This course will provide students with a detailed analysis of measurement used in nursing science and other health related research. An introduction to psychometric theory will be provided. The impact of population characteristics, environmental restraints and ethical principles on measurement and operationalization of nursing concepts used in the study of clinical problems and populations will be included.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: NURS8610
Credit Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 3 Other Hours: 3
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Program Restrictions: DPHIL_NURS-Nursing Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
This course will focus on a critical analysis of the epistemological basis of the qualitative paradigms. Emphasis includes research design, data collection, analysis, interpretation and evaluation.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 3 Other Hours: 3
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Program Restrictions: DPHIL_NURS-Nursing Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
This course explores incidence, classification, and causes of iatrogenic disease. Systems-based strategies for the promotion of patient safety and error reduction will be discussed. Students will explore intrapersonal, social, and environmental factors influencing patient safety. Researchable questions and hypotheses pertaining to the promotion of patient safety will be developed.
This course will focus on critically analyzing behavioral theories for their application in conducting research. The analysis will include examining the historical development, underlying assumptions, concepts, and relational statements as they have been applied in research in a variety of scientific domains. Health behavior theories will be examined to determine their internal consistency and external application to a variety of health and healthcare areas. Specific areas of research that were based on the theoretical perspectives will be examined and critiqued.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 3 Other Hours: 3
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
Disparities in health and quality of life between those who do and those who do not have access to resources have become more pronounced in their effect over time. These long-term effects pose a challenge to health scientists to conduct research on health disparities in their local, national, and global communities. Such community-driven research requires researchers to understand the history, attributions of cause, and theoretical approaches to the study of health disparities. Such research also requires modification of philosophical and methodological approaches used in more traditional research. In this course, the student will learn philosophical, conceptual and methodological approaches to health disparities and will design a research proposal that has the potential for describing and/or intervening in an aspect of a health problem in a selected vulnerable population.
This doctoral courses provides an opportunity for concentrated study of clinical outcomes research in nursing and related disciplines with an emphasis on clinical trial design in the testing of theory-driven interventions. The use of conceptual models in models in intervention research to guide the formulation of interventions and selection of appropriate clinical outcomes is addressed. Major topics in the course include the selection and evaluation of various clinical outcome measures, and analysis of outcome data. Feasibility issues related to the conduct of clinical research in formal clinical settings and informal community settings will be analyzed. Alternatives to traditional clinical trial design for clinical research will also be considered.
This course provides an individual student with the opportunity to study further a topic introduced in earlier coursework, or pursue an area of interest (compatible with the area of concentration) for which course work is not available.
Concurrent enrollment in, or completion of, a core course in the Doctoral Program in Nursing is required to enroll in this course.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory, Audit
Credit Hours: 1 to 12 Contact Hours: 2 Other Hours: 2
The student works with individual faculty members on a specific investigative research problem. The course provides an introduction to the scientific method in action. 1-12 variable credits.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory, Audit
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: SGSS8011
Credit Hours: 1 to 12 Contact Hours: 1 to 12 Other Hours: 1 to 12
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies
Schedule Type: Lecture, Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic, Independent Study
The entire research process is utilized to investigate a research question including a theoretical or conceptual framework and data collection. A standard written format for reporting of findings followed.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory, Audit
Credit Hours: 1 to 10 Contact Hours: 1 to 10 Other Hours: 1 to 10
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Program Restrictions: DPHIL_NURS-Nursing Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Phase II
This required basic clerkship of four weeks’ duration combines inpatient and outpatient experience in human reproduction and in disorders of the female reproductive system. About half of all students will be at MCG where they will rotate through the subspecialty services.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory Completion of OBG 5000
This elective is offered by arrangement with various hospitals, or affiliated medical schools in the United States and overseas. The course will be designed to fit each student’s particular need and may be either clinically or research oriented. The student must obtain a letter of acceptance with the name of the supervisor and/or evaluator and his or her curriculum vitae showing OB/GYN training. Formal evaluation is required.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory Completion of OBG 5000
The student will have the opportunity to design original studies or pursue ongoing research projects in either the biochemical or biophysical assessment laboratories. This elective is flexible and can be tailored to the specific interests of the student. Current projects include intrauterine fetal breathing observation, analysis of fetal heart rate patterns, evaluation of fetal lung maturation in various maternal/fetal conditions.
Prerequisite: OBG 5000
This is a clinically oriented block of time during which
The student will participate in the antepartum, delivery,
and postpartum care of high risk obstetric patients.
Responsibilities are those of a sub-intern working
closely with the OB house-staff. The student will also
present cases at the clinical conferences dealing with
high risk pregnancies, and be responsible for assigned
reading material.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Contact Hours: 40 Other Hours: 40
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of OBG 5000
The student will participate in the Reproductive Endocrinology and Genetics Clinic at the Medical College of Georgia. One entire day per week will be devoted to the prenatal diagnosis and preconceptional genetic counseling. Two days at the Medical College of Georgia each week will be devoted to infertility surgery. Two days will be devoted to the management of patients, single or couples, with reproductive endocrine problems. The general diagnostic areas which will be covered are as follows: Evaluation, diagnosis and management of couples with infertility. Diagnosis and management of menstrual dysfunction Diagnosis and management of androgen over-production. A knowledge of gross and microscopic pathology relating to Reproductive Endocrinology. Contraception and family planning. Observation of reconstructive and reparative surgery involving congenital and acquired defects of the female genital tract. Gross and microscopic pathology relating to reproductive endocrinology. Basic knowledge of the pharmacology of hormones. Preconceptional and genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis. In Vitro fertilization.
Prerequisite: OBG 5000
The student will participate in all aspects of gynecologic oncology during this rotation to include exposure to radical gynecologic surgery, the use of specialized
instruments in female genital cancer, such as the LASER, LLETZ and the administration of chemotherapy. Clinic time will consist of examining patients, under supervision, who are pretreatment gynecologic oncology patients. He/she will observe the use of colposcopy, cryotherapy, of outpatient cystocopy and
special biopsy procedures involving the female genital tract cancers and their precursors.
Prerequisites: OBG 5000
The student will participate in the expanded management of inpatient and outpatient gynecology patients. The student’s outpatient experience will include exposure to patients with common problems, as well as routine preventative care. The outpatient experience will also include exposure to, and possible ultrasound and colposcopy. The inpatient experience 52 will consist of participation in the operating room and following assigned patients. Students will be responsible for their assigned patients and will be expected to function at the level of an intern.
Prerequisite: OBG 5000
Students on this service will function as sub-interns in the Gynecologic Oncology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine services at MCG or on the Obstetrics and Gynecology
service at the Atlanta Medical Center. Each student will work as an integral part of that service. The student will be required to participate in daily rounds and patient
care conferences. The student will also be required to perform surgical procedures under supervision and be involved in clinical activities in the outpatient clinic.
Prerequisites: OBG 5000
The emphasis of the laboratory is on the genetic basis
of puberty and reproduction using human disease
models as hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and
premature ovarian failure. The student will perform
molecular procedures under supervision to identify
mutations in human disease. The interested student will
have an excellent change to be involved in abstract
publication with eventual journal publication. These
studies will provide the student with an exposure to
molecular analysis and relate it to clinical problems in
reproductive medicine.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of OBG 5000
The student will participate in the management of inpatient and outpatient urogynecology patients. The outpatient experience will include extensive exposure to urodynamics, exposure to bladder ultrasound as well as other diagnostic bladder tests. Students will participate in the office management of patients with all forms of incontinence, vaginal and uterine prolapse, as well as other gynecological problems. The patient experience will consist of participation in the operating room for urogynecology, advance laparoscopy, and general gynecology cases. Students will follow assigned patients both preoperatively and postoperatively. Students will be responsible for their assigned patients and will be expected to function at the level of an intern.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory Completion of OBG 5000
Allow students to gain a more in-depth knowledge of general OB/GYN by exposure to Ambulatory, Surgical and Obstetrical patients. Rotation is split between obstetrics and general gynecology. Students will have more in-depth exposure to surgical techniques and training in gynecological surgery and participation and management of obstetrical and ambulatory patients in L&D and Sheffield clinic. Performance evaluated by faculty to assess the following skills: patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, and system-based learning.
Students will be exposed to prenatal diagnosis for high risk obstetrical patients, evaluation and management of patients with high risk obstetrical conditions, “hands-on” ultrasound experience with genetic counseling and other prenatal diagnosis.
Prerequisites: Satisfactory Completion of OBGN 5000A
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Contact Hours: 23 to 34 Lecture Hours: 1 to 2 Other Hours: 22 to 32
The elective will be comprised of clinical encounters under the direction of a GYN faculty member as well as didactic content. Clinical encounters will consist of shadowing the GYN physician and participating as a team member. The didactic components are designed to prepare students to address specific clinical situations which are encountered in Women’s Healthcare.
Meet to provide training in Mind-Body Medicine, stress reduction and relaxation. Using the techniques developed by James Gordon and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.
This course will expose students to various areas in the field of Ob/Gyn to enhance interest in the profession and improve knowledge and Skills in Women’s Healthcare.
The student will attend Grand Round, Benign and C-Section conferences when offered. The student will learn to surgically scrub and will follow patients in the clinic. The student will participate on the GYN service and attend deliveries.
Prerequisite: None
This elective is offered to provide the student with experience in Obstetrics-Gynecology in an off-campus setting. The student will make arrangements to accompany a preceptor in his/her office and hospital functions during the period of the elective.
Application of the knowledge and skills learned in first and second semester graduate occupational therapy coursework.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 1st semester MHS courses or permission of Academic Fieldwork Coordinator and Chair.
Application of the knowledge and skills learned through the 3rd semester of graduate OT coursework.
Prerequisite: successful completion of the 2nd semester MHS coursework and/or permission of the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator and Chair.
Application of the knowledge and skills learned through the 4th semester of graduate occupational therapy coursework.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the 3rd semester MHS coursework and/or permission of the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator and Chair.
Foundational knowledge and skills of occupational therapy related to the history of the profession and current global health trends. Includes the delineation of roles, use of theory and evidence, the function of professional organizations, the practice framework, use of health care terminology, application of critical reasoning within varied models of practice and settings.
Prerequisite: Admission into the graduate MHS program.
Developing OT critical reasoning including problem screening and identification, referral, assessment, goal setting, intervention planning, reassessment, discontinuation for client and family centered care. Emphasis is placed on planning assessments and providing justification of care within a variety of settings.
Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate MHS program.
Analysis of developmental theories and occupations across the lifespan. The development of roles, habits, values, and skills are included. The influence of cultural diversity and the environment across the lifespan are analyzed. Emphasis is placed on analysis and synthesis of interrelationships of occupation and development.
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate MHS program.
Analysis of occupation as a therapeutic method including the adaptation of the person, task, environment and/or context to promote optimal health and occupational performance. Includes assessment, design and implementation of assistive technology.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 1st semester MHS courses or permission from the chair.
Integration of motor control and motor learning approaches related to occupational therapy interventions includes the analysis of posture, balance, quality of movement, and the impact on occupational performance. Promotion of client centered health, analysis of impairments, and methods to positively influence movement for occupational performance.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of 1st semester MHS courses or permission from the chair.
Study of movement emphasizing biomechanical analysis of foundational structures and skills that provide the basis for normal movement patterns. Application of the biomechanical frame of reference as utilized by occupational therapists to evaluate range of motion, strength, endurance, sensation, and edema.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 1st semester MHS courses and/or permission from the chair.
Application of theories, models of practice, and frames of reference to determine and implement interventions to address orthopedic, neurological, and general medical impairments that influence occupational performance outcomes among adults. Emphasizes development of skills reflective of current practice including construction of adaptive equipment, assistive technology, fabrication of orthoses, and the use of adjunctive treatment methods. Various reimbursement systems and environments are examined, including acute, chronic, rehabilitation, and outpatient settings. Includes Level I fieldwork.
A critical analysis of the promotion of health and wellness and the body’s response to stress, illness or injury across the life span. Physiological concepts, systems and processes related to systems, maturation and healing pertaining to rehabilitation models of practice are included. Includes current health care trends, coding, pharmacological practices and evidence for evaluation and intervention. examines the World Health Organization classifications and the implications on occupation.
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate MHS program.
Application of critical reasoning and selected theories and intervention approaches for mental health. Includes principles of health promotion, occupationally based intervention models and the application of selected individual and/or group programming within health and community based settings. Therapeutic use of self, conflict management and an understanding of cultural diversity are emphasized.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 1st semester MHS courses and/or permission from the chair.
Promotion of occupational performance using a variety of adult models of practice. Special emphasis is placed on prevention, health promotion and wellness concepts; sports/leisure related services; low vision; vestibular rehabilitation; driver rehabilitation and cognitive care. Special emphasis is placed on older adult health trends. Various reimbursement systems and settings are examined including the community, private contracting, skilled nursing facilities and home health.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 2nd semester MHS coursework and/or permission of the Chair.
Identification and evaluation of the occupational therapy process applied with the 0-21 population with atypical development, acquisition of occupational roles, and the influence of the person, health, task and the environment. Emphasizes treatment using pediatric frames of reference and working collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams in a variety of environments with children and their families. Includes Level I fieldwork.
Selection and application of the appropriate assessments and interventions of the occupational therapy process with the 0-21 client population. Emphasis is placed on
analyzing atypical development, acquisition of the occupational therapy roles and pediatric approaches. Use of client and family centered care is implemented in a variety of settings and reimbursement models. Collaboration and advocacy within interdisciplinary teams are included.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 3rd semester MHS coursework or permission of Chair.
Occupationally based theories and evidence based approaches for the selection and application of family and client centered care. Use of appropriate assessments and interventions for impairments, illnesses, or injuries related to adult health conditions. Synthesis and application of outcomes related care for clients with orthopedic, neurological, and general medical and health related conditions. Application of adaptive equipment, assistive technology, fabrication of orthoses, and adjunctive intervention methods are included. Various reimbursement systems, settings, and the continuum of care are addressed.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 2nd semester MHS coursework or permission of Chair.
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; completion of 3rd semester coursework; or permission of instructor/Chair.
Study of work and ergonomic principles to enhance occupational performance. Emphasis is on program design and implementation of outcome based work related programs. Settings include clinics, private practice, community, and the industrial work place. Regulatory guidelines are included.
Contemporary practice assessment and interventions addressing work and ergonomics, vision and vestibular rehabilitation, driving, sensory integration, and dysphagia care. Cultural importance of occupations and roles will be included.
Course Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; completion of 3rd semester coursework; or permission of Instructor/Chair.
College Restrictions: Allied Health Sciences Program Restrictions: MHSOT_OTHP-Occupational Therapy, MS_OTHP-Occupational Therapy Campus Restrictions: Main campus Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
In this course, the Occupational Therapy Student will use a collaborative process involving the identification of a problem, creation of possible solutions, and assessment of their effectiveness in a community –based practice setting. Learners will assess client/family or community based health needs and design, develop and implement an evidence based program to address the identified needs. This includes the examination of issues and trends influencing community based practice, proposal creation, contractual agreement as necessary, identification of possible funding sources, outcome benchmarks, and promotional/marketing strategies for a community based setting. The course addresses community based and emerging practice settings across the life span.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the 3rd semester MHS course work or permission of the Instructor/Chair.
College Restrictions: Allied Health Sciences Major Restrictions: Occupational Therapy Program Restrictions: MHSOT_OTHP-Occupational Therapy Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
Application of administrative and supervisory processes including professional standards and competencies, program evaluation, case management, advocacy reimbursement issues, marketing, analysis of outcomes, productivity, current policy issues and trends in the profession. Applies management principles and processes to appropriate methods within a variety of service delivery systems and models.
College Restrictions: Allied Health Sciences Major Restrictions: Occupational Therapy Program Restrictions: MHSOT_OTHP-Occupational Therapy Degree Restrictions: Master of Health Science
Application of administrative and professional leadership processes including standards of practice and competencies; needs assessments, program development, outcome management, reimbursement, ethics, policy and trends in health care. Includes
management process, advocacy and promotion. Personal professional development and competencies are included.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 4th semester coursework or permission of the Chair.
This courses uses critical analyses of professional entry competencies for the occupational therapists including certification, licensure, and professional development responsibilities. A programmatic review and professional self assessment are conducted. Experiences include critical appraisal of components of a professional evaluation including educational, employment, certification results, fieldwork, research/scholarship success, and service/community outreach outcomes. Evaluation data will be critically examined with developed improvement plans captured in a strategic planning process. Ethics, supervision, liability, and advanced professional development planning are included.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory, Audit
Credit Hours: 1 Contact Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1
College Restrictions: Allied Health Sciences Major Restrictions: Occupational Therapy Program Restrictions: MHSOT_OTHP-Occupational Therapy Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
Advance studies in school based settings emphasizing regulatory guidelines, roles, IEPs, and delivery of services within an intra and interdisciplinary delineation, equipment and accessibility considerations, documentation, client and family centered care and consulting are included.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 4th semester MHS coursework; or permission of the Chair.
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; permission of Chair or instructor.
Student investigation of a topic of interest or need.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 1 to 4 Contact Hours: 1 to 4 Lecture Hours: 1 to 4 Lab Hours: 0 Other Hours: 0
Program Restrictions: MHSOT_OTHP-Occupational Therapy, MHS_OTHP-Occupational Therapy
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; permission of Chair or instructor.
Student investigation of specialty practice(s) in pediatrics and sensory integrative theory and implications for practice. A review of evidence-based literature and the implications for occupational practice are examined.
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; permission of Chair or instructor.
A scientific review of the vestibular system and the implications for clinical intervention. Clinical case studies and a review of current evidence based literature are analyzed with implications identified for practice and research.
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; permission of Chair or instructor.
In-depth study of the vision system, common diagnostic populations, and related impairments. Case based learning and the implications for clinical practice are included. A review of evidence based practice trends are analyzed with outcome benchmarks identified.
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; permission of the instructor or Chair.
Advanced investigation of cognition and the implications on occupational performance. Research related to cognitive rehabilitation in occupational therapy is reviewed. Implications for occupational services are analyzed within a reimbursement, effectiveness and cost-effective practice. Models of restoration, compensation, and adaptation are analyzed.
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; permission of the Chair or instructor.
Application of specialized musculoskeletal evaluation and intervention strategies for upper extremity impairments.
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; permission of Chair or instructor.
Design and fabricate splints for complex upper extremity impairment.
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; permission of Chair or instructor.
Application of ergonomic theory related to occupational performance and productivity. Evaluation and treatment principles to enhance performance are identified for industrial and rehabilitation settings. Evidence based literature are reviewed and current trends for practice are synthesized.
Intensive practicum to address the development of competent, entry-level, generalist occupational therapist. Level II Fieldwork experiences are assigned based on the program curriculum design, and includes in-depth experience in delivering occupational therapy services to clients. The fieldwork experiences focus on the application of purposeful and meaningful occupation and research, administration, and management of occupational services.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 4th semester MHS courses.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory, Audit
Credit Hours: 9 Contact Hours: 40 Other Hours: 40
College Restrictions: Allied Health Sciences Program Restrictions: MHSOT_OTHP-Occupational Therapy, MHS_OTHP-Occupational Therapy
Intensive practicum to address the development of competent, entry-level, generalist occupational therapist. Level II Fieldwork experiences are assigned based on the program curriculum design, and includes in-depth experience in delivering occupational therapy services to clients. The fieldwork experiences focus on the application of purposeful and meaningful occupation and research, administration, and management of occupational services. Full-time fieldwork experience applying clinical reasoning in a practice environment.
Prerequisite: Successful completion fieldwork II A or permission of Academic Fieldwork Coordinator.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory, Audit
Credit Hours: 0 or 9 Contact Hours: 40 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Other Hours: 40
College Restrictions: Allied Health Sciences Program Restrictions: MHSOT_OTHP-Occupational Therapy, MHS_OTHP-Occupational Therapy
Examination of issues and trends influencing community based practice. Involves the development of a community based program proposal including a contractual agreement, identification of funding sources, outcome benchmarks and promotional and marketing strategies for a community based setting. Includes Level 1 Fieldwork in a community based or non-traditional setting.
Prerequisites: Graduate admission to the MHS in OT degree program; completion of 2nd semester coursework; or permission of instructor/Chair.
Normal and abnormal development of the population age 22 and older with an emphasis on the interrelationship of occupational performance components, areas, and contexts. Special emphasis is placed on adult developmental theory, theories of aging, role transitions, prevention and wellness concepts; sports/leisure related practice areas, and older adult practice issues. Models of practice within various reimbursement systems and environments are explored. Includes Level I fieldwork.
Full-time fieldwork experience in an identified practice area. Rotation duration is variable and negotiated with the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator and the identified fieldwork site.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of OTHP 7009 and 7010.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 1 to 9 Contact Hours: 1 to 9 Lecture Hours: 1 to 9 Lab Hours: 0 Other Hours: 0
College Restrictions: Allied Health Sciences Program Restrictions: MHSOT_OTHP-Occupational Therapy, MHS_OTHP-Occupational Therapy
This course includes lectures and clinico-pathological conferences on the basic principles of disease, relevant histopathology and the underlying mechanism at the cellular and subcellular levels. The topics include cell pathology, inflammatory process, hemodynamic disturbances, genetic and metabolic disorders and neoplasia. In addition, pathology of the systemic organs is covered.
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Campus Restrictions: Main campus Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Class Restrictions: Graduate Degree Restrictions: Doctor of Philosophy, MS in Oral Biology
Prerequisites: D.M.D., D.D.S., or equivalent; 2 years dental school for combined programs.
This course is composed of three blocks. The first block addresses hard tissue biology in which the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of bone and teeth are emphasized. The second block is devoted to temporomandibular joint disorders, and emphasizes the fundamental basic science that is essential in understanding the clinical problems related to the temporomandibular joint. The third block is regeneration/repair of orofacial tissues and emphasizes growth and differentiation of hard and soft tissues and the biochemical basis of wound healing.
Prerequisites: D.M.D., D.D.S., or equivalent; 2 yrs dental school for combined programs.
The course is composed of two blocks. The first block is hemostasis and bleeding disorders which deals with fundamental concepts in the biochemistry, anatomy and physiology of the hemostatic response and bleeding disorders. The second block is orofacial infections in which the types of orofacial infections along with the causative agents, the role of lymphatic and other anatomic structures in the spread of infection, host defense mechanisms and anti-microbial therapies are presented.
Prerequisites: D.M.D., D.D.S., or equivalent; 2 yrs dental school for combined programs.
The course is composed of three major blocks. The first block is a series of lectures on pain and anxiety management in dentistry. The second block addresses the dental management of the medically complex patient. The third block covers salivary gland function in health and disease.
The course is composed of two blocks. The first block is a series of lectures related to molecular pathology. The second block emphasizes genetics as it relates to orofacial anomalies and defects. This course is a multidisciplinary approach to these topics.
This course is comprised of a series of lectures on Advanced Oral Pathology with emphasis on the etiology, mechanisms, and state of the art diagnostic measures and prognostic evaluation.
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Campus Restrictions: Main campus Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Class Restrictions: Graduate Degree Restrictions: Doctor of Philosophy, MS in Oral Biology
This course presents the entering oral biology graduate students with the range of opportunities available on campus (facilities, faculty, and instrumentation/techniques) to them to pursue for the purposes of fulfilling their master’s or doctoral research requirements. Additional topics to be covered include fundamentals of computer literacy required to develop, present, and perform an acceptable, graduate-level research project: word processing, spreadsheet software, computer presentation programs, and reference management. Also, the student will be presented with facilities to perform on-line data searching. A series of short presentations concerning frequently utilized statistical methods will be presented. The student will also be introduced to the basics of structure, organizations, and format of an acceptable research proposal and manuscript.
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Campus Restrictions: Main campus Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Class Restrictions: Graduate Degree Restrictions: Doctor of Philosophy, MS in Oral Biology
The course is composed of two blocks. The first block is hemostasis and bleeding disorders which deals with fundamental concepts in the biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology of the hemostatic response and bleeding disorders. The second block is orofacial infections in which the types of orofacial infections along with the causative agents, the role of lymphatic and other anatomic structures in the spread of infection, host defense mechanisms and anti-microbial therapies are presented.
This course consists of several one hour seminars that will be presented by dental faculty, graduate students and invited lecturers. The seminar topics will be related to the research being conducted by each presenter.
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Campus Restrictions: Main campus Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Class Restrictions: Graduate Degree Restrictions: Doctor of Philosophy, MS in Oral Biology
This course consists of several one hour seminars that will be presented by dental faculty, graduate students and invited lecturers. The seminar topics will be related to the research being conducted by each presenter.
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Campus Restrictions: Main campus Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Class Restrictions: Graduate Degree Restrictions: Doctor of Philosophy, MS in Oral Biology
The student works with individual faculty members on a specific investigative research problem. This provides an introduction to analytical techniques and the scientific method in action.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory
Credit Hours: 1 to 12 Contact Hours: 0 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Other Hours: 0
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Program Restrictions: DPHIL_OBMP-Oral Bio & Maxillofacial Path, MSOB_OBIO-Oral Biology Campus Restrictions: Main campus Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Class Restrictions: Graduate
Prerequisites: Permanent assignment to a specific lab with a faculty advisor and a defined research project.
The student works closely with his faculty thesis/dissertation advisor on an in-depth study of a research problem of interest to both student and advisor. This course culminates in the preparation of the PhD dissertation or MS thesis.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory
Credit Hours: 1 to 16 Contact Hours: 0 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Other Hours: 0
College Restrictions: Graduate Studies Program Restrictions: DPHIL_OBMP-Oral Bio & Maxillofacial Path, MSOB_OBIO-Oral Biology Campus Restrictions: Main campus Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Class Restrictions: Graduate