FY 180 "Science in Medicine"

Course Description

The proposal should be a formal request to be considered by the faculty involved in the decision, and it should include a brief philosophy and outline of the course as you envision teaching it if you are selected. There are not many guidelines. We encourage you, after four years of college and three years of medical school, to reflect upon the process of learning to be a physician; how it has changed your perspective, and what aspects of medicine do you think will have impact on a group of college freshman when passed through the lens of your personal experience. It is an eighth block course, and a seminar at that, but a successful proposal will likely contain some elements of intellectual rigor.

The choice of instructor will be based upon your course proposal, syllabus and the letters of recommendation that you solicit for this endeavor.

The budget for this class is $400-450/block. Previous application of course funds has included field trips, a CC cabin trip, and speakers (honorariums), as well as photocopying of course materials.

Please understand that we usually have to make a very difficult decision in choosing the instructor for this one course. All of you in your third year of medical school are very accomplished, and each merits the opportunity to come back and teach at CC. We will make every effort to insure a timely decision in this process so you can complete your plans for your fourth year of medical school. As always, the letters of reference are generally the bottleneck in this process.

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