{"id":448,"date":"2019-10-10T13:53:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T13:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/?p=448"},"modified":"2019-10-10T13:53:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T13:53:51","slug":"course-focus-interdisciplinary-seminar-i-and-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/2019\/10\/10\/course-focus-interdisciplinary-seminar-i-and-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Focus: Interdisciplinary Seminar I and II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Students working hard in an interdisciplinary class which combined nursing, biomedicine, and health care management students. Here they are discussing patient safety and quality improvement. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In\nthe most recent exit interviews we conducted with graduating students, one of\nthe clear messages we heard was the appreciation for our program\u2019s\ninterdisciplinary courses and holistic approach to medicine. These courses,\nalong with the Biomedicine, Faith and Ethics course, help to provide students\nwith a broader sense of health and healing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminar I\ntaught by Dr. Julia Halterman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nis the first in a series of two interdisciplinary seminars that are designed to\nprovide students with a broad understanding of biomedicine. Students will\ndiscuss the history of medicine and how cultural diversity and values play into\nour ability to heal and be healed. This course will guide students in an\nunderstanding of the current US healthcare landscape, challenge students\u2019 understanding\nof ethics in medicine, and stretch students to explore various integrative\nmedicine techniques and their role in healing. This course will provide a forum\nfor open inquiry, honest discussion, collegial debate, and personal\nreflection.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia\nHalterman says this course is different from the natural science courses\nstudents might be used to taking in that this is a graduate course involving a\nsignificant amount of reading, writing and group discussions. Halterman wants\nstudents to develop their reading and writing skills while in the Biomedicine\nprogram, and this is a course where we will begin to work on those skills\ntogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminar II\ntaught by Dr. Carolyn Stauffer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This course challenges students to grow in\ncapacity for leadership in the medical field. Strategies include: reflection on leadership history, aptitudes and style; creating an inventory of\ncurrent leadership skills while\nidentifying gaps for future growth. Special attention is also given\nto addressing population management risks as well as public health promotion\nopportunities. The course concludes with transformative medical leadership\napplications on the individual and collective levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolyn\nStauffer says Seminar II provides a particular focus on interpersonal trauma\nbecause of its impacts on clinical care. For example, if a healthcare provider\nis highly traumatized this can interfere with their ability to be fully present\nin a clinical encounter. For the patient, carrying intractable trauma can lead\nto chronic hyper-arousal stress responses. In her work with HIV\/AIDS palliative\ncare, Stauffer recounts how high viral loads placed patients at risk for\nopportunistic infections. In like manner, Stauffer compares living with\nprotracted trauma to carrying a heavy viral load: both can become health\nhazards if left unresolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the most recent exit interviews we conducted with graduating students, one of the clear messages we heard was the appreciation for our program\u2019s interdisciplinary courses and holistic approach to medicine. These courses, along with the Biomedicine, Faith and Ethics course, help to provide students with a broader sense of health and healing. Seminar I....<\/p>

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