GBUS 8030: Health Care Management
Course Number: 21106
School: Darden School of Business
Number of Units:1.5 Credits
School: College of Arts and Sciences
Thomas Massaro, tam3j@Virginia.EDU
MoTu 10:00AM – 11:25AM, TBA
GBUS 8708: The Business of Medicine in a Changing Health Care Environment
Course Number: 21193
School: Darden School of Business
Number of Units:1.5 Units
James Feist, jcf6g@Virginia.EDU
TBA, TBA
GNUR 5390: Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System
Course Number: 18384
School: Graduate School of Nursing
Number of Units: 3 Units
Ben Mayes, brm3e@Virginia.EDU
This course is designed to provide an overview of (1) how health care is financed, organized, and delivered in the U.S., as well as (2) the major policy challenges created by the system's organization, or lack thereof. In drawing from a variety of perspectives-including political science, economics and history-the course surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide and receive care.
We 4:00PM – 7:00PM, Claude Moore Nursing Educ 1110
GNUR 6052: Epidemiology and World Health
Course Number: 18192/18285
School: Graduate School of Nursing
Number of Units: 3 Units
Kristen Wells/ Timothy Cunningham, kw2fm@Virginia.edu, tdc8h@Virginia.edu
Focuses on the distribution and determinants of health-related states or conditions in specified populations at local through global levels, and on the application of this study to control health problems. Students are presented with epidemiologic models and methods in order to assess the health of individuals and populations and to prevent or control health conditions, diseases, and injuries. Content emphasizes a local to global perspective and application of methods to improve health care delivery, health policy, human rights, and ultimately, health. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
TBA, Web-Based Course;We 1:00PM – 2:50PM, TBA; Tu 1:00PM – 2:50PM, TBA/
Th 3:00PM – 5:50PM, McLeod Hall 2007
ISSS 4131: Mental Health Disorders of Modern Society
Course Number: 20772
School: School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Number of Units: 3 Units
Stephen Levine, sll7f@Virginia.edu
Introduces students to psychological disorders and mental health concerns prevalent in today's society via memoirs and classic texts from psychological literature. Examines the symptoms of each disorder. Explores common misperceptions related to the disorders and current treatment options. Includes discussion and familiarization with available resources.
Th 7:00PM – 10:00PM, Web-Based Course – No class meetings
MED 6513: Social Issues in Medicine I
Course Number: 20201
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 0
This exploratory course covers social issues in medicine. Students will recognize and analyze the interrelationships between socio-cultural environments and the occurrence, prevention and treatment of disease. Students will also identify and nurture values that characterize a professional and humanistic practice of medicine and an ethic of service.
Staff, TBA
PHS 5960: Supervised Independent Research
Course Number:
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 1-3 Units
Rupa Valdez, rsv9d@Virginia.edu
No Description
TBA, TBA
PHS 7000: Introduction to Biostatistics
Course Number: 12903
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Timothy McMurry, tlm6w@Virginia.edu
Covers the fundamentals in medical statistics including descriptive statistics, estimation, hypothesis testing, precision, sample size, correlation, problems with categorization of continuous variables, multiple comparison problems, and interpreting of statistical results. Covers the basics of SAS programming so that students can create, run, and debug SAS programs. Prerequisites: PHS 7170, Graduate in PHS programs or instructor permission.
TuTh 9:30AM – 10:45AM, TBA
PHS 7010: Fundamentals of Epidemiology
Course Number: 11410
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Jean Eby, jmg5b@Virginia.edu
Introduces the field of Epidemiology and the methods of epidemiologic research. Students learn how to interpret, critique, and conduct epidemiologic research, including formulating a research question, choosing a study design, collecting and analyzing data, controlling bias and confounding, and interpreting study results. May be open to undergraduates as PHS 5010 with instructor permission. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the PHS program or instructor permission.
TuTh 11:00AM – 12:15PM – Multistory (Old) Hospital
PHS 7016: Human Factors Design for Community Health
Course Number: 20330
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Rupa Valdez, rsv9d@Virginia.EDU
We will draw on approaches from public health, medical informatics, and human factors engineering to answer these questions. We will explore how to create interventions that are grounded in theoretical perspectives and field-based assessments of patients needs and preferences. Our ultimate goal will be to create interventions that are useful and usable by patients and that ultimately support self-management and improve health outcomes.
Fr 9:00AM – 11:45AM, Multistory (Old) Hospital
PHS 7050: Public Health Law, Ethics, & Policy
Course Number: 15584
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 2 Units
Ruth Bernheim, rg3r@Virginia.EDU
Required fall course for Community & Public Health track. Explores the legitimacy, design, and implementation of a variety of policies aiming to promote public health and reduce the social burden of disease and injury. Highlights the challenge posed by public health's population-based perspective to traditional individual-centered, autonomy-driven approaches to bioethics and constitutional law. Other themes center on conflicts between public health and public morality and the relationship between public health and social justice. Illustrative topics include mandatory immunization, screening and reporting of infectious diseases, prevention of lead poisoning, food safety, prevention of firearm injuries, airbags and seat belts, mandatory drug testing, syringe exchange programs, tobacco regulation, and restrictions on alcohol and tobacco advertising. May be open to undergraduates as PHS 5050 with instructor permission. Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
We 10:00AM – 11:45AM, TBA
PHS 7090: Health Care Economics
Course Number: 14203
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Tanya Wanchek, tnw4j@Virginia.edu
Reviews principles of economics most relevant to analyzing changes in health care provision and applies those principles to current health care institutions and their performance, trends in health care service delivery, and methods of forecasting future trends. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the PHS program or instructor permission.
TuTh 12:30PM – 1:45PM, TBA
PHS 7100: Health Care Policy and Management
Course Number: 11411
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Carolyn Engelhard, cle6z@Virginia.EDU
Focuses on the evolution of the American health care system from a health policy and values perspective, emphasizing the current health care system. Reviews unsuccessful legislative attempts to implement a national health program and discusses current issues surrounding the financing and organization of the delivery of health care under various economic and political frameworks. Prerequisite:Enrolled in PHS program or instructor permission.
Tu 2:00PM – 4:30PM, TBA
PHS 7170: Introduction to SAS
Course Number: 13955
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 1 Unit
Aaron Pannone, afp2n@Virginia.EDU
Covers the basics of SAS programming so that students can create, run, and debug SAS programs on a PC or Unix environment to manipulate data sets into analyzable data. To achieve this, students will need to practice some SAS programming and learn how to detect, diagnose, and correct mistakes. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission
Tu 8:30AM – 9:20AM, TBA
PHS 7210: Community Engagement for Research and Policy
Course Number: 20875
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 1 Unit
Staff
This course is designed to expose students to community-based factors that influence the health of populations and individuals. The principal objective of the class is to provide the rationale for meaningful engagement of diverse communities and introduce effective strategies that will enhance research and policy protocols designed to improve health status.
We 9:00AM – 9:50AM, Multistory (Old) Hospital 3181
PHS 7365: LEAN for Healthcare
Course Number: 15643
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Wendy Novicoff, wmn2v@Virginia.EDU
This course will train participants to utilize Lean methodologies and tools that can help improve throughput and other performance measures in a healthcare setting. Lean is a leading process improvement methodology used to achieve significant improvements in quality, service, productivity, and customer satisfaction. It uses a variety of statistical tools and other skills, integrated with a standardized methodology, to measure, and analyze.
Mo 2:30PM – 5:00PM, TBA
PHS 7385: Environmental Health: Epidemiologic Perspectives
Course Number: 13966
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 2 Units
Kristen Wells, kw2fm@Virginia.edu
This course offers an intro to environmental health with a focus on environmental epidemiology. Through case studies on air, soil and water pollutants, students will examine concepts of study design, exposure assessment and issues of validity. Provides hands-on introduction to GIS. At course completion, students will be prepared to critically review published literature and assist in the design and conduct of environmental health research.
Th 2:00PM – 3:30PM, TBA
PHS 7410: Database Management: Analyses with Secondary Data
Course Number: 19033
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Aaron Pannone, afp2n@Virginia.edu
In this course students will utilize SAS to access, evaluate, and interpret public health data from large databases and draw basic inferences. Students will develop skills to formulate and answer research questions related to clinical research and health policy. The course will also explore how the publci health infrastructure collects, processes, maintains, and disseminates data.
Mo 9:30AM – 11:50AM, TBA
PHS 7450: Database Design and Implementation
Course Number: 13956
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 2 Units
James Harrison, jhh5y@Virginia.EDU
Introduces the basic principles of database design, focusing on databases that support clinical practice and/or investigation. Topics include an introduction to basic database types, DBMS functionality, modeling approaches (with a focus on E-R modeling), normalization, using SQL, and an overview of available DBMSs and design tools. Course methods include a mix of lecture format, small-group discussion, and hands-on activities. A laboratory component will facilitate greater hands-on experience in data management with widely available software tools. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
We 10:00AM – 12:00PM, TBA
PHS 7470: Management and Quality in Health Care Organizations
Course Number: 15788
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 2 Units
Armando Bolmey, alb9b@Virginia.edu
Provides an understanding of the history, theory, principles, major components, and techniques for quality management, including Six Sigma, in the health care industry. Exposes students to techniques to lead and facilitate effective teams. Also provides practical applications of tools and techniques for quality improvement, such as control charting, statistical process control (SPC), and the use of benchmarking and report cards. May be open to undergraduates as PHS 5470 with instructor permission. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; understanding of basic statistics.
We 1:00PM – 2:45PM, TBA
PHS 7559: Special Topics in Public Health Science
Course Number: 20588
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Lois Shepherd, lls4b@Virginia.edu
This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Public Health Science. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission
Fr 9:00AM – 12:00PM, Multistory (Old) Hospital
PHS 7610: Health Promotion and Health Behavior
Course Number: 19034
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Jeanita Richardson, jwr4f@Virginia.edu
Public Health is a multi-disciplinary field that attempts to help individuals and communities prevent illness and maintain and improve health. These health promotion activities are accomplished through the development of programs and policies and associated study of these activities. Although we recognize that there are many factors that impact individuals and population health outcomes, this course will explore the social and behavioral aspects of health as well as the relationship between health behavior and community, society and the environment. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
We 3:00PM – 6:00PM, TBA
PHS 7831: Grant Writing for Healthcare Program Evaluation
Course Number: 20579
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 3 Units
Rajesh Balkrishnan, rb9ap@Virginia.edu
Interactive workshop-type introduction to the process of developing & presenting an evaluation plan for evaluating public health programs. This may include a research idea for funding by an agency like the NIH or a healthcare focused quality assessment/control program assessment for within the public health department or healthcare organization.
Fr 1:00PM – 3:30PM, Contact Department
PHS 8880: Practicum
Course Number: 21232, 21233, 21234, 21235,21236,21237
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 2
Tanya Wanchek, Rajesh Balkrishnan, Jennifer Lobo, Aaron Pannone, Wendy Novicoff, Kristen Wells tnw4j@Virginia.edu, rb9ap@Virginia.edu, jem4yb@Virginia.edu, afp2n@Virginia.edu, wmn2v@Virginia.edu, kw2fm@Virginia.edu
TBA, TBA
PHS 8900: Practicum/Field Placement
Course Number: 13362
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 1-3 Units
Paige Hornsby
The field placement is a planned, supervised & evaluated work experience with an organization that contributes to the health of a community. Students apply skills learned in the program to a real-world setting & work toward achieving competencies. Placements are selected based on the interests & needs of the student. A min of 200 hours is required; placements may occur during an academic year, one semester or over summer.
TBA, TBA
PHS 8930: Integrative Culminating Project
Course Number: 13557
School: School of Medicine
Number of Units: 1 – 3 Units
Paige Hornsby
The field placement is a planned, supervised & evaluated work experience with an organization that contributes to the health of a community. Students apply skills learned in the program to a real-world setting & work toward achieving competencies. Placements are selected based on the interests & needs of the student. A min of 200 hours is required; placements may occur during an academic year, one semester or over summer.
We 9:00AM – 10:00AM, TBA
PHS 8950: Supervised Clinical Research I
Course Number: 11000
Number of Units: 1 – 3 Units
Paul Targonski, pt5z@Virginia.EDU
No Description
TBA, TBA
PHS 8960: Supervised Independent Research I
Number of Units: 1 – 6 Credits
tCourse Number: 11412, 15798, 15815, 20400, 20468, 20503, 20505
Ruth Bernheim, Guofen Yam, Kristen Wells, Jeanita Richardson, Rajesh Balkrishnan, Aarone Pannone, Paul Targonski; rg3r@Virginia.edu, --, kw2fm@Virginia.edu, jem4yb@Virginia.edu, rb9ap@Virginia.edu, afp2n@Virginia.edu, pt5z@Virginia.EDU
NO Description
TBA, TBA
PSHM 3010: Introduction to Health Care Management: Applying Concepts to Practice
Course Number: 20713
School: School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Number of Units: 3 Units
Ana Abad-Jorge, ara6t@Virginia.edu
Provides an introduction to health care management for allied health practitioners. Integrates theory and practice through course presentations, readings, online discussions, experiential exercises, and written assignments. Emphasizes the application of critical thinking and problem solving skills, within multidisciplinary environments, to both health care practice and professional development.
Tu 7:00PM – 9:45PM, Web-Based Course – No class meetings
PSHM 3050: Current issues in Healthcare
Course Number: 20880
School: School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Number of Units: 1 Unit
Rashida Biggs, rnb4c@Virginia.edu
Provides an introduction to the healthcare and healthcare management literature for allied healthcare professionals, building on the foundational knowledge provided in the concurrent PSHM 3010 Introduction to Healthcare Management. The course emphasizes the application of critical thinking and library research skills.
Mo 12:00AM – 12:01AM, Web-Based Course – No class meetings
PHSM 5010: Health Care Management: Applying Concepts to Practice
Course Number: 20714
School: School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Number of Units: 3 Units
Ana Abad-Jorge, ara6t@Virginia.edu
Provides introduction to healthcare management to promote competency development in the field. Integrates theory and practice through course presentations, readings, online discussions, experiential exercises, case studies and written assignments. Emphasizes the application of critical thinking, problem solving and design skills within multidisciplinary environment to healthcare practice. Prerequisite: Admission to the HSM Graduate Certificate.
Tu 7:00PM – 9:30PM, Web-Based Course – No class meetings
PHSM 5650: American Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities
Course Number: 20712
School: School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Number of Units: 3 Units
Maria Kronenburg, mak9jw@Virginia.edu
Provides foundational overview of the structure/function of US health care system including challenges and opportunities to develop competence in healthcare management, promotes critical discussion of history and current status of healthcare delivery systems. Examines challenges facing providers, patients and policy makers, and uses current events to explore healthcare controversies. Prerequisite: Admission to the HSM Graduate Certificate.
We 7:00PM – 9:30PM, Web-Based Course – No class meetings