One of my favorite electives is the Women Physicians of Color elective held during the Winter quarter of each year. It is organized by Dr. Loma Flowers, a psychiatrist, and another psychologist (in the past this included Lisa Koshkarian).
Past topics include:
Relationships and Children, Assertiveness and Empowerment, etc.
There is also a free syllabus that comes with the class. Articles in the syllabus include:
1. Myers, M. The well-being of physician relationships. Western Journal of Medicine.
2. Carter, J. Black health professional families: Assessment of strengths and stability. Journal of the National Medical Association.
3. Sotile. What stresses medical marriages? In the medical marriage: sustaining healthy relationships for physicians and their families. AMA Press.
4. Blair, J. & Files J. In search of balance: medicine, motherhood, and madness. Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association.
5. Trupin, S. When the obstetrician gets pregnant. In Inside Doctoring.
6. Burke, B. The well-being of gay, lesbian, and bisexual physicians. Western Journal of Medicine.
1. Assertive Communication
2. The Missing Curriculum: Experience with Emotional Competence Education and Training of Premedical and Medical Students
3. Keys to Success in Pre-College Programs
4. Calibrating the Physician: Personal Awareness and Effective Patient Care
5. Toolbox: Challenging and Changing Stress-Producing Thinking
6. Healthy Approaches to Physician Stress
7. Observations on Women in Medicine
In addition to our guest speakers and a quick review of the articles, we also review the lessons from the Student Empowerment through Emotional Education and Training for Medical Student handbook by Dr. Loma Flowers.
Woven into each discussion are the skills described in detail in the handbook: self-awareness, self-development, relationships, self-responsibility, and reflection.
In 2006, the course coordinators were Akpene Gbegnon, Brynn Utley, and Cara Torruellas.
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In addition to our guest speakers and a quick review of the article, we will review the lessons from the Student Empowerment through Emotional Education and Training for Medical Student handbook by Dr. Loma Flowers. Woven into each discussion are the skills described in detail in the handbook: self-awareness, self-development, relationships, self-responsibility, and reflection.
What is your favorite elective at UCSF?
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