Medical Science (MEDS)
MEDS 4000 (s) Seminar (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
MEDS 4040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.
MEDS 4990 (s) Directed Study (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
MEDS 5010 (s) Seminar (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
MEDS 5020 (s) Directed Study (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged. Areas normally offered are directed dissection of the extremities, trunk, head, neck, abdomen, and pelvis; endocrinology, physiology, and other medically related studies. Typically Offered: Spring.
MEDS 5040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
MEDS 5060 Introduction to Primary & Continuity Care Clerkship (4 credits)
Introduces medical students to continuity of care by working with practicing physicians and coinciding with instruction in communication skills, interviewing techniques, physical examinations, documentation, and clinical reasoning. Includes hospital-based patient encounters with an introduction to and the development of the physician role. Topics covered in primary and preventative care, geriatrics, rehabilitation, palliative care, behavioral health, and pain management. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5070 Foundations of Clinical Medicine (2 credits)
Introduction to continuity of care by working with practicing physicians and coinciding with instruction in communication skills, interviewing techniques, physical examinations, documentation, and clinical reasoning. Includes hospital-based patient encounters with an introduction to the development of the physician role. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Summer.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5080 Foundations of Clinical Medicine (3 credits)
Introduces medical students to continuity of care by working with practicing physicians and coinciding with instruction in communication skills, interviewing techniques, physical examinations, documentation, and clinical reasoning. Includes hospital-based patient encounters with an introduction to and the development of the physician role. Topics covered in primary and preventative care, geriatrics, rehabilitation, palliative care, behavioral health, and pain management. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5100 Fundamentals of Medical Science & Research (13 credits)
Comprehensive introduction to foundational basic science and research concepts in medicine. Topics covered include molecular and cell biology; human physiology, genetics and biochemistry; community health and disease; clinical epidemiology, research study design and data analysis. Incorporates fundamental principles of anatomy, pathology, and pharmacology, and medicine in society. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Summer.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program.
MEDS 5150 Ecology of Health & Medicine-Foundations 1 (1 credit)
This course integrates School of Medicine thematic content with an emphasis on core concepts needed for clinical practice in the changing healthcare environment. Students will explore areas related to humanism in medicine including the themes of diversity, health equity, ethics, professionalism, and determinants of health. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5170 Research Methods (1 credit)
Community health and disease, including assessment of disease risk and mechanisms of epidemic detection, spread, and control; interpretation of research design, data analysis, and bias source; and clinical epidemiology, including evaluation and application of diagnostic tests, natural history of disease, and quantitative aids for clinical decision making.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5180 Respiration and Regulation (10 credits)
Comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to the respiratory and renal-urinary systems and medicine, including pulmonary and renal anatomy, physiology, radiology, pathology, and pharmacology. Topics covered include ventilation mechanics; obstructive, restrictive, and pulmonary-vascular diseases; renal function; and common kidney diseases. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Spring Semester.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI Program
MEDS 5190 Infections and Immunity (10 credits)
Comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of the immune system, microbiology, infectious diseases, inflammation and repair. Topics covered include the pathogenesis and immunity of infectious disease, immunodeficiencies, hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, and the basis of immunologic diagnostics. Integrates relevant principles of anatomy, pathology, and pharmacology and medicine in society. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5250 Ecology of Health & Medicine-Foundations 3 (1 credit)
This course integrates School of Medicine thematic content with an emphasis on core concepts needed for clinical practice in the changing healthcare environment. Students will explore areas related to humanism in medicine including the themes of diversity, health equity, ethics, professionalism, and determinants of health. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5270 Investigative Inquiry (6 credits)
The purpose of the independent investigative inquiry - the III - portion of the curriculum is to engage students in activities that will foster the skills of life-long learning essential for practicing physicians in the 21st century. Each student selects a topic of particular interest to them and investigates the subject independently, following the advice of a faculty advisor and other resources in the WWAMI community.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5290 Circulatory System (16 credits)
This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal-urinary medicine, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, medicine and surgery. Topics include cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac muscle mechanics, myocardial infarction and cardiac repair, thoracic and pulmonary anatomy, ventilator mechanics, gas exchange, obstructive, restrictive, and pulmonary-vascular diseases, renal function, and common kidney diseases. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5330 Cardiovascular System (8 credits)
Comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to cardiovascular biology and medicine, including thoracic anatomy, physiology, radiology, pathology, pharmacology, and surgery. Topics covered include cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac muscle mechanics, myocardial infarction, and cardiac repair. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Admissions to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI Program
MEDS 5360 Ecology of Health & Medicine-Foundations 3 (1 credit)
This course integrates School of Medicine thematic content with an emphasis on core concepts needed for clinical practice in the changing healthcare environment. Students will explore areas related to humanism in medicine including the themes of diversity, health equity, ethics, professionalism, and determinants of health. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5370 Cancer, Hormones and Blood (10 credits)
Comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of endocrinology, hematology, and oncology. Topics covered include endocrine regulation of metabolism; normal physiology and pathophysiologic mechanisms responsible for clinically important endocrine disorders; disturbances in red cell, white cell, and platelet production; abnormalities of hemostasis; and malignant neoplasia. Integrates relevant principles of anatomy, pathology and pharmacology, and medicine in society. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: Admission to University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI Program
MEDS 5380 Muscles, Joints, Bones and Skin (8 credits)
Comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of the musculoskeletal system and dermatology. Topics covered include clinical manifestations in the skin, muscles, bones, and joints and the pathophysiology of trauma, aging, infection, and inflammation. Integrates relevant principles of anatomy, pathology, and pharmacology. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Admission to University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI Program
MEDS 5400 Blood, Cancer & Musculoskeletal (8 credits)
This course familiarizes students with the basic pathophysiologic mechanisms leading to disturbances of red cell, white cell, and platelet production, as well as abnormalities of hemostasis presenting clinical problems. The musculoskeletal content will focus on clinical manifestations in the musculoskeletal system and pathophysiology of trauma, aging, infection, and inflammation. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5450 Ecology of Health & Medicine-Foundations 4 (1 credit)
This course integrates School of Medicine thematic content with an emphasis on core concepts needed for clinical practice in the changing healthcare environment. Students will explore areas related to humanism in medicine including the themes of diversity, health equity, ethics, professionalism, and determinants of health. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5480 Head, Neck & Gut (6 credits)
Comprehensive introduction to head and neck anatomy and the gastrointestinal system. Topics covered include gastrointestinal and liver physiology; pathophysiology of digestion and hepatic function; the principles and practice of clinical nutrition. Integrates the relevant anatomy, pathology, and pharmacology of the GI system. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Summer.
MEDS 5490 Independent Investigative Inquiry (3 credits)
The purpose of the Independent Investigative Inquiry (III) courses, Scholarship Requirement for UWSOM requirement is to engage students in activities that will foster the skills of life-long learning essential for practicing physicians. By participating in the Triple I courses, the students will -develop the skills to acquire and critically evaluate new information; -focus on a health-related issue in depth, thereby giving additional context to training and career as a physician; -learn through faculty mentorship; and -communicate and disseminate the results of scholarly work. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Summer.
MEDS 5500 Energetics and Homeostasis (10 credits)
This course covers metabolism, nutrition, obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal/liver physiology, and endocrinology. Topics include physiology and pathology of digestion and hepatic function, principles and practice of clinical nutrition, the endocrine integration of metabolism, and clinically important endocrine pathophysiology. Additionally, this course introduces anatomy, pathology, and pharmacology of the endocrine and GI systems. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5540 Integration (1 credit)
A weeklong course intended to promote cognitive integration of basic science and clinical content presented before that week. Learners will also analyze and apply metacognitive skills to promote retention and better prepare for the Step 1 medical licensing exam. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.
Prereqs: WWAMI Student
MEDS 5600 Mind, Brain and Behavior (14 credits)
In this course, the foundational principles of the organization and function of the head, neck, and central nervous system are explained with a focus on clinical application of this knowledge to systematically approach the differential diagnosis and management of major neurologic, psychiatric and behavioral disorders. Current therapeutic approaches to disease are explained including pharmacological, behavioral, surgical and other therapies. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5700 Reproduction & Development (8 credits)
Covers normal and abnormal human development reproductive functions including formation and maturation of ova and sperm, menstruation, normal pregnancy, and labor and delivery. Provides information concerning infertility, family planning techniques, urinary disorders, and reproductive aging and demography of human population. Includes relevant fundamental scientific principles in pelvic anatomy, pathology, histology, imaging, and pharmacology. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5800 Consolidation and Transition (12 credits)
Reinforces content in the UWSOM foundations phase. Learning experiences will address key content areas which need further review identified throughout terms one and two, with specific sessions developed as indicated; faculty/staff and peer educators will provide sessions for this basic science review as well as preparation for clerkships Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Admission to the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI program
MEDS 5970 Graduate Practicum (1-3 credits, max 3)