CONJOINT 515: 

Interdisciplinary Health and Human Services in Rural Communities

 

Winter Quarter 2002

11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Mondays

Room T-473

Schedule Line Number 2414

Course Outline

 

SESSION

CONTENT

LECTURER/READING

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January 7

Course description and goals; class introductions; questionnaire; handouts; description of disciplines; reading assignments.

Rural health and human services overview, with case study.

 

Peter House (616-4985)

Chapter 1 & 21*

January 14

Rural American history, economics and trends.

[QUESTIONNAIRE DUE]

 

George Wright 616-9255

Chapter 18

 

January 21

NO CLASS - HOLIDAY

 

 

January 28

 

Cultural issues in rural clinical practice.

 

David Baines, MD

(324-9360)

Handout reading

February 2

(Saturday)

GROUP FIELD TRIP: Leavenworth, WA and Wenatchee, Washington

 

 

Coordinator:  Peter House (616-4985)

Chapter 14

February 4

Multi-disciplinary case study:  Management of child with fetal alcohol syndrome.

 

Debbie Kartin, PhD

(685-7408)

Chapter 12

 

February 11

Rural public health

 

Mary Selecky (360-236-4015)

Chapter 5

 

February 18

NO CLASS - HOLIDAY

 

 

February 25

Panel:  So you want to understand rural community practice? TO BE ANNOUNCED

 

 

Chapters 4 & 20

 

March 4

The critical balance:  Personal vs. career.

 

Grace Landel (548-2600)

Chapter 24

*Readings referred to by chapter are from Textbook of Rural Medicine.