WOMEN'S GLOBAL HEALTH: A FOCUS ON WOMEN'S CANCERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
Unique opportunity for fourth year medical students to develop an intervention project focused on women's health and cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or awareness globally and locally. Explore how women's health is influenced by both biological and sociocultural factors. Observe components of diagnosis of women's related cancers. Analyze molecular components of cancers used for diagnosis and treatment. Deconstruct the unique diseases that affect women throughout the life cycle and social factors that influence them.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Deconstruct differences in female biology that impact medical/public health research and health outcomes Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the burden of cancers among women globally and locally Audience: Graduate 3. Critique scientific literature to assess for inclusion of women’s specific issues and/or inclusion of women in outcome analysis Audience: Graduate 4. Identify solutions to address unique women’s health challenges Audience: Graduate 5. Propose public health interventions that address cancer-related women’s health challenges Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Deconstruct differences in female biology that impact medical/public health research and health outcomes Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the burden of cancers among women globally and locally Audience: Graduate 3. Critique scientific literature to assess for inclusion of women’s specific issues and/or inclusion of women in outcome analysis Audience: Graduate 4. Identify solutions to address unique women’s health challenges Audience: Graduate 5. Propose public health interventions that address cancer-related women’s health challenges Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027