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Year 2 Year 2 Curriculum emphasizes the basis and mechanisms of human disease.   Curriculum   Goals   eSchedule   Attendance Statement   Academic Calendar   UCCOM Goals & Objectives   Medical Students        Scholars Program   Nutrition   Calendars/Schedules   Faculty/Staff Directory   Student Feedback Forum   Technology Tools   Policies/Procedures   Meeting Minutes   Medical Education Home   MedOneStop   College of Medicine   * Adobe Acrobat Reader   Microbiology and Immunology introduces the student both to immunologic concepts and their relationship to medicine and to medical microbiology and infectious diseases. The Immunology section provides an overview of the adaptive immune response and of the host’s response to infection. The emphasis in the Microbiology section is on the biology of the pathogenic microorganisms and their mechanisms of pathogenesis. In addition, the course covers epidemiology, clinical manifestations, general principles of diagnosis, and means to prevent common infectious diseases. Information is presented in lectures, laboratory and case-based discussions. Pharmacology presents an introduction to all important major drug classes using exemplar drugs for each class to illustrate the mechanisms of drug action, modes of action, anticipated desired effects, common adverse effects, serious but rare adverse effects, important drug-drug interactions, and contraindications of drug use. Orientation to important principles of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination as well as pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics are integrated with genetic variability, age, sex, and racial factors important for understanding drug use and drug effects. The material is presented with an introduction to important clinical implications.   Brain and Behavior 2 is an integrated neuroscience course incorporating the disciplines of neurology, neuropharmacology, neuropathology, and psychiatry. This course provides experiences that reinforce the concepts and principles presented in the Brain and Behavior 1 course, and enable the student to understand the pathologic characteristics, signs, symptoms, and treatment modalities for common neurologic and psychiatric disorders. Pathology provides an overview of human diseases by studying general disease processes and those associated with specific organ systems. The course uses lectures and related small group sessions. For the small group sessions, 3-4 students are assigned a case for presentation to their classmates. The students receive clinical information, laboratory data, and images (gross and microscopic). Guided by a set of learning objectives, students prepare and give an electronic presentation using the computers and projection equipment in the teaching laboratories. Emphasis is placed on understanding etiology, pathophysiology, structural and functional manifestations of disease, clinicopathologic correlations, and developing a vocabulary to communicate this knowledge. Clinical Foundations of Medical Practice 2 is a multidisciplinary course that presents a clinical view of disease and advances medical history and physical diagnosis skills. It provides a link between the basic sciences curriculum and the clinical disciplines encountered during clerkship. The course employs lectures, Team Based Learning, case discussions, small group sessions, supervised patient workups and specialty rotations with Gynecology and Urology. Students present cases in Evidence Based Medicine.
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