This course applies general theoretical principles of economics to the health care sector. The basic approach is to recognize the importance of scarcity and incentives, allowing for differences peculiar to health. The demand and supply of health and medical care are examined as they involve physicians, nurses and hospitals. The competitiveness of their markets, health insurance and the role of government are explored. Special topics include regulation and planning, benefit-cost analysis, and reform health plans.

Seminar course designed as the integrative introduction, consideration, capstone for the Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) degree. Offered each semester of enrollment.

A culminating experience professional seminar linking evidence-based academic work in public health with the foundations of practice. A fundamental part of the course is to prepare the learner for a community advocacy role in public health using skill sets found in critical analysis and leadership.

Basic clinical laboratory principles and techniques; includes laboratory safety, sterilization procedures, pipetting, microscopy, routine culture and staining procedures, chamber counts, laboratory math calculations and statistics. Consent of instructor required for non-CS or non-CLS students.

A study of disease processes, pathognomonic parameters, and pathologic factors that mediate disease. Diagnostic testing used to validate disease process will be used to emphasize to the student the role of clinical sciences in the diagnosis of these complex disease states. Variances in disease in relationship to age will be examined.

The focus of this integrative course will be on policy and ethical issues confronting health care providers, health care systems, and particularly those issues specific to clinical sciences. Emphasis will be placed on current trends and anticipated challenges in providing humane and cost-effective health care services, with particular reference to the medically underserved and other at-risk populations.

Provides skills required of successful scientist to communicate effectively with peers, clients and general public. Each student will demonstrate an ability to interact with community, to function in an educator role by investigating a topic and preparing and delivering a presentation to the class and a community group. May be repeated up to five times.

Introduction to experimental design, data collection and data analyses for clinical biomedical research. Students will also examine ethical issues in biomedical science research using a case-study approach. Representative issues to be addressed may include data selection and retention, plagiarism, scientific review of grants and manuscripts, review of protocols by human studies committees (institutional review boards or IRB) and informed consent.

Applications-based statistical and analytical software is used to demonstrate Continuing Quality Improvement (CQI) adherence to Federal regulation, NCCLS/IFCC protocols, and other accrediting agency requirements. Special emphasis is on defining and controlling unstable error through a statistical modeling approach. Documentation structures for quality operations policy; and processes, procedures and implementation of a quality system are examined with special attention to assuring quality of point- of-care testing.

The course includes basic cell biology and principles of genetics; a review of the male reproductive system including hormonal control, early development, spermatogenesis and fertilization; a review of the female reproductive system including hormonal control, early development, oogenesis, the menstrual cycle, fertilization and early implantation.