Information for Dentistry Students

Suggested Courses

• INMD 7579
  Rural Hawaii Public Health Elective
  This 6-week elective addresses public health issues from a comprehensive perspective that includes a multi-cultural focus.  Through service learning, students will participate in all aspects of the North Hawaii Outcomes Project including design of outcome measures, data collection, data analysis and program development and implementation.  Ongoing projects include stroke prevention, chemical use, motor vehicle accidents and teenage pregnancy.
  
• CSpH 5511
  Interdisciplinary Palliative Care: An Experiential Course in a Community Setting
  2 credits
  Eric Anderson, M.D.
  Multidisciplinary teams of course participants will partner with interdisciplinary community hospice teams and participate in the delivery of care to patients in a variety of settings. This course will also include a series of seminars, employing self-analysis and case studies to further the participants' appreciation of and expertise in palliative care.
  

• CSpH 5405
  Plants in Human Affairs
  This 4 credit graduate intensive, led by renowned ethnopharmacologist Dr. Dennis McKenna and ethnobotanist Kathleen Harrison, is taught amongst the tropical and rare plants of Hawaii.  The course will help participants to appreciate the process of ethnopharmacological drug discovery, the evolution of medicine and to develop a cross-cultural perspective on human interactions with drugs and toxins.

Contact Carla Mantel at 612-624-5166 or cmantel@umn.edu for registration information.