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2004-06 IUPUI Campus BulletinThe policies, regulations, and course descriptions that appear in this edition of the Bulletin are for the academic years specified. Curricular requirements are for students who entered the university or were admitted to a degree program during these specific academic years. As the "bulletin year" (the student's entry year) will be defined differently from school to school at IUPUI, consult your academic advisor to be sure you are using the appropriate edition of the Bulletin. While every effort is made to provide accurate and current information, IUPUI reserves the right to change without notice statements in this bulletin concerning rules, policies, fees, curricula, courses, or other matters. Consult your academic advisor to learn if changes have occurred that may affect you. Medical Humanities and Health StudiesDirectorEleanor Kinney, Law Eric Meslin, Philosophy and Medicine Gary Mitchell, Medicine David Orentlicher, Law and Medicine Herman Saatkamp Jr., Philosophy and Medical Genetics William Schneider, History and Medical Genetics Richard Ward, Anthropology and Dentistry Margaret Gaffney, Medicine Gregory Gramelspacher, Medicine William Gronfein, Sociology Jan Keffer, Nursing Kimberly Quaid, Medicine Eric Wright, Sociology and Nursing Stuart Schrader, Communications Rebecca Sloan, Nursing Kathleen Zoppi, Family Medicine Minor in Medical Humanities and Health StudiesThe interdisciplinary minor in medical humanities and health studies seeks to promote an increased awareness of the humanistic, social, and cultural dimensions of health care and health care systems. It provides an exciting opportunity for students to work in close conjunction with faculty who have strong teaching and research interests in the area of health care. A survey of the relevant issues to be addressed during the course of study in the minor includes human values and ethics in decision making; the idea of preventive and holistic health and health care; patient care as an art form and scientific endeavor; the relation among ecology, economy, and health care; the relation between cultural and social systems and health and health care; the connection between health care systems and good health; the role of the provider-client relationship, especially in the areas of communications skills and the humanistic dimensions of patient care; the meanings of suffering, illness, and dying; the role of technology in improving care but creating a legacy of dehumanization of patients; and the role of the consumer in the health care system.The minor entails successful completion of a minimum of 15 credit hours, distributed as follows: Required Core CourseMH301 Perspectives on Health, Disease, and Healing (3 cr.) The course utilizes the perspectives of the humanities and social science disciplines to provide students with a broader understanding of the many facets of health and disease, suffering and dying, as well as the art and science of healing.ElectivesA minimum of 3 credit hours must be completed from each of the three following areas:
The remaining 3 credit hours of electives may come from the courses above or the following courses:
Required Exit CourseMH495 Independent Project Seminar in the Medical Humanities and Health Studies (3 cr.) Each student pursuing a minor degree in the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Program who has completed at least 9 credit hours toward the degree will take a seminar or be given the opportunity to develop a research or applied project related to the interests of the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Committee. This seminar or project will allow the student to apply the knowledge gained from the course work taken in the Medical Humanities and Health Studies Program, serving to tie together the humanistic and social scientific bases of health care in a directed endeavor of interest to the student. The student should contact the chairperson to arrange the details of this independent project. |
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