Newly Approved GMS Courses

This course will provide students with an overview of human neuroanatomy that will prepare them for future courses in the medical sciences and advanced gross anatomy. Students will learn the location, function, and connectivity of major structures and pathways of the central nervous system through lectures, online materials, and small group exercises designed to enhance the student’s appreciation of the three dimensional organization of brain structures and clinical relevance. Students will also demonstrate and apply the knowledge they gained from the course through a final group presentation that will include the history, location, function, connectivity, and clinical relevance of a chosen neuroanatomical structure. (2 credits)

COURSE DIRECTOR & INSTRUCTOR:
Karen Bottenfield, PhD
Senior Academic Program Manager, Oral Health Sciences Master’s Program
Graduate Medical Sciences
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
karenrb@bu.edu

Prereq: Consent of Instructor; must be in the Oral Health Sciences program.

This course is comprised of a series of system-based modules: Molecular, Cellular, and Neurophysiology; Muscle and Cardiovascular System; Respiratory System, Hematology, and Thermoregulation; Gastrointestinal System; and Renal System. In contrast to the Dental Physiology course (MD514/OH730) which delivers physiology content in a largely lecture-based format, this course emphasizes the context of normal human physiology and highlights important physiological mechanisms that are targets for pathophysiology and therapies, utilizing a case/problem-based approach, with students working in small groups/teams. The course will be coordinated with the Dental Physiology course to integrate and reinforce the physiology content being covered within that course. The application of physiology, as one of the scientific foundations of dentistry, will aid the Oral Health Sciences (OHS) student in developing skills necessary to establish a therapeutic relationship with their future patients and develop appropriate treatment plans. Knowledge of normal physiology will enhance the ability to recognize pathophysiology. (2 credits)

COURSE INSTRUCTOR:
Aaron Young, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biphysics
Assistant Director, Oral Health Sciences Master’s Program
Graduate Medical Sciences
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
youngaw@bu.edu

The major goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding and experience in the fundamental methods and techniques commonly employed in the clinical biomedicals sciences. Emphasis is placed on the client/patient relationship, attending and listening skills, cognitive, affective, and behavioral counseling interventions, role-playing activities, and the concerns commonly expressed by beginning biomedical science professionals. (2 credits)

COURSE INSTRUCTOR:
Laurie Craigen, PhD
Core Faculty and Associate Professor, Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Sciences Master’s Program
Graduate Medical Sciences
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
lcraigen@bu.edu