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Welcome to the Blue Book Electives Page! Blue Book Electives are optional short courses designed to enrich & enhance the medical student's core curriculum experience. Below is a current list of Blue Book Electives being offered at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

2008 - 2009

SPRING 2008

Art of Observation - Observation, description, and interpretation are essential skills in clinical diagnosis. These talents are also requisite in the visual arts. Thus, if medical students can improve their skills of observation in a safe environment by first looking at selected portrait art, this will translage to enhanced skills when observing medical photographs and ultimately when seeing a patient.
For more information please contact: R. Lunstroth

HOMES Clinic for the Homeless -This elective course will help UT-H medical students apply their knowledge and training to the care of homeless patients in a community-based clinic.
For more information please contact: R. Harper

Pediatric Student Association (2 semester series) - This series of lectures allow the student to gain an accurate and first hand knowledge on the field of General Pediatrics and its sub-specialties.

Student Surgical Association - The intentions of this course are to familiarize medical students interested in surgery to the intimidating environment of the operating room and provide them with the knowledge and experience they need to be successful in their future encounters with the OR.

FALL 2008

Art of Observation - Observation, description, and interpretation are essential skills in clinical diagnosis. These talents are also requisite in the visual arts. Thus, if medical students can improve their skills of observation in a safe environment by first looking at selected portrait art, this will translage to enhanced skills when observing medical photographs and ultimately when seeing a patient.
For more information please contact: R. Lunstroth

HOMES Clinic for the Homeless -This elective course will help UT-H medical students apply their knowledge and training to the care of homeless patients in a community-based clinic.
For more information please contact: R. Harper

Neuro Psychiatry - The goal of this course is to educate medical students about clinical manifestations of illnesses dealing with the brain and psyche.

Pediatric Student Association (2 semester series) - This series of lectures allow the student to gain an accurate and first hand knowledge on the field of General Pediatrics and its sub-specialties.

Student Surgical Association - The intentions of this course are to familiarize medical students interested in surgery to the intimidating environment of the operating room and provide them with the knowledge and experience they need to be successful in their future encounters with the OR.

Previous Blue Book Elective offerings.

For more information on Blue Book Electives please contact Brenda Bassham in the Office of Educational Programs.

 

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