Behavioral Medicine
MS-1

January 6, 2010 – May 12, 2010
19 sessions

Course Director
Jason B. Rosenstock, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
rosenstockjb@upmc.edu

Course Description

The goals of the course are:

1. to understand how behavior can affect one’s own health and can affect one’s ability to be an effective, caring physician.
2. to understand the pervasive role of human behavior in the etiology of disease.
3. to gain an appreciation of the importance of motivational skills and approaches in the counseling and treatment of patients.
4. to understand how challenging it is to alter entrenched behaviors, even if there is a clear connection to improved health (for both patients and physicians)

The 20 faculty are from 7 departments: Anesthesiology; Cell Biology and Physiology; Emergency Medicine; Family Medicine (Department Chair); Gynecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Sciences; Medicine; and Psychiatry.

Educational Methods

	Lectures		Independent projects
	Small-group sessions		Presentations

Evaluation

Evaluation for this course is based on attendance and participation in small-group sessions; completion, submission, and presentation of 2 independent projects; and an open book, final examination.

Grading: This course comprises 100% of the Patient, Physician and Society Block, Section 2. Grading for the block section is Honors, Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory.

Faculty Note

Dr. Edelstone is a recipient of the Kenneth E. Schuit Award and a member of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy of Master Educators.