02-MAY-22
This elective consists of clinical and/or laboratory research related to human sexuality, and is adaptable to the specific interests of the student and faculty. It involves ongoing research projects in areas such as incest, rape, gender dysphoria, compulsive sexual behavior, sex offenses, and sexual dysfunction.
FPCH 7518 - In-Patient Family Medicine
(2 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7518 until 06-MAY-19
Students participate in family practice residency in-patient teaching serving various patients, including pediatric, obstetric, geriatric, and other adult patients.
FPCH 7519 - Clinical Practice of Occupational Medicine
(3 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7519 until 05-AUG-13
Students perform complete occupational health history, set up basic problem-solving approahces to occupational health problems.
FPCH 7520 - Rural Rotation in Family Practice
(3 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7520 until 02-MAY-22
This course is intended for the student interested in observing and participating in family practice in the rural setting. The student participates in patient care in the patient's home, doctor's office and hospital, and observes interrelationships between practicing physicians and community facilities.
FPCH 7521 - Topics in Immigrant Health
(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7521 until 02-MAY-22
Clinical experiences at a variety of sites that serve immigrant patients. Text-/Web-based reading, online research, community visits, online/class discussions. Issues that affect health/wellness in immigrant communities, barriers to providing care for those communities, methods by which those barriers are being overcome.
FPCH 7522 - Interdis Rural Fam Med
(4 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7522 until 16-MAY-05
Interdisciplinary approach to health care delivery in rural setting. Functioning as team member. Participating in community health project. Using distance education technology.
FPCH 7523 - Family Practice Clerkship: Duluth
(3 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7523 until 08-MAY-17
Principles of family medicine. Students engage in preceptorship with community family physicians in clinic, hospital, patient's home, and other facilities. Weekly patient care discussions/presentations, observation. Procedures such as suturing, casting.
FPCH 7525 - Cardiovascular Medicine in the Community Hospital
(3 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7525 until 29-APR-24
Students attend lectures and regularly scheduled cardiology conferences, make bedside rounds in intensive coronary care and rehabilitation coronary care units with staff/residents, and do complete patient work-ups including medical interviews and physical examinations.interviews and physical examinations.
FPCH 7530 - Preceptorship in Community Family Medicine
(2 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7530 until 02-MAY-22
Participation in community family medicine.
FPCH 7531 - Introduction to Healthcare for the Underserved
(2 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7531 until 11-MAY-15
Health care needs/problems faced by special population groups, including immigrants/refugees; Native Americans; various underserved groups (e.g., homeless, poor); students; industrial workers; farm workers.
FPCH 7533 - Advanced Clerkship in Traditional Indian Medicine
(2 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7533 until 16-MAY-05
Training/experience in clinical/traditional health care settings in an American Indian community. Rotation is arranged, at site, with a community health representative and a traditional healer.
FPCH 7535 - Community Health in Family Practice
(3 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7535 until 05-JAN-15
Individually designed outpatient rotation. Combines clinical work in urban setting with a series of experiences in the community.
FPCH 7537 - Primary Care Sports Medicine
(4 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7537 until 29-APR-24
Gives the student experience in athletic injury diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Provides an overview of the role of exercise in health promotion and chronic disease therapy and medical issues in sports.
FPCH 7538 - Sports Medicine in Duluth
(4 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7538 until 03-MAY-21
Role of sports medicine in primary care or musculoskeletal specialty practice. Students work with full-time sports medicine physicians and allied health providers (e.g., physical therapists, athletic trainers) in office practice, rehabilitation facilities, training rooms, athletic events.
FPCH 7544 - Outpatient-HIV Management in Family Practice
(3 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7544 until 20-MAY-19
Observe HIV patients in active HIV clinic: gay men, IV drug users, persons infected through heterosexual contacts. Patients represent wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Observe operation of Park House, HIV day health center, and HealthSpan Home Care and Hospice.
FPCH 7551 - Rural Community Ambulatory Medicine (RCAM)
(4 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7551 until 16-MAY-05
12-week primary care rotation in underserved rural communities designated as Rural Health School sites. Expands experiences in Clinical Medicine IV. Exposure to diversity/culture of rural community. Immersion in interdiscipinary health care team.
FPCH 7560 - Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center
(3 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7560 until 01-MAY-23
This course provides an intensive exposure to current approaches to therapy and rehabilition of chemically dependent patients. For most of these patients, alcohol is the most abused drug. The course is participant observation in group therapy sessions and lectures.
FPCH 7577 - An Introduction to Complementary and Alternative Therapies
(3 cr; O-N or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7577 until 05-JAN-15
Complementary therapies and their integration with allopathic treatments. Observation of complementary care providers in community. Examines culturally-based approaches to health care. Weekly seminars, special project, use of Internet.
FPCH 7580 - Community Emergency Medicine
(4 cr; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7580 until 16-MAY-05
The student participates in the clinical care of patients with common emergencies. Supervision and teaching will be provided by attending staff physicians and/or family practice residents. The student performs initial evaluations and formulates diagnosis and treatment plans.
FPCH 7585 - Sexual Problems in Clinical Practice
(3 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7585 until 06-MAY-19
This course may require some evening time during the rotation. Students will have the opportunity for observation and practice of sex-related education and counseling through participation in intake and assessment sequences, individual and conjoint sessions, and group sex therapy. Each student will be supervised by a member of the Program in Human Sexuality staff. The student is expected to participate in several hours of staff conferences and seminars each week. Readings will be assigned.
FPCH 7595 - Research in Family Practice
(3 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7595 until 02-MAY-22
Academic research in collaboration with member of academic or clinical faculty. Identification of parameters/methodological components of family practice research. Develops knowledge/skills essential for academic careers in family practice.
FPCH 7599 - Independent Study
(2 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FMCH 7599 until 02-MAY-22

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