Description

The interaction between Medicine and the Law is vast, complicated, and very interesting. This course goes into select topics in detail, including issues that will affect you or a member of your immediate family. The right to die, drug and alcohol laws, and not guilty by reason of insanity are some of the topics addressed. Students will have an opportunity to share their opinions with same groups. Completing assignments in a timely fashion and taking advantage of ample opportunities for extra credit will lead one to doing quite well in the course.

Description

Written assignments are opinion-based, encouraging the student to think about these disorders on a broad scale.

• 100% online-you DO NOT need to be in Gainesville to register or to take the class
• National experts as instructors
• Open book quizzes and papers
• Discussion debates with other students
• Emphasis on broad topics and societal impacts, NOT the memorization of facts

Watch the Grand Rounds Presentation by course Professors, Drs. Wandler and Dizney here

Description

Interested in the various bioethical issues related to medicine and research? This course provides an intensive  review of the dynamic filed of Bioethics while conveying the importance  of integrated collaborative research and professionalism. This course is 100% online.

• Online lectures presented by national experts
• Interactive and supportive learning environment
• 100% online you DO NOT need to be in Gainesville to register or to take the class
• Open book quizzes and papers
• Discussion debates with other students
• Only UF course offered in bioethics

Shadowing Application for Fall 2013

Description

Building on the knowledge learned in MEL 4011, MEL 4012 allows each student to shadow a doctor in various fields of medicine, such as psychiatry, OGBYN, surgery, etc. Students will be a behind the scenes look at what a day in the life of a practicing doctor entails. This class is a great CV builder and a way to get great hands-on experience in the medical profession as an undergraduate. Student’s grades are based on a few essays and quizzes, as well as a “professionalism” grade rated by the doctor being shadowed. Students who have completed/are in the process of completing 4011 must submit an application to be accepted into 4012. After completing 4011 and 4012, students will have the opportunity to become a volunteer TA for the MEL classes and subsequently earn a letter of recommendation.

Description

MEL 4011 is the perfect class for pre-medicine students who want to learn more about the various fields in medicine. Each week, this online class has a guest lecture and articles related to various careers as a doctor, such as family medicine, psychiatry, surgery, etc. This class also serves as a pre-requisite for MEL 4012, which allows you to get hands-on experience shadowing a doctor in one of these fields.

To register: Log onto ISIS with your gatorlink username and password at: http://www.isis.ufl.edu/

To Start Course: Log onto UF’s E-Learning course server on the start date of the course with your gatorlink username and password at: http://lss.at.ufl.edu/

Comments from Past Students

“MEL4011 introduced me to the real life of doctors and what each specialty is about.”

“This course has immensely broadened my view of the world of medicine.”

“This course confirmed that my passion definitely is in Medicine.”

“After taking MEL4011 I feel I have an incredible advantage when I am doing medical school interviews.”

“I liked interacting with other students and voicing my own opinion. At times I questioned my own beliefs.”

“I was forced to consider things I had never pondered previously.”

“I feel that the website was set up very well, much better than other online courses.”

MEL 4011 – Introduction to the Professions of Medicine

MEL 4012 – Physician Shadowing

MEL 4014 – Medical Bioethics

MEL 4600 – Diseases of Eating

MEL 4005 – Medicine and the Law