Medicine Master’s program at Temple University

Course information contained within the Bulletin is accurate at the time of publication in August 2023 but is subject to change.

Fundamentals of Biochem. 4 Credit Hours.

Level Registration Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate.

Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits.

Fundamentals of Physiology. 4 Credit Hours.

Fundamentals of Physiology addresses important topics including membranes and membrane transport, excitation and contraction of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle, the heart and blood flow, renal physiology and lung physiology. Important medically related examples will be discussed.

Microbio and Immunology. 4 Credit Hours.

Human Anatomy provides instruction in gross anatomy for postbac students. Important medically related examples will be discussed.

Medical Pharmacology provides instruction in pharmacology for postbac students. Important medically related examples will be discussed.

Biochemistry of Life Systems. 2 Credit Hours.

This course provides students with an understanding of the basic principles of biochemistry related to pre-health competencies tested by the MCAT. Topics related to these competencies include: protein structure and function enzyme function and regulation transmission of genetic information, membrane structure and composition, bioenergetics, fuel metabolism and cell signaling. NOTE: This course fulfills a requirement for students enrolled in the Basic Core in Medical Sciences (BCMS) Post Baccalaureate Program.

Special Topics in Medicine. 3 Credit Hours.

Special Topics in Medicine discusses important topics in medicine including translational research and evidence based medicine for postbac students.

Repeatability: This course may be repeated for additional credit.

The Application of Physical Principles to the Understanding and Practice of Medicine. 4 Credit Hours.

The principles of the physical world are the foundation of many diagnostic and therapeutic modalities used in the practice of medicine as well as essential physiological processes. This course is offered every fall to provide students with an understanding of the principles and applications of physical science to biological systems and medicine. The application of physical science to medicine will be subdivided into three sections: relationship to human organ function, imaging and diagnosis, and therapies. Topics in the first section include heat, electricity, sound and light waves, and fluids. The second section will describe their application to microscopy, MRI, CT, X-ray, PET and ultrasound imaging. The final section includes therapies for treating disease. The course is lecture based and includes problem solving and presentations by practicing physicians. This course fulfills a requirement for students enrolled in the Basic Core in Medical Sciences post-baccalaureate program.

Seminar Clinical Res. 1 Credit Hour.

Crit Lit Clin Transl Res. 2 Credit Hours.

Grant Writing: Clin Res. 2 Credit Hours.

Intro to Biostatistics. 3 Credit Hours.

Res Prjct Clin Trnsl Med. 1 to 6 Credit Hour.

1st Yr Med School Prog. 12 Credit Hours.

2nd Yr Med School Prog. 12 Credit Hours.

3rd Yr Med School Prog. 12 Credit Hours.

4th Yr Med School Prog. 12 Credit Hours.

Transition to Medical School. 0 Credit Hours.

The Transition to Medical School course serves to bring together first year medical students from diverse educational and career backgrounds and experiences and introduces them to the new and challenging environment of medical school. Sessions cover important curricular areas such as professionalism, teamwork, study habits, communications skills and personal well-being to provide a foundation for success in medical school.

Fundamentals 1: Human Structure. 0 Credit Hours.

This course covers the fundamentals of clinical anatomy and imaging, principles of embryology, fundamentals of histology and cell physiology.

Fundamentals 2: Cellular Function. 0 Credit Hours.

Fundamentals 3: Host Defenses and Threats. 0 Credit Hours.

Fundamentals 4: Basis of Disease and Treatment. 0 Credit Hours.

Systems 1: Neuroscience and Psychiatry. 0 Credit Hours.

Systems 2: Cardiovascular Medicine. 0 Credit Hours.

Development, histology, and physiology of the cardiovascular system. Pathology and pathophysiology of diseases related to the cardiovascular system, along with the basis for diagnosis and the pharmacologic, medical, surgical, and behavioral treatment options.

Systems 3: Pulmonary Medicine. 0 Credit Hours.

Development, histology, and physiology of the respiratory system. Pathology and pathophysiology of diseases related to the respiratory system, along with the basis for diagnosis and the pharmacologic, medical, surgical, and behavioral treatment options.

Systems 4: Nephrology. 0 Credit Hours.

Development, histology, and physiology of the renal system. Pathology and pathophysiology of renal diseases, along with the basis for diagnosis and the pharmacologic, medical, surgical, and behavioral treatment options.

Systems 6: Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 0 Credit Hours.

Development, histology and physiology of the gastrointestinal system. Pathology and pathophysiology of diseases of the gastrointestinal system, along with the basis for diagnosis and the pharmacological, medical, surgical, and behavioral treatment options. This course also covers metabolism and nutrition and the effect of nutrient deficiencies and excesses on health.

Systems 5: Endocrinology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Urology. 0 Credit Hours.

Development, histology and physiology of the endocrine system and male and female reproductive systems. Pathology and pathophysiology of diseases of the endocrine system, male and female reproductive systems, along with the basis for diagnosis and the pharmacological, medical, surgical, and behavioral treatment options.

Systems 7: Multi-Organ System Disease. 0 Credit Hours.

Students will learn the development, histology and physiology of the hematologic, musculoskeletal and dermatologic systems. The pathology and pathophysiology of diseases of the hematologic, musculoskeletal (rheumatologic and orthopedic) and dermatologic systems, along with the basis for diagnosis and the pharmacological, medical, surgical, and behavioral treatment options will also be taught. This course will also include integrated multi-organ system clinical cases, incorporating topics from earlier courses that will require critical thinking and clinical problem solving.

Nutrition and Health. 0 Credit Hours.

Fundamentals of Anatomy. 0 Credit Hours.

Fundamentals of Medicine 1. 0 Credit Hours.

Biological Systems I: Cardiovascular, Blood, Respiratory and Renal Systems. 0 Credit Hours.

Biological Systems II: Gastrointestinal, Endocrine, Bone and Reproductive Systems. 0 Credit Hours.

Biological Systems III: Nervous and Musculoskeletal Systems. 0 Credit Hours.

Biological Systems IV: Inflammation, Immune System and Skin. 0 Credit Hours.

Clinical Immun Topics. 0 Credit Hours.

Clinical Informatics: Electronic Medical Records and Data in Healthcare. 0 Credit Hours.

This elective will give medical students an introduction to the field of Clinical Informatics from the physician perspective. There are increasing opportunities for physicians to play a role in guiding the evolution of the EMR systems and the use of data in healthcare.

Reflections on Gross Anatomy. 0 Credit Hours.

Gross anatomy. Topics will include death, dissection, graveyard humor, and (postmortem) physician-patient relations. Reading will include both fiction (Shakespeare, Tillie Olson, Hemingway, William Carlos Williams) and medical essays (Richard Selzer, Lewis Thomas, Robert Coles, Perri Klass). Students will write then read in class three brief pieces in either fictional or essay form.

Medical Sign Language. 0 Credit Hours.

Intro to Medical Ethics. 0 Credit Hours.

Global Health 1. 0 Credit Hours.

The TEAC IHO Global Health elective was created to help students expand their educational knowledge and procedural experience so that they can be better prepared to understand global diseases and make a humanitarian difference.

Global Health 2. 0 Credit Hours.

The Temple Emergency Action Corps Global Health: Part II elective will provide a comprehensive of emergency medical care from the site of the incident to the hospital to provide a framework of disaster recognition, response, and preparedness in the Philadelphia Region. Emergency skills will be explained, taught, and opportunities for actual skill performance provided to each student through time in the Simulation Lab as well as the Emergency Department. The students will have an opportunity to participate in EMS ride-alongs, Fighting Chance, and an advanced triage session. This elective is required for advancement in the TEAC leadership.

Basic Medicial Spanish. 0 Credit Hours.

This generic first and second year School of Medicine elective serves as an introduction to a special topic, often with an interdisciplinary focus. Topics vary from semester to semester and may include an extension of a content area already covered in the required curriculum, an introduction to a new topic or research issue, or exposure to a clinical discipline. First and second year electives are optional and do not impact graduation requirements.

Advanced Medical Spanish. 0 Credit Hours.

Big Friends Kenderton School. 0 Credit Hours.

A crucial part of the experience of medical students in Temple is community engagement. In fact, students are asked to reflect on what experiences they have encountered through their immersion in the surrounding community. With such a large role in the development of who we are and who we will become as physicians, we hope to be able to bring an elective to campus that highlights this role and creates a greater partnership with the Kenderton community. Similar to us, Kenderton holds electives for their seventh and eighth grade classes. These electives serve a similar purpose to our own engage students in something that they may not receive in their everyday curriculum. With mentorship opportunities through Big Friends, we hope to be able to provide the students with an elective that will engage them in medicine and science, something they seem to miss out on in their own classes. Not only will this help the Kenderton community, but it will foster a greater relationship with the neighboring school, which is a big part of our community and our mission to serve it.

Intro Disaster Response. 0 Credit Hours.

Intro Disaster Response II. 0 Credit Hours.

Introduction to Bioethics. 0 Credit Hours.

In this lecture discussion-based course, students will be exposed to a range of key themes, concepts and current controversies in medical ethics. Topics to be addressed may include: Social Determinants of health and urban bioethics, Mediation as a clinical dispute resolution mechanism, Cultural humility and community competency, Disability ethics, Ethics at the end-of-life, Three-parent babies and reproductive ethics, Bioethics, policy, and the values of health care reform.

Bioethics at the Movies. 0 Credit Hours.

This elective uses feature and documentary film as a catalyst for theoretical and practical discussions of a series of bioethics topics. We also will be looking through the films, treating them as a lens through which to historically understand the evolving relationships between medicine, society, and popular culture. Specific topics to be covered may include: genetics and the social consequences of genetic knowledge professionalism and humanism in medicine dying in the 21st century research with vulnerable populations illness, disability, and autonomy research ethics and access to care, health policy, and health disparities.

Physicians as Credible Messengers in Firearm Violence Prevention. 0 Credit Hours.

This elective examines how physicians can become credible messengers and advocates for gun violence prevention. Topics to be covered include: firearm injury epidemiology, violence as a public health issue, the role of physicians in gun-policy, clinical bedside skills related to gun safety and injury, among others.

Community Hosp Svc. 0 Credit Hours.

Introduction to Research. 0 Credit Hours.

Research is a crucial aspect of every physician career. They must evaluate research to find the best evidence-based ways to treat their patients. And their blend of clinical experience and formal education puts them in the best position to know what patients need and achieve it. For these reasons, learning how clinical research is done is a necessity to properly evaluate the literature and hopefully to conduct research in the future. By starting from scratch, creating a research question and culminating in a paper, it will remove the mystique of the research process. Building this foundation for the students will benefit their future patients, make hospitals efficient, and progress science as a whole. We feel holding the course throughout the year will allow for the required time for students to develop an appropriate time line for their project. The sessions will include: 1. get involved. History, introduction and submission to the IRB (CITI training included). formulate a research question (PICO and FINER). Effective literature searching techniques using a citation manager (EndNote). Study design: types, pitfalls, feasibility. Data sources at St Luke : Keeping data safe (Redcap). It is better to have written introduction to IMRaD, the use of an outline. Methods Results: a great place to start. Introduction and discussion: constant tweaking.

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Diseases of Cardio Resp. 0 Credit Hours.

Epidemiology Journal Club. 0 Credit Hours.

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Diseases III: CNS. 0 Credit Hours.

Disability Through the Lens of Self-Reflection. 0 Credit Hours.

This elective brings voices from the disability community to the world of medicine. A primary goal is to challenge medicine imperative to 'fix' disability. A medical diagnosis of a disability often becomes a singular observational lens that isolates and limits people with disabilities. However, by listening to stories directly from members of the disability community, we see instead a perspective that views disability as something that is natural, fluid, and dignified. Learning to embrace diversity and disability through the self-representations, this elective helps prepare future doctors to better contribute to individuals' health, well-being, and flourishing. Students will explore several key theoretical, policy, and medical debates in the field of disability. Specific topics include, for example: stigma and stereotypes pre-natal genetic testing, neuro-diversity, and disability activism health policy medical interventionism non-traditional communication and informed consent and self-representation in the arts.

Field of Study Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Majors: Medicine.Degree Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Degrees: Doctor of Medicine.

Arts Workshop will be a hands-on workshop style class in which students will draw with pencil and ink, paint with watercolor and acrylic, and create an art book over the course of the elective. The goal is to provide a hands-on creative outlet, a fresh perspective on perspective, and improve observational skills and nourish creativity. Classes will build each week on previously explored art concepts and will focus in part on translating observational skills into visual representation using plants, birds, landscapes, and the human body.

Fundamentals of Improv Theater. 0 Credit Hours.

Receptive Music Experiences for Future MDs. 0 Credit Hours.

This elective course will actively engage students in live and recorded music experiences with the intent of increasing emotional self-awareness and empathy towards others. Through discussion and journaling, students will be encouraged to reflect on these musical experiences, as well as the relationship between personal experiences and the practice of medicine. This class will deepen personal understanding of the relevance of music in self-care practices and for meaningful interpersonal interactions. Students will learn of the physiological and psychological benefits of engaging with music for self-care and engage in relaxation experiences as well as determine preferred music for personal relaxation. They will explore ways that receptive music experiences support self-awareness and self-expression.

Bridging Gap Clerkship. 0 Credit Hours.

Yoga and Writing. 0 Credit Hours.

In this Yoga and Writing course we will place our bodies on the yoga mats and we will place our words with grace on the page. You will let go, tell your necessary stories, sweat, breathe and laugh through this non-dualistic approach to writing and yoga. In this 7-week course, you will learn the history of yoga as a spiritual and physical discipline as we devote each week to both yoga exercises and writing exercises. You will tell necessary stories from the heart mind and have the opportunity to work with these spontaneous writings in class. We will study and experience through our mind body how Yoga holistic approach to health can complement the Western medical practice.

History of Medicine. 0 Credit Hours.

Certain events in the history of medicine have had a major impact on the practice of medicine today. We propose to teach a course that in no way attempts to be a survey of medical history but one in which selected vignettes that have had a major impact will be featured. Biographies of seminal individuals in the history of medicine in addition to major discoveries and events will be the focus. Examples of potential topics include: The discovery of the structure of DNA, the Cocoanut Grove Fire of 1942, Pasteur discoveries, individuals who contributed to advances in transplantation (specifically Thomas Starzl), self-experimentation, and the discovery of ABO blood groups.

Specialized Anatomy Review. 0 Credit Hours.

The course is designed to provide second-year medical students with an advanced knowledge and appreciation of the structure and clinical function of the human body with particular emphasis on a specialized region of their choice. This course involves small group laboratory, case-based clinical anatomy review, and radiology medical imaging review sessions. Learners will also have the opportunity to serve as Teaching Assistants in the cadaver lab and support first-year medical students in the Fundamentals 1 course.

An Exploration of Narrative Medicine. 0 Credit Hours.

Storytelling is an indispensable part of medicine, too often overlooked. But the pendulum is swinging back! In this class, we will celebrate the joy of telling stories, and the good that can come of it. We will talk ways to make sure the human experience stays front and center as students move forward in their path to becoming doctors. We will talk listen, earn trust, use stories as an effective way to communicate with patients. We will read and discuss examples of great medical storytelling by physician writers and journalists, and look at how this has enriched the lives of patient, physician, and the public. Reflection in any form is a great way to process the intensity of experiences in medical school and as a physician. By the end of the seven weeks, students will have improved their storytelling skills and gained appreciation for the importance of stories in medicine. They will have gained experience interviewing and eliciting patient stories, and they will have muted or at least diminished any fear of writing.

An Exploration of Meaning through Stories, Poems, and Plays. 0 Credit Hours.

Medical school is sometimes a rollercoaster through thickets of facts, emotion, and doubt. As in other parts of life, meaning and purpose can get lost. In a spirit of playful inquiry, the class will read, discuss, and write various approaches to create meaning, including work by Italo Calvino, Mary Oliver, J.K. Rowling, Billy Collins, Martin Buber, and Maurice Sendak. With apologies to Monty Python, the class will address fundamental questions. Reading assignments will be very short. Every other session, students will bring a brief written response in any genre they choose to share as a prompt for class discussion.

Humans of North Philly: Portraits from the Streets. 0 Credit Hours.

In this class, working with photojournalist Michael Perez, students will descend into the streets around the medical school, seeking out residents to interview and photograph. Students will follow their hearts and instincts, looking for people who they believe will make a great portrait and have an interesting story to tell. The students will approach their subjects with sensitivity and respect, ask for permission to take photographs, and then interview the subject of the photo. As part of the class, students will write a little story to accompany their photos, the best of which will hang in a gallery show in the MERB. By the end of the elective, students will have learned approach strangers and initiate conversations, to appreciate the stories of the r