380.760.01 CLINICAL ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Provides a comprehensive presentation of several clinical disease processes affecting women’s health. Topics include hysterectomy, contraception, cervical cancer screening, and incontinence. Uses traditional lecture materials, videos of procedures, and selected journal readings. Focuses not only on the clinical aspect of the disease, but the health policy implications on women’s health.

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

1) Better understand the clinical mechanisms underlying major conditions affecting women's reproductive health, including but not limited to breast disease, hysterectomy, contraception, emergency contraception, and cervical dysplasia

2) Evaluate the effect of race, socio-economic, and health system structure on access to care and outcomes for these conditions

3) Apply epidemiological and statistical knowledge to critically review published research on these reproductive health conditions

4) Apply principles of women's health policy to major conditions affecting women's reproductive health

5) Design a public health intervention program for a specific community-based program using their understanding of a clinical condition producing a written action plan and oral presentation