The purpose of this class is to learn the developmental process of human embryo and fetus, which will provide the basic information about causes of developmental disorders as well as the structure and function of human body.
MED114 Biochemistry and practice
Medical Biochemistry aims understanding the synthesis and degradation of biomolecules of human body such as genes, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. Molecular characteristics and biological functions of the biomolecules will be discussed through lecture and experiments. The course is primarily focused on the development of concepts for the molecular biology of human diseases. Medical Biochemistry also deals life phenomena such as cellular growth and multiplication, differentiation, cell cycle, signaling pathway, and cellular senescence. Based on the information obtained in this course, the specific mechanism underlying pathogenesis of human diseases will be discussed in a molecular level through
This course is designed to inform students of the structure of the human body, the interrelation of the body's parts and to present appropriate clinical references. The course is largely based on dissection and covers osteology, myology, angiology, neurology, head, neck, thorax and abdomen and extremites.
This course is composed of lecture and laboratory work using microscopes and EM, and deals with fine structure functions of human cells, tissues and organs. Emphasis is on laboratory work in this course.
Fundamentals of gross and microscopic structures and functions of the nervous system concerned with clinical relationships of the central nervous system. Laboratory work based on dissection of the human brain.
Pharmacology is an experimental science whose purpose is to investigate the biological activities of drugs and their mechanisms. The main purpose of this course is to help students understand the basic concepts concerning the therapeutic effects, as well as adverse and toxic effects of drugs. The knowledge obtained in this course will help students choose appropriate drugs for the treatment and prevention of diseases in clinical medicine. The practice course specifically deals with the evaluation of drug effects by measuring the changes in physiological activities occurring after introducing drugs into a living system allowing students to have a valuable opportunity to compare the therapeutic effects of drugs with their adverse effects in experimental animals.
MED 201 Pathology and Practice 1
Pathology is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field to study etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, as well as the fundamental morphologic, physiologic, molecular and clinical descriptions that are critical to the understanding of specific disease processes. Pathology plays a key role in patient care, as well as in basic science and clinical research at hospital and the medical school forging intellectual links between diagnostic services and basic sciences. Pathology and Practice 1 include basic science of cellular, subcellular and molecular mechanisms involved in cell proliferation and death, inflammation, defense mechanism, genetic disorders, pathophysiology of infection, neoplasia, and vascular disorders.
MED 208 Parasitology and practice
This course is a general introduction to medical parasitology including protozoology,
helminthology, medical entomology and parasite immunology. This course teaches basic facts on the important the human parasites with references to the modes of transmission, life cycles and intermediate hosts. Emphasis is placed on the pathogenesis and clinical aspects of parasitic diseases. Prevention, control and therapy are also considered.
BIO334 Immunology
Aim of this course is to provide understandings on the about basic immunological principles underlying various physiological processes in normal as well as in disease state. The course will also provide immunological concepts behind various diagnostic and treatment protocols. Major topics of the course are as follows:
1. The components of the immune system
2. Innate and adaptive immunity
3. Measurements of the immune responses
4. Structure and function of the antibody/Ig gene rearrangement and expression
5. Antigen recognition by T lymphocytes
6. Lymphocyte development and differentiation
7. T cell-mediated immunity
8. Complement system
10. Infection and immunity
11. Immmunodeficiency diseases
12. Allergy and hypersensitivity
13. Tumor immunity
14. manipulating the immune responses
MED 202 Pathology and Practice 2
Pathology is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field to study etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, as well as the fundamental morphologic, physiologic, molecular and clinical descriptions that are critical to the understanding of specific disease processes. Pathology plays a key role in patient care, as well as in basic science and clinical research at hospital and the medical school forging intellectual links between diagnostic services and basic sciences.
Pathology and Practice 2 includes pathology of organ system including overview of normal structure and function of the system, structural and molecular basis, clinical presentation and diagnosis of diseases in each system.
MED244 Medical Ethics
Medical ethics is a subject about enhancement of patient wellness. Recently many doctors are interested in many technical developments as a result of industrialization. So it is needed that doctors should be educated not to concern only in the technical practice but to promote the general well being of the patients, to make up a good relations with the patients, and to have a good ethical attitudes in clinical activities and basic research works.
MED 246 Molecular Medicine
Due to recent advances in the life sciences, we need to understand the basic principles of human diseases at a molecular level. This course provides knowledge of basic molecular biology and its use in medical fields. It also introduces the most recent techniques which ate used in diagnosis and treatment of disease.
MED247 Preventive Medicine II.
The educational purpose of this course goes into the details of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and Health Policy and Management.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is divided into three divisions which consists of (1) infectious and chronic disease epidemiology (2) Clinical and experimental health care management and previously obtained knowledge of basic environmental medicine along with clinical skills, students learn various hazards in modern industrial workplace and their health effects so they can manage the hazards & prevent the work related illness.
Health Care and Management
This course provides the basic concepts of medical sociology, medical resource, and its organization, health delivery system, health informatics, medical economics, health administration, and the methods necessary for planning, operation, and evaluation of diverse health programs. Ultimately, the goal of this course is to let students play a right doctor role as an element of health care system.
MED249 Medical Genetics
This course is the study of genetic principles and methods which are used in the clinical field. This course is especially designed for understanding the genetics behind chromosomal syndrome, metabolic inborn error, the principles of carrier detection, prenatal diagnosis and recurrence risk of genetic diseases.
MED252 Introduction of Clinical Medicine
In this course, students develop their basic knowledge, attitude and skills which are essentials of becoming physician. This course provides basic clinical interview skill, physical examination, basics of laboratory and image diagnosis, principles of evidence-based medicine and medical record keeping.
PRE203 Behavior Science 1
This course is designed to outline human behavior theory from genetical and biological aspects and to teach the influence of motivation, cognition and emotion, development to human being. Helping medical students understand the progress of development in human behavior and emotion in biological, social and psychological point of view.
Course Title : Comprehensive Assessment of Basic Medical Science
MED251 Comprehensive Assessment of Basic Medicil
The purpose of this class is to evaluate the knowledge and practice of students after finishing the curriculum of basic medical sciences
MED 253 Gastoenterology
The purpose is to educate the functions of digestive organs (stomach, liver, intestine etc.) with the activation of basic science knowledge. The program also provides the education for gastrointestinal disorders to improve student's quality as a doctor.
MED 254 Respiratory Disease
Respiratory medicine put knowledge of function and basic medicine of respiratory organs to practical use and finds knowledge of respiratory diseases. The goal of respiratory medicine is an upgrading the quality of general medicine.
MED 256 Endocrinology
The Encocrinology-Metabolism course is a 2-week program consisted of lectures for basec science, pathophysiology, and management of diseases related to endocrinology and metabolism. The goal of the course is to provide superior, coordinated, and practical education for medical students.
MED257 Nephrololgy
These lectures include the clinical and basic science information in renal medicine.
It is targetedat medical students and house officers.
The contents of the lectures cover the discription of the normal kidney and of techniques used to evaluate kidney function and anatomy. And subsequently offer acknowledgement on glomerular diseases, acute renal failure, chronic renal failure, hypertension, dialysis, transplantation, and application of renal physiology to clinical problems.
MED258 Clinical neurologic
Neurology is that the study of diagnosis and management for the neurologic diseases through understanding its being based on anatomical, physiological, biochemical knowledge for central nerve system (such as cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord), peripheral nerve system, and muscular system.
1. the students understand the symptoms of central nerve system, peripheral nerve system, and muscular system from the fundamental knowledge of neuroanatomical structure
2. the students learn the principles and methods of neurologic examination for clinical adjustment
3. the students learn the basic information of indication and interpretation on the neurophysiologic test and diagnostic tools.
MED 259 Reproductive Medicine
The objective of reproductive medicine is to acquire knowledge of the function of reproductive organs mainly ovary and diseases of these organs so that to comprehend about the basis of reproductive medicine as general physician.
MED 260 Hematology
Hematology block lecture is open to understand the function and the pathophysiology of blood forming organs, to manage the hematologic diseases, and finally to be qualified as a general practitioner.
MED 261 Musculoskeletal diseases
Musculoskeletal diseases lecture is designed to understand basic function and pathophysiology of muscle, joint, and bone tissue of human, and to provide proper diagnosis and management of various diseases related to the musculoskeletal system.
MED262 Infectious disease
Microorganism are inducing many diseases in human bodies. Lecture of Infectious disease provide thorough knowledge about the epidemiology, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, pathology, clinical manifestation, diagnostic methods, therapeutic methods, prognosis of each infectious organism and the infectious disease.
MED 263 Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most challenging medical issue in our westernized social environment. This block lecture about cardiovascular disease is an integrated program in which all of the basic and clinical medical departments involved in the cardiovascular disease are participating. Through these lectures, students can experience not only the definition, pathophysiolosic mechanism, epidermiologic background, pathologic characteristics, clinical symptoms, complications, diagnostic methods, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of each cardiologic disceases but also the clinical process how cardiovascular diseases are managed and overcome. This knowledge can be of great help for the student to be an excellent clinician.
Pediatrics is concerned with the health of infants, children, and adolescents; their growth and development; and their opportunity to achieve full potential as adults. The goals of the Pediatrics are to excel in all five arenas of our mission by providing superb care for children in collaboration with other pediatric specialists by generating new knowledge to optimize patient treatment through clinical investigation; by investigating the fundamental processes in human development, genetics, and pathophysiology; by optimizing the educational environment; by interacting well with the community of children, parents, and physicians that we serve; and by being strong and vigorous advocates for children to improve health, enrich the development, and promote the well-being of children and youth throughout the country.
MED236 Orthopedic surgery
Orthopedics is the medical and surgical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of human body's musculoskeletal system, which includes bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.
Our department educates and introduces the basic and clinical knowledge of orthopedics to achieve ability to solve the common clinical problems in orthpedics.
The purpose of our curriculum is to teach medical students the concept and knowledge of general ophthalmology. And to make them diagnose and treat common ophthalmic diseases as a general physician.
The lecture focuses on the generalized theroy of anatophysiology, and pathologic theory of the otology, rhinology, laryngopharyngology, maxillofacial trauma, head and neck surgery, and bronchoesophagology.
We will provide medical students with lectures of integrated basic science and clinical diseases, enabling them to provide excellent patient care, and to advance practical knowledge and interest in the clinical and basic dermatology. We will educate medical students to expand their understanding of skin and its disorders.
MED330 Dentistry
Introduction to basic knowledge of general dentistry, head & neck anatomy, oral histology, oral pathology, oral medicine, oral & maxillofacial surgery, prothodontics, implantology, orthodontics, periodontics, operative dentistry, preventive dentistry, and temporomandibular disorders to facilitate the mutual understanding of dentistry and medicine.
MED 331 Legal Medicine
Legal Medicine deals with a practical overview of medical facts that are related to regal problems including, injuries and injurious agents, scientific death investigation, accident, and medicolegal aspects of sexual function and legal issues of medical practices.
Course Title : Clinicopathological Conference(C.P.C.) 1
MED 334 C.P.C.
CPC is a comprehensive clinical, radiological and pathological case discussion by student groups to develop ability to make problem lists, differential diagnoses for each problem listed, descriptions of the data supporting or opposing each point in the differential diagnosis, and diagnostic approach to each problem.MED382 C.P.C
MED 336 Rehabilitation medicine
Rehabilitation medicine is a field that studies the method how to care the patients, who have loss or impairment of their physical functions, return to their normal life as a normal healthy person. In the introduction, it encloses the concept of rehabilitation and evaluation of disability and in the special treatise, it encloses rehabilitation of disabled patients due to stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal problem including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, low back pain, prostheses and orthoses due to amputation, clinical EMG, etc.
The main objective of this course is to make a thorough study of diagnosis and treatment of functional disabilities and cosmetic appearance involving congenital and acquired deformities of the body. And the topics include basic concepts of wound healing, congenital anomaly including cleft lip and palate, maxillofacial and hand trauma, tumors of head and neck, skin and soft tissue defects, burn etc.
MED 352 Laws for Physician
This course is aimed at enabling students as future health provider to understand the intent of the laws on Public Health and to practice based on the understanding.
Course Title : Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
MED 366 Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
Rehabilitation medicine is a field that studies the method how to care the patients, who have loss or impairment of their physical functions, return to their normal life as a normal healthy person. In the introduction, it encloses the concept of rehabilitation and evaluation of disability and in the special treatise, it encloses rehabilitation of disabled patients due to stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal problem including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, low back pain, prostheses and orthoses due to amputation, clinical EMG, etc.
In polyclinic practice we will cultivate the ability to apply clinical knowledge we had learned in rehabilitation lecture. And we will introduce physical medicine and comprehensive rehabilitation. We will give the opportunity of clinical practices to students in out-patient department, EMG room, Cybex room, exercise therapy room, electrical therapy room, traction therapy room, hydrotherapy room, occupational therapy room, speech therapy room and in-patient department. And in in-patient department, we will also give bed-side education about the patients.
Students will participate in conference of physiatric examination, a meeting of solving clinical problems, and become to understand rehabilitation medicine very well.
Course Title : Family Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
MED367 Family Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological clinical and behaviral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity. During clerkship period students understand the principles of family medicine and develop their own basic skills for the primary care.
MED 373 Obstetrics and Gynecology
The students should acquire knowledge about the normal anatomy, histology and physiology of obstertric & gynecology as well as in pathologic conditions. Further more, it is our goal to classify the obstetric & gynocologic diseases and acknowledge incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
Oncology block lecture is open to understand the biology and the tumorigenesis of malignant cells, to understand the principles of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and their toxicities, and finally to manage the cancer patients accurately.
Alleergology
The prevalence of asthma is increasing tendency because of air pollution of civilizatio, industrialization and change of dietary behavior. It makes understand the pathogenesis of allergic disorders and motivates the diagnosis and treatment.
Course Title : Diagnostic Radiology and Clinical Clerkship 1
MED376 Diagnostic Radiology of Clinical Clerkship
The objective of this course is to enable the students to apply the knowledge learned from lectures to clinical practice and to familiarize students with various radiological procedures. In this course, students are required to learn the indication of various radiological studies and basic radiological findings of common diseases.
MED378 Diagnostic Radiology
The objective of this coure is to help students to understand radiological findings of various diseases involving particularly the chest, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal systems on the basis of anatomy and pathology and to use the knowledges in clinical practice
Family medicine is the medical speciality which provides continous and comprehensive care for the individual and whole family.
Family oriented primary care encompasses the biological,clinical and behavioral aspects of medicine, and deal with common diseases irrespective of age and sex.
Family medicine clerkship offers the opportunity for medical students to help them become familiar with primary care. Medical students learn roles of family physician in the community and basic skills necessary to primary health providers.
The field of laboratory medicine primarily focuses on practicing all kinds of laboratory examinations and further interpreting the examination results to set up diagnosis of diseases, predict prognosis, and to aid in the treatment of patients. Therefore, the main objective of our department is to train medical laboratory examination professionals who would be able to acquire professional knowledge and to grasp the most updated current laboratory examinations along with current treatment trends.
Course Title : LABORATORY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
The field of laboratory medicine primarily focuses on practicing all kinds of laboratory examinations and further interpreting the examination results to set up diagnosis of diseases, predict prognosis, and to aid in the treatment of patients. Therefore, the main objective of our department is to train medical laboratory examination professionals who would be able to acquire professional knowledge and to grasp the most updated current laboratory examinations along with current treatment trends.
Directs the students to achieve the basic theories in order to understand the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of various different surgical diseases related to the field of Surgery, especially those related to basic biomedical science.
Enables the students to experience various clinical practices (surgical practice, pre & post surgical management). Leading them to use knowledge related to surgical diseases acquired during the second and third medical year, ultimately helping to apply the experience directly to future doctor's life.
Role of radiation therapy in the management of cancer patients should be recognized and principle of cancer treatment is also undestood. Knowledge of radiaation therapy in clinical basis should be obtained.
MED475 Clinical Clerkship in Psychiatry
this course is desinged to make trainee's knowedge on pshchiatry perfect through direct clinical practice.
This is to outline all fields of neuropsychiatry and the main purpose of the course is to provides practical Interdisciplinary study.
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology
MED 477 Clinical Clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Clinical rotation for the medical students in our department enables them to experience how the theoretical informations are used in clinical practice. Patient managing, history taking improves the ability to diagnose diseases accurately. Students are required to attend all the lecture, conferences, seminar, journal review and grand round.
This 6-week course is offered to meet the specific needs of individual trainees as future physicians. It prepares trainees to practice medicine and to keep their experiences in the managed care environments. The department is composed of the divisions of hematology, oncology, neonatology, allergy, immunology, respiratory diseases, neurology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, cardiology and gastroenterology for optimal care and a friendly environment for kids and their families.
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Emergency Medicine
To diagnose and treat emergency patients by understanding the procedure of
immediate initial recognition, evaluation, care, and disposition of patients
with acute illness and injury.
MED484 Psychiatry
this course is desinged to make trainee's knowedge on pshchiatry perfect through direct clinical practice.
This is to outline all fields of neuropsychiatry and the main purpose of the course is to provides practical Interdisciplinary study.
To achieve the ability of recognition of treatment priority and early stabilization of
emergency patient before specialized care by understanding the general concept
of the specificity of acute illness and injury and emergency medical system.
MED 487 Hospital Management
This course introduces the basic concept and the knowledge on hospital management to medical students, who may participate in hospital management in the future as health care providers. Students are expected to play a constructive role in providing medical services of high quality and managing hospital efficiently.
This course include such basic contents as follows:
1. The function and the role of the hospital
2. Basic concept on hospital management
3. Hospital planning
4. Managing organization in the hospital
5. Resource management in the hospital
6. Medical practice and medical practice support
7. Hospital accounting and managing financial affairs
8. Hospital Marketing and Information Management
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Nuclear Medicine
MED488 Clinical Clerkship in Nuclear medicine
Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that uses radiopharmaceuticals that are attracted to specific organs, bones, or tissues both to document organ function and structure, and treat disease. As an integral part of patient care, nuclear medicine is used in the diagnosis, management, treatment, and prevention of serious disease. Students learn basic concepts of physics and radiopharmacy, imaging diagnosis of each diseases, treatment with radioisotopes.
MED354 Orthopedic Surgery and Clinical
Orthopedics is the medical and surgical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of human body's musculoskeletal system, which includes bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.
Our department educates practical approach of orthopedics, providing educational and clinical services.
Course Title : Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED356 Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
The training of the surgical management of the actual patients in the field of the thoracic surgery is acquired, which was only theoretical knowledge learned from the lectures of the thoracic surgery.
The student, with the help of the staffs and the residents, is able to diagnose and manage the different types of diseases as well as assess the surgical indication in the thoracic surgery department through physical examination and surgical observation.
Course Title : Plastic Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
Plastic surgery is a specialized branch of surgery concerned with the repair of deformities and the correction of functional deficits.
Besides dasic field-wound heaing scar,alloplastic implant,it consists of bums, pressure dores, maxillofacial injury.
congenital maxillofacial anomalies-clefrt lip &cosmetic surgery, and hand surgery.
Recently we have become concened with alloplastic implants, microvascular surgery, maxillofacial reconstuctive surgery,and abdomen &body contouring surgery.In Polyclinic ,students are required to apply the concepts of clinical medicine that they have learned in lecture to simulated clinical situations.We teach the process of diagno-sis - including topics such as attitude toward patients, history taking , physical examina-tion , special test/treatmant ,plan method of treatment (operation) and construction for prognosis. In the emergency room and operating room , studends are taught by resi-dents or professors, during which time they apply their skills and are evaluated.
We also teach wound healing and suture techniques.
Our doctors apply their knowledge to clini-cal practice, conferences and understand -ing of patients for the benefit of patients.
Course Title : Opthalmology and Clinical Clerkship
The purpose of our curriculum is to make medical students know the basic science of the eye, including anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Moreover the eye has a close association with other disease, elsewhere, acknowledgement of ocular manifestations of systemic diseases is another purpose of our curriculum. In ophthalmologic speciality; external ocular disease, glaucoma, retina, cataract, strabismus, oculoplastics, uvea, and neuroophthalmology, our students can get the basic concept of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of common ocular disease as a general physician and emergency conditions such as ocular trauma, chemical injury, and etc, by the end of our curriculum.
Course Title : Otolaryngology and Clinical Clerkship
The otolaryngologic lecture and clinical clerkship focuses on the important concepts of otolaryngology in order to learn the basic principles of this field. The otolgy includes anatomy, physiology, diseases of the ear and eustachian tube, and neurootologic examination. The rhinology includes anatomy, physiology, diseases of the external nose, nasal cavity, and paranasal sinuses, and maxillofacial trauma. The laryngology includes anatomy, physiology, oncology, and diseases of the oral cavity, laryngopharynx and salivary glands. The bronchoesophagology includes anatomy, physiology, oncology, and disease of the trachea and esophagus.
Course Title : Otolaryngology and Clinical Clerkship
The otolaryngologic lecture and clinical clerkship focuses on the important concepts of otolaryngology in order to learn the basic principles of this field. The otolgy includes anatomy, physiology, diseases of the ear and eustachian tube, and neurootologic examination. The rhinology includes anatomy, physiology, diseases of the external nose, nasal cavity, and paranasal sinuses, and maxillofacial trauma. The laryngology includes anatomy, physiology, oncology, and diseases of the oral cavity, laryngopharynx and salivary glands. The bronchoesophagology includes anatomy, physiology, oncology, and disease of the trachea and esophagus.
The main purpose of clinical clerkship in the Department of Dermatology is to educate medical students, under the supervision of faculty and residents, to get experienced in diagnostic drills and treatments of common skin diseases which are required for a doctor to perform high quality medical serves on his or her local community areas.
To guide medical students in understanding male and female genitourinary and adrenal surgical diseases and to help students acquire understatnding and skills in performing urologic special examination and emergence treatment, by direct interaction with patients.
MED365 Neurology and Clinical Clerkship
In the department, we are teaching about the fundamental knowledge of causes, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatments of common neurologic diseases such as strokes, degenerative disorders, movement disorders, epilepsy, infectious diseases of central nerve system, demyelinating diseases, metabolic disease, comatous mental change, toxic diseases, myopathy and neuropathy. The principle of education is focused on making a proper diagnosis by problem solving rather than a one-way lecture. Education is helpful in examinations of patients by students. In the ordinal course of study, the students must be understanding the principle of diagnosis and management, and have an adequate techniques as a general practitioner.
Our concrete courses of study are as following;
1. the student learn how to examine the out-patients regarding mental status, high cortical function, cranial nerve, motor system, sensory system, reflex system and cerebellar function
2. the student learn how to examine the comatous patients
3. the student learn how to diagnose the diseases and manage the patients.
After the clinical practice & the lecture of clinical fields, the students should be learned all of the subjects in medical school for primary physician.
This course include overall subjects of medical course & clinical practice.
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Internal Medicine
MED 474 Clinical Clerkship in Internal Medicine
The aim of the clinical practice of internal medicine in which students participate through outpatients departments, admission rooms, room for endoscopy, room for artificial kidney, center for heart, intensive care unit, and emergency room, based on lectyre, is to let medical students be better clinicians.
Course Title : Field Practice of Community Medicine
MED 480 Field Practice of Community Medicine
This course introduces the methods for application of the basic theory of preventive medicine, and administrative and managing skills for heath promotion. This course consists of public health administration, health care system and law, health care delivery system, medical insurance, community medicine, maternal health, and other topics associated with these subjects.
Course Title : Comprehensive Assessment of Clinical Medicine
The purpose of this course is assessment of clinical knowledge and practice during 3 years in medical school course. This course assess the knowledge about patients and diseases whether the students can deal with primary care for patients after graduation of medical school. The methods of assessment are writing examination for knowledge and practical examination for clinical skill. And so, we help the students dealing with good score for national examination of clinician after graduation.
After clinical practice in 4th grade, the students are learned two subjects among all subjects of clinical courses. Two subjects should be selected by professors & students among the insufficient subjects & wanting subjects.
Course Title : Comprehensive Seminar on Medical Topics
Med 490 Comprehensive Seminar on Medical Topics
Students will be divided into 20 small groups and problem based learning will performed under the tutor's guidance for 4 weeks
Course Title : Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Med 491 Objective structured clinical examination
Total of 20 to 25 stations of various clinical questions such as history taking, physical examination and practical suture process et al will be prepared and evaluate students to improve their clinical skill in primary care unit.
MED112 Physiology &Practice
Based on the basic knowledge for bioelectricity, membrane transport, control system, peripheral nerve and muscle, physiology is one of the basic sciences which studies integrative functions of human being and then provides the students with an ability to understand abnormal functions. Main topics of this course include functions of blood and heart , circulatory system, formation of urine, control of body fluid volume, pulmonary ventilation and transport of O2 and CO2, digestion and absorption of ingested foods, and secretion and functions of various hormones. Laboratory session provide the students with opportunities to put learned knowledge into practice.
MED114 Biochemistry and practice
Medical Biochemistry aims understanding the synthesis and degradation of biomolecules of human body such as genes, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. Molecular characteristics and biological functions of the biomolecules will be discussed through lecture and experiments. The course is primarily focused on the development of concepts for the molecular biology of human diseases. Medical Biochemistry also deals life phenomena such as cellular growth and multiplication, differentiation, cell cycle, signaling pathway, and cellular senescence. Based on the information obtained in this course, the specific mechanism underlying pathogenesis of human diseases will be discussed in a molecular level through
MED 131 Anatomy and Practice
Designed to inform the student of the structure of the human body, the interrelation of the body's parts and appropriate clinical references. The course is largely based on dissection and covers osteology, myology, angiology, neurology, head, neck, thorax and abdomen, and extremities.
MED 132 Histology and Practice
Lectures and laboratory work using microscope and EM, dealing with fine structure functions of human cells, tissues and organs. Emphasis on laboratory work.
MED 109 Embryology
The purpose of this class is to learn the developmental process of human embryo and fetus, which will provide the basic information about causes of developmental disorders as well as the structure and function of human body.
Med 115 Pharmacology and Practice
Pharmacology is an experimental science of which purpose is to investigate the biological activities of drugs and their mechanism of action. The main purpose of this course is to make students understand the basic concepts concerning the therapeutic effects as well as adverse and toxic effects of drugs. The knowledge obtained through this course will help students to choose appropriate drugs for the treatment and prevention of diseases in clinical medicine. Especially, practice course deals with the evaluation of drug effects by measuring the changes in physiological activities occurring after challenging drugs to a living system and this will allow for students to have valuable chances to compare therapeutic effects of drug with their adverse effects in experimental animals.
MED 201 Pathology and Practice 1
Pathology is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field to study etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, as well as the fundamental morphologic, physiologic, molecular and clinical descriptions that are critical to the understanding of specific disease processes. Pathology plays a key role in patient care, as well as in basic science and clinical research at hospital and the medical school forging intellectual links between diagnostic services and basic sciences. Pathology and Practice 1 include basic science of cellular, subcellular and molecular mechanisms involved in cell proliferation and death, inflammation, defense mechanism, genetic disorders, pathophysiology of infection, neoplasia, and vascular disorders.
MED 208 Parasitology and practice
This course is a general introduction to medical parasitology including protozoology,
helminthology, medical entomology and parasite immunology. This course teaches basic facts on the important the human parasites with references to the modes of transmission, life cycles and intermediate hosts. Emphasis is placed on the pathogenesis and clinical aspects of parasitic diseases. Prevention, control and therapy are also considered.
MED264 Neuroscience and Practice
Introduction to the science of the structure and function of the nervous sysrem in health and disease.
The aim is to provide the medical student with concepts of prac-tical neurolog ;diagnosis and treatmant of the medical disorder of the nervous sys-tem; correct and early disgnosis of the patient with a neurosurgical disorder; study and enlargement of the knowledge of the functions of the nervous system; disorders of consciousness and equilibrium , cere-brovascuiar diseases,seizure disorders, headaches and pain , movement disorders, degenerative diseases, demyelinating dis-eases, infectious diseases, metabolic-toxic diseases,nutritional diseaese, neoplas-mas, developmental abnormalities,periph-eral nerve diseases, neuromuscular junc-tion and musculsar diseases,and psychi-atric diseases presented as neurologic dis-eases are covered.
BIO334 Immunology
Aim of this course is to provide understandings on the about basic immunological principles underlying various physiological processes in normal as well as in disease state. The course will also provide immunological concepts behind various diagnostic and treatment protocols. Major topics of the course are as follows:
1. The components of the immune system
2. Innate and adaptive immunity
3. Measurements of the immune responses
4. Structure and function of the antibody/Ig gene rearrangement and expression
5. Antigen recognition by T lymphocytes
6. Lymphocyte development and differentiation
7. T cell-mediated immunity
8. Complement system
10. Infection and immunity
11. Immmunodeficiency diseases
12. Allergy and hypersensitivity
13. Tumor immunity
14. manipulating the immune responses
MED113 Micribiology and Practice
Includes the principles of microbial with apecial attention to microbial physiology , genetics, chemotherapeutic agents, and host-parasite relationshop, and their patho-genic processes.
Also includes immune response, allergic diseases, immunogenet-ics and autoimmune diseases.
Host-para-site interaction of selected human viruses at the cellular , molecular,and oranism levels will be discussed along with general properties of viruses.
MED 202 Pathology and Practice 2
Pathology is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field to study etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, as well as the fundamental morphologic, physiologic, molecular and clinical descriptions that are critical to the understanding of specific disease processes. Pathology plays a key role in patient care, as well as in basic science and clinical research at hospital and the medical school forging intellectual links between diagnostic services and basic sciences.
Pathology and Practice 2 includes pathology of organ system including overview of normal structure and function of the system, structural and molecular basis, clinical presentation and diagnosis of diseases in each system.
MED244 Medical Ethics
Medical ethics is a subject about enhancement of patient wellness. Recently many doctors are interested in many technical developments as a result of industrialization. So it is needed that doctors should be educated not to concern only in the technical practice but to promote the general well being of the patients, to make up a good relations with the patients, and to have a good ethical attitudes in clinical activities and basic research works.
MED246 Molecular Medicine
Recent advances in life science, we have to understand the basic principle of human disease at molecular level. Then this course gives various knowledge on basic molecular biology and its use to medical fields. And it also introduce the most recent techniques which are used in diagnosis and treatment of disease.
MED247 Preventive Medicine II.
The educational purpose of this course goes into the details of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and Health Policy and Management.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is divided into three divisions which consists of (1) infectious and chronic disease epidemiology (2) Clinical and experimental health care management and previously obtained knowledge of basic environmental medicine along with clinical skills, students learn various hazards in modern industrial workplace and their health effects so they can manage the hazards & prevent the work related illness.
Health Care and Management
This course provides the basic concepts of medical sociology, medical resource, and its organization, health delivery system, health informatics, medical economics, health administration, and the methods necessary for planning, operation, and evaluation of diverse health programs. Ultimately, the goal of this course is to let students play a right doctor role as an element of health care system.
MED249 Medical Genetics
Medical genetics is the study of genetic principle and method which are used in clinical field. Especially, This course is designed for understanding of the genetic knowledge of chromosomal syndrome, metabolic inborn error, drug susceptibility, etc. And it also provides the principle of carrier detection, prenatal diagnosis, and recurrence risk of genetic disease.
MED252 Introduction of Clinical Medicine
In this course, students develop their basic knowledge, attitude and skills which are essentials of becoming physician. This course provides basic clinical interview skill, physical examination, basics of laboratory and image diagnosis, principles of evidence-based medicine and medical record keeping.
In teaching of the surgery, students will be learned introduction of surgery prior to the block lectures of gastrointestinal part, endocrine part, nephrologic part, hepatobiliary and pancreas part, and cardiovascular part.
This lecture includes fluid and electrlyte, shock, hematologic principles, metabolism in surgical patients, wound healing, principles of operative surgery, surgical infections and choice of antibiotics, surgical complications, management of acute trauma, and burns. The perpose of this lecture is increasing of effectiveness of block lecture and introduction of surgery for students.
PRE203 Behavior Science 1
This course is designed to outline human behavior theory from genetical and biological aspects and to teach the influence of motivation, cognition and emotion, development to human being. Helping medical students understand the progress of development in human behavior and emotion in biological, social and psychological point of view.
Course Title : Comprehensive Assessment of Basic Medical Science
MED251 Comprehensive Assessment of Basic Medicil
The purpose of this class is to evaluate the knowledge and practice of students after finishing the curriculum of basic medical sciences
MED 253 Gastoenterology
The purpose is to educate the functions of digestive organs (stomach, liver, intestine etc.) with the activation of basic science knowledge. The program also provides the education for gastrointestinal disorders to improve student's quality as a doctor.
MED 254 Respiratory Disease
Respiratory medicine put knowledge of function and basic medicine of respiratory organs to practical use and finds knowledge of respiratory diseases. The goal of respiratory medicine is an upgrading the quality of general medicine.
MED 256 Endocrinology
The Encocrinology-Metabolism course is a 2-week program consisted of lectures for basec science, pathophysiology, and management of diseases related to endocrinology and metabolism. The goal of the course is to provide superior, coordinated, and practical education for medical students.
MED257 Nephrology
These lectures include the chinical and basic science information in renal medicine.
It is targeted at medical students and house officers.
The contents of the lectures cover the discription of the normal kidney and of techniques used to evaluate kidney function and anatomy. And subsequently offer acknowledgement on glomerular diseases, acute renal failure, chronic renal failure, hypertnsion, dialysis, transplantation, and application of renal physiology to clinical problems.
MED258 Clinical neurologic
Neurology is that the study of diagnosis and management for the neurologic diseases through understanding its being based on anatomical, physiological, biochemical knowledge for central nerve system (such as cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord), peripheral nerve system, and muscular system.
1. the students understand the symptoms of central nerve system, peripheral nerve system, and muscular system from the fundamental knowledge of neuroanatomical structure
2. the students learn the principles and methods of neurologic examination for clinical adjustment
3. the students learn the basic information of indication and interpretation on the neurophysiologic test and diagnostic tools.
MED 259 Reproductive Medicine
The objective of reproductive medicine is to acquire knowledge of the function of reproductive organs mainly ovary and diseases of these organs so that to comprehend about the basis of reproductive medicine as general physician.
MED 260 Hematology
Hematology block lecture is open to understand the function and the pathophysiology of blood forming organs, to manage the hematologic diseases, and finally to be qualified as a general practitioner.
MED 261 Musculoskeletal diseases
Musculoskeletal diseases lecture is designed to understand basic function and pathophysiology of muscle, joint, and bone tissue of human, and to provide proper diagnosis and management of various diseases related to the musculoskeletal system.
MED262 Infectious disease
Microorganism are inducing many diseases in human bodies. Lecture of Infectious disease provide thorough knowledge about the epidemiology, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, pathology, clinical manifestation, diagnostic methods, therapeutic methods, prognosis of each infectious organism and the infectious disease.
MED 263 Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most challenging medical issue in our westernizing social environment. This block lecture about cardiovascular disease is an integrated program in which all of the basic and clinical medical departments involved in the cardiovascular care are participating. Through these lectures, students can experience not only the definition, pathophysiolosic mechanism, epidermiologic background, pathologic characteristics, clinical symptoms, complications, diagnostic methods, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of each cardiologic disceases but also the clinical process how cardiovascular diseases are managed and overcome. This knowledge can be of great help for the student to be an excellent clinician in primary care setting.
MED219 Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics is a part of the College of Medicine at the Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. Physically located on the campus of Hanyang University Hospital, the department is staffed by 11 faculty. The department provides and the local campuses and nationally.
We make efforts to provide the highest quality, comprehensive, and well-organized curriculum and program for our students, residents, fellows, and other trainees. We tailor our instruction to meet the specific needs of individual trainees. We prepare our trainees to practice medicine in the managed care environment. We are innovators in education and we both continuously improve our programs and continuously develop the teaching skills of our educators.
Our department is composed of division of hematology, oncology, neonatology, allergy, immunology, respiratody diseases, neurology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, cardiology, and gastroenterology.
We perform the cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children and adolescents. These clinical activities can be a good opportunities and challenges for the medical students to learn the subject of pediatrics. We are good stewards of our resources and are committed to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism in management. We recognize that each and every member of the department has a unique and important role in fulfilling our mission.
MED236 Orthopedic surgery
Orthopedics is the medical and surgical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of human body's musculoskeletal system, which includes bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.
Our department educates and introduces the basic and clinical knowledge of orthopedics to achieve ability to solve the common clinical problems in orthpedics.
MED 238 Diagnostic Radiology
The objective of this course is to help students to understand radiological findings of various diseases involving particularly the chest, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal systems on the basis of anatomy and pathology and to use the knowledges in clinical practice.
MED 240 Ophthalmology
The purpose of our curriculum is to teach medical students the concept and knowledge of general ophthalmology. And to make them diagnose and treat common ophthalmic diseases as a general physician.
MED 241 Otolaryngology
The lecture focuses on the generalized theory of anatophysiology and pathologic theory of otology, rhinology, laryngopharyngology, maxillofacial traumatology, head and neck surgery, and bronchoesophagology.
MED 242 Dermatology
We will provide medical students with lectures of integrated basic science and clinical diseases, enabling them to provide excellent patient care, and to advance practical knowledge and interest in the clinical and basic dermatology. We will educate medical students to expand their understanding of skin and its disorders.
MED330 Dentistry
Introduction to basic knowledge of general dentistry, head & neck anatomy, oral histology, oral pathology, oral medicine, oral & maxillofacial surgery, prothodontics, implantology, orthodontics, periodontics, operative dentistry, preventive dentistry, and temporomandibular disorders to facilitate the mutual understanding of dentistry and medicine.
MED 331 Legal Medicine
Legal Medicine deals with a practical overview of medical facts that are related to regal problems including, injuries and injurious agents, scientific death investigation, accident, and medicolegal aspects of sexual function and legal issues of medical practices.
MED 336 Rehabilitation medicine
Rehabilitation medicine is a field that studies the method how to care the patients, who have loss or impairment of their physical functions, return to their normal life as a normal healthy person. In the introduction, it encloses the concept of rehabilitation and evaluation of disability and in the special treatise, it encloses rehabilitation of disabled patients due to stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal problem including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, low back pain, prostheses and orthoses due to amputation, clinical EMG, etc.
MED 340 Plastic Surgery
The main objective of this course is to make a thorough study of diagnosis and treatment of functional disabilities and cosmetic appearance involving congenital and acquired deformities of the body. And the topics include basic concepts of wound healing, congenital anomaly including cleft lip and palate, maxillofacial and hand trauma, tumors of head and neck, skin and soft tissue defects, burn etc.
MED346 Family Medicine
Family medicine is the medical speciality which provides continous and comprehensive care for the individual and whole family.
Family oriented primary care encompasses the biological,clinical and behavioral aspects of medicine, and deal with common diseases irrespective of age and sex.
Family medicine clerkship offers the opportunity for medical students to help them become familiar with primary care. Medical students learn roles of family physician in the community and basic skills necessary to primary health providers.
MED 352 Laws for Physician
This course is aimed at enabling students as future health provider to understand the intent of the laws on Public Health and to practice based on the understanding.
Course Title : Diagnostic Radiology and Clinical Clerkship
MED 363 Diagnostic Radiology of Clinical Clerkship
The objective of this course is to enable the students to apply the knowledge learned from lectures to clinical practice and to familiarize students with various radiological procedures. In this course, students are required to learn the indication of various radiological studies and basic radiological findings of common diseases.
Course Title : Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
MED 366 Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
Rehabilitation medicine is a field that studies the method how to care the patients, who have loss or impairment of their physical functions, return to their normal life as a normal healthy person. In the introduction, it encloses the concept of rehabilitation and evaluation of disability and in the special treatise, it encloses rehabilitation of disabled patients due to stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal problem including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, low back pain, prostheses and orthoses due to amputation, clinical EMG, etc.
In polyclinic practice we will cultivate the ability to apply clinical knowledge we had learned in rehabilitation lecture. And we will introduce physical medicine and comprehensive rehabilitation. We will give the opportunity of clinical practices to students in out-patient department, EMG room, Cybex room, exercise therapy room, electrical therapy room, traction therapy room, hydrotherapy room, occupational therapy room, speech therapy room and in-patient department. And in in-patient department, we will also give bed-side education about the patients.
Students will participate in conference of physiatric examination, a meeting of solving clinical problems, and become to understand rehabilitation medicine very well.
Course Title : Family Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
MED367 Family Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological clinical and behaviral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity. During clerkship period students understand the principles of family medicine and develop their own basic skills for the primary care.
Course Title : Therapeutic Radiology and Clinical Clerkship
Med368 Therapeutic Radiology clinical clerkship
To understand principle of radiation therapy in cancer patients and combined modality of cancer therapy. Also participate in actual treatment procedure at the Department of Therapeutic Radiology
MED 373 Obstetrics and Gynecology
The students should acquire knowledge about the normal anatomy, histology and physiology of obstertric & gynecology as well as in pathologic conditions. Further more, it is our goal to classify the obstetric & gynocologic diseases and acknowledge incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
MED 380 Oncology
Oncology block lecture is open to understand the biology and the tumorigenesis of malignant cells, to understand the principles of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and their toxicities, and finally to manage the cancer patients accurately.
MED 381 Alleergology
The prevalence of asthma is increasing tendency because of air pollution of civilizatio, industrialization and change of dietary behavior. It makes understand the pathogenesis of allergic disorders and motivates the diagnosis and treatment.
Course Title : Clinicopathological Conference(C.P.C.)
MED 382 C.P.C.
CPC is a comprehensive clinical, radiological and pathological case discussion by student groups to develop ability to make problem lists, differential diagnoses for each problem listed, descriptions of the data supporting or opposing each point in the differential diagnosis, and diagnostic approach to each problem.
The field of laboratory medicine primarily focuses on practicing all kinds of laboratory examinations and further interpreting the examination results to set up diagnosis of diseases, predict prognosis, and to aid in the treatment of patients. Therefore, the main objective of our department is to train medical laboratory examination professionals who would be able to acquire professional knowledge and to grasp the most updated current laboratory examinations along with current treatment trends.
Course Title : LABORATORY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
The field of laboratory medicine primarily focuses on practicing all kinds of laboratory examinations and further interpreting the examination results to set up diagnosis of diseases, predict prognosis, and to aid in the treatment of patients. Therefore, the main objective of our department is to train medical laboratory examination professionals who would be able to acquire professional knowledge and to grasp the most updated current laboratory examinations along with current treatment trends.
Directs the students to achieve the basic theories in order to understand the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of various different surgical diseases related to the field of Surgery, especially those related to basic biomedical science.
Enables the students to experience various clinical practices (surgical practice, pre & post surgical management). Leading them to use knowledge related to surgical diseases acquired during the second and third medical year, ultimately helping to apply the experience directly to future doctor's life.
Role of radiation therapy in the management of cancer patients should be recognized and principle of cancer treatment is also undestood. Knowledge of radiaation therapy in clinical basis should be obtained.
MED475 Clinical Clerkship in Psychiatry
this course is desinged to make trainee's knowedge on pshchiatry perfect through direct clinical practice.
This is to outline all fields of neuropsychiatry and the main purpose of the course is to provides practical Interdisciplinary study.
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology
MED 477 Clinical Clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Clinical rotation for the medical students in our department enables them to experience how the theoretical informations are used in clinical practice. Patient managing, history taking improves the ability to diagnose diseases accurately. Students are required to attend all the lecture, conferences, seminar, journal review and grand round.
MED478 Clinical Clerkship in Pediatrics
We make efforts to provide the highest quality, comprehensive, and well-organized curriculum and program for our students, residents, fellows, and other trainees. We tailor our instruction to meet the specific needs of individual trainees. We prepare our trainees to practice medicine in the managed care environment. We are innovators in education and we both continuously improve our programs and continuously develop the teaching skills of our educators.
Our department is composed of division of hematology, oncology, neonatology, allergy, immunology, respiratody diseases, neurology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, cardiology, gastroenterology.
We perform the cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children and adolescents. These clinical activities can be a good opportunities and challenges for the medical students to learn the subject of pediatrics. We are good stewards of our resources and are committed to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism in management. We recognize that each and every member of the department has a unique and important role in fulfilling our mission.
The medical students can have clinical practices at the outpaient department, newborn nursery, emergency room, and pediatric inpatient wards, and they can observe any clinical activities related with all pediatric patients.
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Private Clinics
MED482 Clinical Clerkship in Private Clinics
The purpose of this course is the learning of primary patient care in private clinic fields for primary physician after graduation of medical school.
MED484 Psychiatry
this course is desinged to make trainee's knowedge on pshchiatry perfect through direct clinical practice.
This is to outline all fields of neuropsychiatry and the main purpose of the course is to provides practical Interdisciplinary study.
To achieve the ability of recognition of treatment priority and early stabilization of
emergency patient before specialized care by understanding the general concept
of the specificity of acute illness and injury and emergency medical system.
MED 487 Hospital Management
This course introduces the basic concept and the knowledge on hospital management to medical students, who may participate in hospital management in the future as health care providers. Students are expected to play a constructive role in providing medical services of high quality and managing hospital efficiently.
This course include such basic contents as follows:
1. The function and the role of the hospital
2. Basic concept on hospital management
3. Hospital planning
4. Managing organization in the hospital
5. Resource management in the hospital
6. Medical practice and medical practice support
7. Hospital accounting and managing financial affairs
8. Hospital Marketing and Information Management
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Nuclear Medicine
MED488 Clinical Clerkship in Nuclear medicine
Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that uses radiopharmaceuticals that are attracted to specific organs, bones, or tissues both to document organ function and structure, and treat disease. As an integral part of patient care, nuclear medicine is used in the diagnosis, management, treatment, and prevention of serious disease. Students learn basic concepts of physics and radiopharmacy, imaging diagnosis of each diseases, treatment with radioisotopes.
MED354 Orthopedic Surgery and Clinical
Orthopedics is the medical and surgical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of human body's musculoskeletal system, which includes bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.
Our department educates practical approach of orthopedics, providing educational and clinical services.
Course Title : Neurosurgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED 355 Neurosurgery and Clinical Clerkship
To provide the basic concepts of various neurosurgical diseases ;
Via curriculum, we instruct the students about symptomatology, mechanism and management of
intracranial tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, trauma, spinal diseases, functional surgery,
pain surgery, peripheral nerve disorder.
Via clinical practice, we provide the students for general acknowledgement about
neunosurgical disorder needed to general practitioner
Course Title : Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED356 Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
The training of the surgical management of the actual patients in the field of the thoracic surgery is acquired, which was only theoretical knowledge learned from the lectures of the thoracic surgery.
The student, with the help of the staffs and the residents, is able to diagnose and manage the different types of diseases as well as assess the surgical indication in the thoracic surgery department through physical examination and surgical observation.
Course Title : Plastic Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED357 Plastic Surgery and Climical Clerkship
Plastic surgery is a specialized branch of surgery concerned with the repair of deformities and the correction of functional deficits.
Besides dasic field-wound heaing scar,alloplastic implant,it consists of bums, pressure dores, maxillofacial injury.
congenital maxillofacial anomalies-clefrt lip &cosmetic surgery, and hand surgery.
Recently we have become concened with alloplastic implants, microvascular surgery, maxillofacial reconstuctive surgery,and abdomen &body contouring surgery.In Polyclinic ,students are required to apply the concepts of clinical medicine that they have learned in lecture to simulated clinical situations.We teach the process of diagno-sis - including topics such as attitude toward patients, history taking , physical examina-tion , special test/treatmant ,plan method of treatment (operation) and construction for prognosis. In the emergency room and operating room , studends are taught by resi-dents or professors, during which time they apply their skills and are evaluated.
We also teach wound healing and suture techniques.
Our doctors apply their knowledge to clini-cal practice, conferences and understand -ing of patients for the benefit of patients.
Course Title : Opthalmology and Clinical Clerkship
MED 358 Ophthalmology and Clinical Clerkship
The purpose of our curriculum is to make medical students know the basic science of the eye, including anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Moreover the eye has a close association with other disease, elsewhere, acknowledgement of ocular manifestations of systemic diseases is another purpose of our curriculum. In ophthalmologic speciality; external ocular disease, glaucoma, retina, cataract, strabismus, oculoplastics, uvea, and neuroophthalmology, our students can get the basic concept of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of common ocular disease as a general physician and emergency conditions such as ocular trauma, chemical injury, and etc, by the end of our curriculum.
Course Title : Otolaryngology and Clinical Clerkship
MED 359 Otolaryngology and Clinical Clerkship
The progress of the otolaryngology lecture focuses on the important concepts of otolaryngology in order to learn the basic concepts of this field. Otolaryngology patients complain about certain symptoms, and in order to resolve them, the first step is to take an approach method with the most basic examination and treatment methods. The progress of the lecture deals with the clinical contents and basic physiology of each different diseases. The lecture on otology gives the students a general concept of the ear, anatomical structure of the ear, physiology of the ear, diseases of the ear, and neurootological examination method of the ear. The lecture on rhinology deals with the general concept of the nose, anatomical structure of the paranasal sinus, physiology, diseases, and maxillofacial trauma. The lecture on laryngology deals with the general anatomical and physiological concept of the larynx, diseases of the oral cavity, salivary gland, pharynx, and larynx. The lecture on bronchoesophagology deals with general anatomical and physiological concept of trachea, bronchus, and esophagus and tumors, especially malignant tumors.
MED 360 Dermatology & Clinical clerkship
The main purpose of clinical clerkship in the Department of Dermatology is to educate medical students, under the supervision of faculty and residents, to get experienced in diagnostic drills and treatments of common skin diseases which are required for a doctor to perform high quality medical serves on his or her local community areas.
MED 361 Urology & Clinical Clerkship
To guide medical students in understanding male and female genitourinary and adrenal surgical diseases and to help students acquire understanding and skills in performing urologic special examination and emergence treatment, by direct interaction with patients.
MED365 Neurology and Clinical Clerkship
In the department, we are teaching about the fundamental knowledge of causes, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatments of common neurologic diseases such as strokes, degenerative disorders, movement disorders, epilepsy, infectious diseases of central nerve system, demyelinating diseases, metabolic disease, comatous mental change, toxic diseases, myopathy and neuropathy. The principle of education is focused on making a proper diagnosis by problem solving rather than a one-way lecture. Education is helpful in examinations of patients by students. In the ordinal course of study, the students must be understanding the principle of diagnosis and management, and have an adequate techniques as a general practitioner.
Our concrete courses of study are as following;
1. the student learn how to examine the out-patients regarding mental status, high cortical function, cranial nerve, motor system, sensory system, reflex system and cerebellar function
2. the student learn how to examine the comatous patients
3. the student learn how to diagnose the diseases and manage the patients.
Med375 Clinical (C.B.L.)
After the clinical practice & the lecture of clinical fields, the students should be learned all of the subjects in medical school for primary physician.
This course include overall subjects of medical course & clinical practice.
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Internal Medicine
MED 474 Clinical Clerkship in Internal Medicine
The aim of the clinical practice of internal medicine in which students participate through outpatients departments, admission rooms, room for endoscopy, room for artificial kidney, center for heart, intensive care unit, and emergency room, based on lectyre, is to let medical students be better clinicians.
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Emergency Medicine
To diagnose and treat emergency patients by understanding the procedure of
immediate initial recognition, evaluation, care, and disposition of patients
with acute illness and injury.
Course Title : Field Practice of Community Medicine
MED 480 Field Practice of Community Medicine
This course introduces the methods for application of the basic theory of preventive medicine, and administrative and managing skills for heath promotion. This course consists of public health administration, health care system and law, health care delivery system, medical insurance, community medicine, maternal health, and other topics associated with these subjects.
Course Title : Comprehensive Assessment of Clinical Medicine
Med481 Comprehensive Assessment of clinical Medicine
The purpose of this course is assessment of clinical knowledge and practice during 3 years in medical school course. This course assess the knowledge about patients and diseases whether the students can deal with primary care for patients after graduation of medical school. The methods of assessment are writing examination for knowledge and practical examination for clinical skill. And so, we help the students dealing with good score for national examination of clinician after graduation.
Med489 Selective Advanced Clerkship
After clinical practice in 4th grade, the students are learned two subjects among all subjects of clinical courses. Two subjects should be selected by professors & students among the insufficient subjects & wanting subjects.
Course Title : Comprehensive Seminar on Medical Topics
Med 490 Comprehensive Seminar on Medical Topics
Students will be divided into 20 small groups and problem based learning will performed under the tutor's guidance for 4 weeks. The intent of problem-based learning is to challenge the learner with patient problems that will be faced in practice as a stimulus for learning and a focus for organizing what has been learned.
Course Title : Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Med 491 Objective structured clinical examination
Total of 20 to 25 stations of various clinical questions such as history taking, physical examination and practical suture process et al will be prepared and evaluate students to improve their clinical skill in primary care unit.
Competency of a primary care physican can be evaluated at the end of the undergraduate medical education using standardized patients(SPs). Students encounter a series of standardized patients who are trained just like real patients. SPs evaluate behavior of students according to the objective checklists. The achievement results will tell students about their strength, weakness, and suggestions during patient encounter even including decision making. The remediation program will follow the exam for students who have done pooly.
MED 109 Embryology
The purpose of this class is to learn the developmental process of human embryo and fetus, which will provide the basic information about causes of developmental disorders as well as the structure and function of human body.
MED112 Physiology &Practice
Based on the basic knowledge for bioelectricity, membrane transport, control system, peripheral nerve and muscle, physiology is one of the basic sciences which studies integrative functions of human being and then provides the students with an ability to understand abnormal functions. Main topics of this course include functions of blood and heart , circulatory system, formation of urine, control of body fluid volume, pulmonary ventilation and transport of O2 and CO2, digestion and absorption of ingested foods, and secretion and functions of various hormones. Laboratory session provide the students with opportunities to put learned knowledge into practice.
MED114 Biochemistry and practice
Medical Biochemistry aims understanding the synthesis and degradation of biomolecules of human body such as genes, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. Molecular characteristics and biological functions of the biomolecules will be discussed through lecture and experiments. The course is primarily focused on the development of concepts for the molecular biology of human diseases. Medical Biochemistry also deals life phenomena such as cellular growth and multiplication, differentiation, cell cycle, signaling pathway, and cellular senescence. Based on the information obtained in this course, the specific mechanism underlying pathogenesis of human diseases will be discussed in a molecular level through
MED 131 Anatomy and Practice
Designed to inform the student of the structure of the human body, the interrelation of the body's parts and appropriate clinical references. The course is largely based on dissection and covers osteology, myology, angiology, neurology, head, neck, thorax and abdomen, and extremities.
MED 132 Histology and Practice
Lectures and laboratory work using microscope and EM, dealing with fine structure functions of human cells, tissues and organs. Emphasis on laboratory work.
MED264 Neuroscience and Practice
Introduction to the science of the structure and function of the nervous sysrem in health and disease.
The aim is to provide the medical student with concepts of prac-tical neurolog ;diagnosis and treatmant of the medical disorder of the nervous sys-tem; correct and early disgnosis of the patient with a neurosurgical disorder; study and enlargement of the knowledge of the functions of the nervous system; disorders of consciousness and equilibrium , cere-brovascuiar diseases,seizure disorders, headaches and pain , movement disorders, degenerative diseases, demyelinating dis-eases, infectious diseases, metabolic-toxic diseases,nutritional diseaese, neoplas-mas, developmental abnormalities,periph-eral nerve diseases, neuromuscular junc-tion and musculsar diseases,and psychi-atric diseases presented as neurologic dis-eases are covered.
MED113 Micribiology and Practice
Includes the principles of microbial with apecial attention to microbial physiology , genetics, chemotherapeutic agents, and host-parasite relationshop, and their patho-genic processes.
Also includes immune response, allergic diseases, immunogenet-ics and autoimmune diseases.
Host-para-site interaction of selected human viruses at the cellular , molecular,and oranism levels will be discussed along with general properties of viruses.
Med 115 Pharmacology and Practice
Pharmacology is an experimental science of which purpose is to investigate the biological activities of drugs and their mechanism of action. The main purpose of this course is to make students understand the basic concepts concerning the therapeutic effects as well as adverse and toxic effects of drugs. The knowledge obtained through this course will help students to choose appropriate drugs for the treatment and prevention of diseases in clinical medicine. Especially, practice course deals with the evaluation of drug effects by measuring the changes in physiological activities occurring after challenging drugs to a living system and this will allow for students to have valuable chances to compare therapeutic effects of drug with their adverse effects in experimental animals.
Course Title : COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND PRACTICE 1
A doctor interviews a patient to get accurate medical information and to share information based on good rapport. To be an effective medical interviewer a doctor should understand characteristics of a patient and practice individualized principles when approaching to typical cases. This course will let student doctors to know basic skills of patient interview and to refine their skills through role play, encounter both with standardized patients and with real patients under the support of supervisors.
A doctor should serve to human and society through medicine and relevant research. Many doctors showed leadership in oriental and western history as pioneers and put their lofty values into practice. This course will introduce a few historical figures who dedicated themselves to human and their society. Participants will explore other doctor's life to elaborate thier future identity.
The educational purpose of this course goes into the details of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and Health Policy and Management.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is divided into three divisions which consists of (1) infectious and chronic disease epidemiology (2) Clinical and experimental health care management and previously obtained knowledge of basic environmental medicine along with clinical skills, students learn various hazards in modern industrial workplace and their health effects so they can manage the hazards & prevent the work related illness.
Health Care and Management
This course provides the basic concepts of medical sociology, medical resource, and its organization, health delivery system, health informatics, medical economics, health administration, and the methods necessary for planning, operation, and evaluation of diverse health programs. Ultimately, the goal of this course is to let students play a right doctor role as an element of health care system.
MED 201 Pathology and Practice 1
Pathology is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field to study etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, as well as the fundamental morphologic, physiologic, molecular and clinical descriptions that are critical to the understanding of specific disease processes. Pathology plays a key role in patient care, as well as in basic science and clinical research at hospital and the medical school forging intellectual links between diagnostic services and basic sciences. Pathology and Practice 1 include basic science of cellular, subcellular and molecular mechanisms involved in cell proliferation and death, inflammation, defense mechanism, genetic disorders, pathophysiology of infection, neoplasia, and vascular disorders.
MED 208 Parasitology and practice
This course is a general introduction to medical parasitology including protozoology,
helminthology, medical entomology and parasite immunology. This course teaches basic facts on the important the human parasites with references to modes of transmission, life cycles and intermediate hosts. Emphasis is placed on the pathogenesis and clinical aspects of parasitic diseases. Prevention, control and therapy are also considered.
MED249 Medical Genetics
Medical genetics is the study of genetic principle and method which are used in clinical field. Especially, This course is designed for understanding of the genetic knowledge of chromosomal syndrome, metabolic inborn error, drug susceptibility, etc. And it also provides the principle of carrier detection, prenatal diagnosis, and recurrence risk of genetic disease.
MED 202 Pathology and Practice 2
Pathology is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field to study etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, as well as the fundamental morphologic, physiologic, molecular and clinical descriptions that are critical to the understanding of specific disease processes. Pathology plays a key role in patient care, as well as in basic science and clinical research at hospital and the medical school forging intellectual links between diagnostic services and basic sciences.
Pathology and Practice 2 includes pathology of organ system including overview of normal structure and function of the system, structural and molecular basis, clinical presentation and diagnosis of diseases in each system.
MED244 Medical Ethics
Medical ethics is a subject about enhancement of patient wellness. Recently many doctors are interested in many technical developments as a result of industrialization. So it is needed that doctors should be educated not to concern only in the technical practice but to promote the general well being of the patients, to make up a good relations with the patients, and to have a good ethical attitudes in clinical activities and basic research works.
MED246 Molecular Medicine
Because of quick advances in life science, the knowledge about human diseases must be up-to-date and be upgraded continuously at molecular biological level. Then medical students should be able to understand human diseases at molecular biology level and use the knowledge to solve clinical problem. Also, this course introduce the most recent techniques which are essential for diagnosis and treatment of disease.
MED247 Preventive Medicine II.
The educational purpose of this course goes into the details of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and Health Policy and Management.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is divided into three divisions which consists of (1) infectious and chronic disease epidemiology (2) Clinical and experimental health care management and previously obtained knowledge of basic environmental medicine along with clinical skills, students learn various hazards in modern industrial workplace and their health effects so they can manage the hazards & prevent the work related illness.
Health Care and Management
This course provides the basic concepts of medical sociology, medical resource, and its organization, health delivery system, health informatics, medical economics, health administration, and the methods necessary for planning, operation, and evaluation of diverse health programs. Ultimately, the goal of this course is to let students play a right doctor role as an element of health care system.
Course Title : Comprehensive Assessment of Basic Medical Science
MED251 Comprehensive Assessment of Basic Medicil
The purpose of this class is to evaluate the knowledge and practice of students after finishing the curriculum of basic medical sciences such as Anatomy & Practice, Medical genetics, Microbiology & Practice, Biochemistry & Practice, Pharmacology & Practice, Physiology & Practice, Pathology & Practice and Parasitology & Practice in order to improve and assess the experiences of basic medical sciences which provide basic medical knowledge for the comprehensiveness of clinical medical sciences.
Comprehensive understanding is essential to know the medical science and perform the diagnostic procedure as well as therapeutic plans.
This curriculum is to introduce the fundamental knowledge and skills to help understand the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of various diseases.
Course Title : INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE 2
This course is to introduce a comprehensive understanding of the primitive clinical examinations, medical terminology and the medical records. This curriculum will be a basic knowledge for the clinical practice afterward.
Course Title : COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND PRACTICE 2
Doctors feel great difficulty when they meet patients with complex personality and in a special situation such as terminal case, or acute bereavement. This course will introduce basic characteristics of difficult patients according to types, give student doctors to practice their interviewing skills with case scenario, standardized patients, and real patients in terms of difficult patient.
Immunology becomes one of the most important topics in current life science field. Immunology is a composite subject based on basic sciences such as molecular biology, biochemistry and cell biology combined with clinical applications including allergy and autoimmunity. This course is designed to help student to understand a basic concept of immune systems. During the course, students will learn about the mechanism and the expression pattern of the specific immune response. Also, this course will provide the knowledge about immunotherapy for diagnosis and treatment of individual diseases related to human immunity including immunity against infectious agents, autoimmunity, hypersensitivity and graft rejection.
This course is to introduce a comprehensive understanding of the occupational and environmental factors those effects on the health of human, and to apply those knowledge to protecting the public & workers against any health hazard which may arise out of their environments; to contributing towards their physical and mental adjustment,; and to contributing to the establishment and maintenance of the highest possible degree of physical and mental well-being.
PRE203 Behavior Science 1
This course is designed to outline human behavior theory from genetical and biological aspects and to teach the influence of motivation, cognition and emotion, development to human being. Helping medical students understand the progress of development in human behavior and emotion in biological, social and psychological point of view.
The purpose of this subject is to establish the student's ability to understand the pathophysiology of many important digestive diseases and to diagnose and treat them.
The program composes of total 69 hours in 3 consecutive weeks and all related departments will cooperate to minimize the repeat in the same field of the subject.
MED 254 Respiratory Disease
Respiratory medicine put knowledge of function and basic medicine of respiratory organs to practical use and finds knowledge of respiratory diseases. The goal of respiratory medicine is an upgrading the quality of general medicine.
MED 256 Endocrinology
The Encocrinology-Metabolism course is a 2-week program consisted of lectures for basec science, pathophysiology, and management of diseases related to endocrinology and metabolism. The goal of the course is to provide superior, coordinated, and practical education for medical students.
MED257 Nephrology
These lectures include the chinical and basic science information in renal medicine.
It is targeted at medical students and house officers.
The contents of the lectures cover the discription of the normal kidney and of techniques used to evaluate kidney function and anatomy. And subsequently offer acknowledgement on glomerular diseases, acute renal failure, chronic renal failure, hypertnsion, dialysis, transplantation, and application of renal physiology to clinical problems.
MED258 Clinical neurologic
Neurology is that the study of diagnosis and management for the neurologic diseases through understanding its being based on anatomical, physiological, biochemical knowledge for central nerve system (such as cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord), peripheral nerve system, and muscular system.
1. the students understand the symptoms of central nerve system, peripheral nerve system, and muscular system from the fundamental knowledge of neuroanatomical structure
2. the students learn the principles and methods of neurologic examination for clinical adjustment
3. the students learn the basic information of indication and interpretation on the neurophysiologic test and diagnostic tools.
MED 259 Reproductive Medicine
The objective of reproductive medicine is to acquire knowledge of the function of reproductive organs mainly ovary and diseases of these organs so that to comprehend about the basis of reproductive medicine as general physician.
MED 261 Musculoskeletal diseases
Musculoskeletal diseases lecture is designed to understand basic function and pathophysiology of muscle, joint, and bone tissue of human, and to provide proper diagnosis and management of various diseases related to the muscul.
MED262 Infectious disease
Microorganism are inducing many diseases in human bodies. Lecture of Infectious disease provide thorough knowledge about the epidemiology, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, pathology, clinical manifestation, diagnostic methods, therapeutic methods, prognosis of each infectious organism and the infectious disease.
MED 263 Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most challenging medical issue in our westernizing social environment. This block lecture about cardiovascular disease is an integrated program in which all of the basic and clinical medical departments involved in the cardiovascular care are participating. Through these lectures, students can experience not only the definition, pathophysiolosic mechanism, epidermiologic background, pathologic characteristics, clinical symptoms, complications, diagnostic methods, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of each cardiologic disceases but also the clinical process how cardiovascular diseases are managed and overcome. This knowledge can be of great help for the student to be an excellent clinician in primary care setting.
This course is to introduce the basic concept of hematoloy and medical/surgical oncology such as pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, cancer genetics, cancer epidemiology, biology for the clinical care of hematology/onocology patients.
MED219 Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics is a part of the College of Medicine at the Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. Physically located on the campus of Hanyang University Hospital, the department is staffed by 12 faculties. The department provides and the local campuses and nationally.
We make efforts to provide the highest quality, comprehensive, and well-organized curriculum and program for our students, residents, fellows, and other trainees. We tailor our instruction to meet the specific needs of individual trainees. We prepare our trainees to practice medicine in the managed care environment. We are innovators in education and we both continuously improve our programs and continuously develop the teaching skills of our educators.
Our department is composed of division of hematology, oncology, neonatology, allergy, immunology, respiratody diseases, neurology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, cardiology, gastroenterology, and nephrology.
We perform the cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children and adolescents. These clinical activities can be a good opportunities and challenges for the medical students to learn the subject of pediatrics. We are good stewards of our resources and are committed to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism in management. We recognize that each and every member of the department has a unique and important role in fulfilling our mission.
MED346 Family Medicine
Family medicine is the medical speciality which provides continous and comprehensive care for the individual and whole family.
Family oriented primary care encompasses the biological,clinical and behavioral aspects of medicine, and deal with common diseases irrespective of age and sex.
Family medicine clerkship offers the opportunity for medical students to help them become familiar with primary care. Medical students learn roles of family physician in the community and basic skills necessary to primary health providers.
MED 373 Obstetrics and Gynecology
The students should acquire knowledge about the normal anatomy, histology and physiology of obstertric & gynecology as well as in pathologic conditions. Further more, it is our goal to classify the obstetric & gynocologic diseases and acknowledge incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
Directs the students to achieve the basic theories in order to understand the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of various different surgical diseases related to the field of Surgery, especially those related to basic biomedical science.
Course Title : CLINICAL CLERKSHIP IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
Clinical Clerkship in Internal Medicine
The aim of the clinical practice of internal medicine in which students participate through outpatients departments, admission rooms, room for endoscopy, room for artificial kidney, center for heart, intensive care unit, and emergency room, based on lectyre, is to let medical students be better clinicians.
this course is desinged to make trainee's knowedge on pshchiatry perfect through direct clinical practice.
This is to outline all fields of neuropsychiatry and the main purpose of the course is to provides practical Interdisciplinary study.
Enables the students to experience various clinical practices (surgical practice, pre & post surgical management). Leading them to use knowledge related to surgical diseases acquired during the second and third medical year, ultimately helping to apply the experience directly to future doctor's life.
We make efforts to provide the highest quality, comprehensive, and well-organized curriculum and program for our students, residents, fellows, and other trainees. We tailor our instruction to meet the specific needs of individual trainees who practice medicine in the managed care environment. We are innovators in education and we both continuously improve our programs and continuously develop the teaching skills of our educators.
Our department is composed of division of hematology, oncology, neonatology, allergy, immunology, respiratody diseases, neurology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, cardiology, gastroenterology and nephrology.
We perform the cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children and adolescents. These clinical activities can be a good opportunities and challenges for the medical students to learn the subject of pediatrics. We are good stewards of our resources and are committed to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism in management. We recognize that each and every member of the department has a unique and important role in fulfilling our mission.
The medical students can have clinical practices at the outpaient department, newborn nursery, emergency room, and pediatric inpatient wards, and they can observe any clinical activities related with all pediatric patients.
Course Title : CLINICAL CLERKSHIP IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Clinical rotation for the medical students in our department enables them to experience how the theoretical informations are used in clinical practice. Patient managing, history taking improves the ability to diagnose diseases accurately. Students are required to attend all the lecture, conferences, seminar, journal review and grand round.
MED484 Psychiatry
this course is desinged to make trainee's knowedge on pshchiatry perfect through direct clinical practice.
This is to outline all fields of neuropsychiatry and the main purpose of the course is to provides practical Interdisciplinary study.
To achieve the ability of recognition of treatment priority and early stabilization of
emergency patient before specialized care by understanding the general concept
of the specificity of acute illness and injury and emergency medical system.
Course Title : Comprehensive Seminar on Medical Topics
Med 490 Comprehensive Seminar on Medical Topics
Students will be divided into 20 small groups and problem based learning will performed under the tutor's guidance for 4 weeks
Course Title : Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Med 491 Objective structured clinical examination
Total of 20 to 25 stations of various clinical questions such as history taking, physical examination and practical suture process et al will be prepared and evaluate students to improve their clinical skill in primary care unit.
MED236 Orthopedic surgery
Orthopedics is the medical and surgical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of human body's musculoskeletal system, which includes bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.
Our department educates and introduces the basic and clinical knowledge of orthopedics to achieve ability to solve the common clinical problems in orthpedics.
MED 238 Diagnostic Radiology
The objective of this course is to help students to understand radiological findings of various diseases involving particularly the chest, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal systems on the basis of anatomy and pathology and to use the knowledges in clinical practice.
MED 240 Ophthalmology
The purpose of our curriculum is to teach medical students the concept and knowledge of general ophthalmology. And to make them diagnose and treat common ophthalmic diseases as a general physician.
MED 241 Otolaryngology
The lecture focuses on the generalized theory of anatophysiology and pathologic theory of otology, rhinology, laryngopharyngology, maxillofacial traumatology, head and neck surgery, and bronchoesophagology.
MED 242 Dermatology
We will provide medical students with lectures of integrated basic science and clinical diseases, enabling them to provide excellent patient care, and to advance practical knowledge and interest in the clinical and basic dermatology. We will educate medical students to expand their understanding of skin and its disorders.
MED 327 Urology
Urology is a special field of medicine that deals with surgical diseases affecting the male and female urinary tract and adrenal glands, and the male genital system. The urinary tract consists of a pair of kidneys, a pair of ureters, a urinary bladder and a urethra. Functions of these organs are the production, the transportation and the excretion of urine. The male genital system consists of pairs of testes, epididymis, vas deferens and ejaculatory ducts, a scrotum, a penis, and 3 accessory glands, a prostate, seminal vesicles and a Cowper's gland. The teaching goal of this course is to enhance medical students' understanding of urological diseases.
MED330 Dentistry
Introduction to basic knowledge of general dentistry, head & neck anatomy, oral histology, oral pathology, oral medicine, oral & maxillofacial surgery, prothodontics, implantology, orthodontics, periodontics, operative dentistry, preventive dentistry, and temporomandibular disorders to facilitate the mutual understanding of dentistry and medicine.
MED 331 Legal Medicine
Legal Medicine deals with a practical overview of medical facts that are related to regal problems including, injuries and injurious agents, scientific death investigation, accident, and medicolegal aspects of sexual function and legal issues of medical practices.
MED 336 Rehabilitation medicine
Rehabilitation medicine is a field that studies the method how to care the patients, who have loss or impairment of their physical functions, return to their normal life as a normal healthy person. In the introduction, it encloses the concept of rehabilitation and evaluation of disability and in the special treatise, it encloses rehabilitation of disabled patients due to stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal problem including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, low back pain, prostheses and orthoses due to amputation, clinical EMG, etc.
MED 340 Plastic Surgery
The main objective of this course is to make a thorough study of diagnosis and treatment of functional disabilities and cosmetic appearance involving congenital and acquired deformities of the body. And the topics include basic concepts of wound healing, congenital anomaly including cleft lip and palate, maxillofacial and hand trauma, tumors of head and neck, skin and soft tissue defects, burn etc.
MED 352 Laws for Physician
This course is aimed at enabling students as future health provider to understand the intent of the laws on Public Health and to practice based on the understanding.
MED354 Orthopedic Surgery and Clinical
Orthopedics is the medical and surgical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of human body's musculoskeletal system, which includes bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.
Our department educates practical approach of orthopedics, providing educational and clinical services.
Course Title : Neurosurgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED 355 Neurosurgery and Clinical Clerkship
To provide the basic concepts of various neurosurgical diseases ;
Via curriculum, we instruct the students about symptomatology, mechanism and management of
intracranial tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, trauma, spinal diseases, functional surgery,
pain surgery, peripheral nerve disorder.
Via clinical practice, we provide the students for general acknowledgement about
neunosurgical disorder needed to general practitioner
Course Title : Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED356 Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
The training of the surgical management of the actual patients in the field of the thoracic surgery is acquired, which was only theoretical knowledge learned from the lectures of the thoracic surgery.
The student, with the help of the staffs and the residents, is able to diagnose and manage the different types of diseases as well as assess the surgical indication in the thoracic surgery department through physical examination and surgical observation.
Course Title : Plastic Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED357 Plastic Surgery and Climical Clerkship
Plastic surgery is a specialized branch of surgery concerned with the repair of deformities and the correction of functional deficits.
Besides dasic field-wound heaing scar,alloplastic implant,it consists of bums, pressure dores, maxillofacial injury.
congenital maxillofacial anomalies-clefrt lip &cosmetic surgery, and hand surgery.
Recently we have become concened with alloplastic implants, microvascular surgery, maxillofacial reconstuctive surgery,and abdomen &body contouring surgery.In Polyclinic ,students are required to apply the concepts of clinical medicine that they have learned in lecture to simulated clinical situations.We teach the process of diagno-sis - including topics such as attitude toward patients, history taking , physical examina-tion , special test/treatmant ,plan method of treatment (operation) and construction for prognosis. In the emergency room and operating room , studends are taught by resi-dents or professors, during which time they apply their skills and are evaluated.
We also teach wound healing and suture techniques.
Our doctors apply their knowledge to clini-cal practice, conferences and understand -ing of patients for the benefit of patients.
Course Title : Opthalmology and Clinical Clerkship
MED 358 Ophthalmology and Clinical Clerkship
The purpose of our curriculum is to make medical students know the basic science of the eye, including anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Moreover the eye has a close association with other disease, elsewhere, acknowledgement of ocular manifestations of systemic diseases is another purpose of our curriculum. In ophthalmologic speciality; external ocular disease, glaucoma, retina, cataract, strabismus, oculoplastics, uvea, and neuroophthalmology, our students can get the basic concept of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of common ocular disease as a general physician and emergency conditions such as ocular trauma, chemical injury, and etc, by the end of our curriculum.
Course Title : Otolaryngology and Clinical Clerkship
MED 359 Otolaryngology and Clinical Clerkship
The progress of the otolaryngology lecture focuses on the important concepts of otolaryngology in order to learn the basic concepts of this field. Otolaryngology patients complain about certain symptoms, and in order to resolve them, the first step is to take an approach method with the most basic examination and treatment methods. The progress of the lecture deals with the clinical contents and basic physiology of each different diseases. The lecture on otology gives the students a general concept of the ear, anatomical structure of the ear, physiology of the ear, diseases of the ear, and neurootological examination method of the ear. The lecture on rhinology deals with the general concept of the nose, anatomical structure of the paranasal sinus, physiology, diseases, and maxillofacial trauma. The lecture on laryngology deals with the general anatomical and physiological concept of the larynx, diseases of the oral cavity, salivary gland, pharynx, and larynx. The lecture on bronchoesophagology deals with general anatomical and physiological concept of trachea, bronchus, and esophagus and tumors, especially malignant tumors.
MED 360 Dermatology & Clinical clerkship
The main purpose of clinical clerkship in the Department of Dermatology is to educate medical students, under the supervision of faculty and residents, to get experienced in diagnostic drills and treatments of common skin diseases which are required for a doctor to perform high quality medical serves on his or her local community areas.
MED 361 Urology & Clinical Clerkship
Urology is a special field of medicine that deals with surgical diseases affecting the male and female urinary tract and adrenal glands, and the male genital system. The urinary tract consists of a pair of kidneys, a pair of ureters, a urinary bladder and a urethra. Functions of these organs are the production, the transportation and the excretion of urine. The male genital system consists of pairs of testes, epididymis, vas deferens and ejaculatory ducts, a scrotum, a penis, and 3 accessory glands, a prostate, seminal vesicles and a Cowper's gland. The goal of this course is to help students acquire understanding and skills in performing urologic special examination and emergency treatment, by direct interaction with patients.
Course Title : Diagnostic Radiology and Clinical Clerkship
MED 363 Diagnostic Radiology of Clinical Clerkship
The objective of this course is to enable the students to apply the knowledge learned from lectures to clinical practice and to familiarize students with various radiological procedures. In this course, students are required to learn the indication of various radiological studies and basic radiological findings of common diseases.
MED365 Neurology and Clinical Clerkship
In the department, we are teaching about the fundamental knowledge of causes, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatments of common neurologic diseases such as strokes, degenerative disorders, movement disorders, epilepsy, infectious diseases of central nerve system, demyelinating diseases, metabolic disease, comatous mental change, toxic diseases, myopathy and neuropathy. The principle of education is focused on making a proper diagnosis by problem solving rather than a one-way lecture. Education is helpful in examinations of patients by students. In the ordinal course of study, the students must be understanding the principle of diagnosis and management, and have an adequate techniques as a general practitioner.
Our concrete courses of study are as following;
1. the student learn how to examine the out-patients regarding mental status, high cortical function, cranial nerve, motor system, sensory system, reflex system and cerebellar function
2. the student learn how to examine the comatous patients
3. the student learn how to diagnose the diseases and manage the patients.
Course Title : Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
MED 366 Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
Rehabilitation medicine is a field that studies the method how to care the patients, who have loss or impairment of their physical functions, return to their normal life as a normal healthy person. In the introduction, it encloses the concept of rehabilitation and evaluation of disability and in the special treatise, it encloses rehabilitation of disabled patients due to stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal problem including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, low back pain, prostheses and orthoses due to amputation, clinical EMG, etc.
In polyclinic practice we will cultivate the ability to apply clinical knowledge we had learned in rehabilitation lecture. And we will introduce physical medicine and comprehensive rehabilitation. We will give the opportunity of clinical practices to students in out-patient department, EMG room, Cybex room, exercise therapy room, electrical therapy room, traction therapy room, hydrotherapy room, occupational therapy room, speech therapy room and in-patient department. And in in-patient department, we will also give bed-side education about the patients.
Students will participate in conference of physiatric examination, a meeting of solving clinical problems, and become to understand rehabilitation medicine very well.
Course Title : Family Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
MED367 Family Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological clinical and behaviral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity. During clerkship period students understand the principles of family medicine and develop their own basic skills for the primary care.
Course Title : Therapeutic Radiology and Clinical Clerkship
Med368 Therapeutic Radiology clinical clerkship
To understand principle of radiation therapy in cancer patients and combined modality of cancer therapy. Also participate in actual treatment procedure at the Department of Therapeutic Radiology. To recognize real situation of simulation, radistion therapy planning and treatment. Case presentation will be performed in particular patient and discussion for treatment results and prognosis will be made.
Med375 Clinical (C.B.L.)
After the clinical practice & the lecture of clinical fields, the students should be learned all of the subjects in medical school for primary physician.
This course include overall subjects of medical course & clinical practice.
Course Title : Clinicopathological Conference(C.P.C.)
MED 382 C.P.C.
CPC is a comprehensive clinical, radiological and pathological case discussion by student groups to develop ability to make problem lists, differential diagnoses for each problem listed, descriptions of the data supporting or opposing each point in the differential diagnosis, and diagnostic approach to each problem.
Anesthesiology and pain medicine class encompasses a comprehensive basic principle in anesthesiology, history, definition, different anesthetic methods and appropriate management, as well as etiology, patho-physiology and management of acute & chronic pain.
In the lecture and discussion, students are introduced medical knowledge and scope of professional activity to perform clinical tasks in series of clinical-pain, intensive care unit, the operating room and clinical management of cardiac and pulmonary resuscitation.
The field of laboratory medicine primarily focuses on practicing all kinds of laboratory examinations and further interpreting the examination results to set up diagnosis of diseases, predict prognosis, and to aid in the treatment of patients. Therefore, the main objective of our department is to train medical laboratory examination professionals who would be able to acquire professional knowledge and to grasp the most updated current laboratory examinations along with current treatment trends.
Course Title : LABORATORY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
The field of laboratory medicine primarily focuses on practicing all kinds of laboratory examinations and further interpreting the examination results to set up diagnosis of diseases, predict prognosis, and to aid in the treatment of patients. Therefore, the main objective of our department is to train medical laboratory examination professionals who would be able to acquire professional knowledge and to grasp the most updated current laboratory examinations along with current treatment trends.
Course Title : Field Practice of Community Medicine
MED 480 Field Practice of Community Medicine
This course introduces the methods for application of the basic theory of preventive medicine, and administrative and managing skills for heath promotion. This course consists of public health administration, health care system and law, health care delivery system, medical insurance, community medicine, maternal health, and other topics associated with these subjects.
Course Title : Comprehensive Assessment of Clinical Medicine
Med481 Comprehensive Assessment of clinical Medicine
The purpose of this course is assessment of clinical knowledge and practice during 3 years in medical school course. This course assess the knowledge about patients and diseases whether the students can deal with primary care for patients after graduation of medical school. The methods of assessment are writing examination for knowledge and practical examination for clinical skill. And so, we help the students dealing with good score for national examination of clinician after graduation.
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Private Clinics
MED482 Clinical Clerkship in Private Clinics
The purpose of this course is the learning of primary patient care in private clinic fields for primary physician after graduation of medical school.
Course Title : Radiation Oncology/Nuclear Medicine
Med 486 Radiation Oncology and nuclear medicine
To understand principle of radiation biology and physics and radiation therapyin cancer patients and understand basic principle of nuclear imaging study. To recognize basic principles of radiation physics and radiation biology in terms of fractination therapy.
Also students understand principle of cell survival curve and pre and postoperative radiotherapy. To recognize characteristics of radioactive isotopes in nuclear imaging study.
MED 487 Hospital Management
This course introduces the basic concept and the knowledge on hospital management to medical students, who may participate in hospital management in the future as health care providers. Students are expected to play a constructive role in providing medical services of high quality and managing hospital efficiently.
This course include such basic contents as follows:
1. The function and the role of the hospital
2. Basic concept on hospital management
3. Hospital planning
4. Managing organization in the hospital
5. Resource management in the hospital
6. Medical practice and medical practice support
7. Hospital accounting and managing financial affairs
8. Hospital Marketing and Information Management
Med489 Selective Advanced Clerkship
After clinical practice in 4th grade, the students are learned two subjects among all subjects of clinical courses. Two subjects should be selected by professors & students among the insufficient subjects & wanting subjects.
This course is to introduce and discuss the frequently facing clinical symptoms and cases that are basically mandatory to become a primary physician. The CBT(computer-based test) is used to evaluate the understanding and knowledge of the students.
Based on principles and knowledge given to medical students in the Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine class, students are asked to perform clinical task in making a diagnosis and many type of management , including , clinical-pain, he operating room, post-anesthesia care unit and intensive care unit and even clinical management of cardiac and pulmonary resuscitation. The clinical practice class exists in order for student to experience highest standards of practice become a competent health care practitioner in many different situations
Course Title : EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
To diagnose and treat emergency patients by understanding the procedure of
immediate initial recognition, evaluation, care, and disposition of patients
with acute illness and injury.
Course Title : NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that uses radiopharmaceuticals that are attracted to specific organs, bones, or tissues both to document organ function and structure, and treat disease. As an integral part of patient care, nuclear medicine is used in the diagnosis, management, treatment, and prevention of serious disease. Students learn basic concepts of physics and radiopharmacy, imaging diagnosis of each diseases, treatment with radioisotopes.
Competency of a primary care physican can be evaluated at the end of the undergraduate medical education using standardized patients(SPs). Students encounter a series of standardized patients who are trained just like real patients. SPs evaluate behavior of students according to the objective checklists. The achievement results will tell students about their strength, weakness, and suggestions during patient encounter even including decision making. The remediation program will follow the exam for students who have done pooly.
Course Title : OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
This course is to learn the skill of the occupational & environmental medicine to apply in the clinical and industrial & general environmental fields to protect the public & workers against any health hazard which may arise out of their environments; to contribute towards their physical and mental adjustment,; and to contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the highest possible degree of physical and mental well-being.
"Structures of the Human Body" course covers the basic morphology of the human body which is a fundamental basis for all medical fields. This course consists of lectures on general concepts of gross anatomy, histology and embryology, and laboratory practices for gross anatomy and histology. Gross anatomy covers osteology, myology, angiology, and so on, and histology includes the structures of the cells and four major human tissues using light and electron microscope. In addition, embryology covers the preparation of pregnancy and the development of human embryo from the 1st day to the 8th week. This course also presents correlations with appropriate clinical references.
Medical Biochemistry aims understanding the synthesis and degradation of biomolecules of human body such as genes, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. Molecular characteristics and biological functions of the biomolecules will be discussed through lecture and experiments. The course is primarily focused on the development of concepts for the molecular biology of human diseases. Medical Biochemistry also deals life phenomena such as cellular growth and multiplication, differentiation, cell cycle, signaling pathway, and cellular senescence. Based on the information obtained in this course, the specific mechanism underlying pathogenesis of human diseases will be discussed in a molecular level through group study such as seminar or PBL.
This course is designed to offer the essential information of basic immunology for medical students to prepare them to the second step which is clinical immunology. Basically, the immune system is the body's natural defences in combating organisms. Medical students in this course will be supported the knowledge regarding the immune system for natural defences. It attempts to present basic fields of immunology, including the components of immune system, B cells and antigen-antibody reaction, T cells and antigen recognition, adaptive and innate immunity, and hypersensitivity.
Course Title : GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND TUTORIAL SESSION
Pathology is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field to study etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, as well as the fundamental morphologic, physiologic, molecular and clinical descriptions that are critical to the understanding of specific disease processes. Pathology plays a key role in patient care, as well as in basic science and clinical research at hospital and the medical school forging intellectual links between diagnostic services and basic sciences. Lectures and microscopic observation sessions are given. The students are required to acquire basic pathologic knowledge in human diseases and ability to describe pathogenesis properly. General Pathology and Tutorial Session1 include basic science of cellular, subcellular and molecular mechenism involved in cell proliferation and death, inflammation, defense mechanism, genetic disorders, pathophysiology of infection, neoplasia, and vascular disorders.
Medical microbiology includes the principles of microbial with special attention to microbial physiology , genetics, chemotherapeutic agents, and host-parasite relationshop, and their pathogenic processes. Also includes host-parasite interaction of selected human viruses at the cellular, molecular, and oranism levels will be discussed along with general properties of viruses.
MED142 Pharmacology and Labratory
Pharmacology is an experimental science whose purpose is to investigate the biological activities of drugs and their mechanisms. The main purpose of this course is to help students understand the basic concepts concerning the therapeutic effects, as well as adverse and toxic effects of drugs. The knowledge obtained in this course will help students choose appropriate drugs for the treatment and prevention of disease in clinical medicine. The practice course specifically deals with the evaluation of drug effects by measuring the change in physiological activities occurring after introducing drugs into a living system allowing students to have a valuable opportunity to campare the therapeutic effects of drugs with their adverse effects in experimental animals.
The educational purpose of this course goes into introduction to preventive medicine and the details of Epidemiology, Environmental Medicine.
The goal of this course is to present a comprehensive view of the fields of epidemiology and environmental medicine. In particular, the objectives are to combine theory and application by enabling students to interpret the scientific literature with understanding and to approach clinical pratice with an emphasis on prevention.
Based on the basic knowledge for cellular physiology, such as bioelectricity, membrane transport, muscle contraction and signal transduction, human physiology is one of the basic medical sciences which studies integrative functions of human being and then provides the students with an ability to understand abnormal functions and to investigate how to manage the patients. Main topics of this course include functions of circulatory system, urinary system, control of body fluid volume, pulmonary system, digestive system, endocrine system and their control for the body funcftions. Laboratory session provide the students with opportunities to put learned knowledge into practice.
MED 208 Parasitology and practice
This course is a general introduction to medical parasitology including protozoology,
helminthology, medical entomology and parasite immunology. This course teaches basic facts on the important the human parasites with references to modes of transmission, life cycles and intermediate hosts. Emphasis is placed on the pathogenesis and clinical aspects of parasitic diseases. Prevention, control and therapy are also considered.
The Introduction to Clinical Medicine course is designed to bridge between basic and clinical sciences and to introduce the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are fundamental to the practice of medicine. Students will be introduced to major clinical terminology and general concept of clinical practice. During this course, they will learn to conduct a medical interview, perform a general systematic physical examination, and organize the information to reach appropriate diagnoses and treatment. In addition, cardinal clinical manifestations will be taught to understand how diseases can be presented.
The course is mainly composed of didactic sessions, but can use small group discussions and clinical modules.
The musculoskeletal system consists of the skeleton, made by bones attached to other bones with joints, and skeletal muscle attached to the skeleton by tendons. This lecture is an integrated program including anatomy, imaging, histopathology, pathophysiology and pharmacology related to this system with a focus on rheumatology, orthopedics and physical medicine. This lecture is designed to understand anatomy, basic function, biomechanics and pathophysiology of muscle, joint, and bone tissue of human, and to provide proper diagnosis and management of various diseases and injuries related to the musculoskeletal system. Clinical cases and techniques of physical examination will strengthen the knowledge of the anatomy of musculoskeletal system.
"Sensory system" course is a intergerated course of basic and clinical sciences covering normal structure and fuction and disease of the special sense organs, skin and head and neck. Departments for basic sciences, e.g. anatomy, physiolgy, pathology and also clinical departments,e.g. radiology, otorhinolaryngology, dentistry, dermatology, plastic surgery and ophthalmology will contribute to the integrated teaching. This course is composed of 7 subdivisons; Head, Ear, Nose, Oral cavity and pharynx, Neck, Skin and Eye. Each subdivisions are lecutures for basic and clinical issues on each subjects. Laboratory practice for gross anatomy, histology, pathology and PBL sessions will be held through the course.
Course Title : NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
This course is designed to outline the normal cognitive, emotional and behavioral development of human, and to teach the influence of biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors to human behavior. At the same time, this course is designed to help students understand normal and abnormal human behaviors in biological, psychological and social point of view, and classify abnormal behaviors according to the contemporary psychiatric classification system, and learn the etiology, symptomatology, diagnostic criteria and treatment of each diagnostic entity.
PDS is the abbreviation of Patient- Doctor- Society. The aim of this lecture is to promote the understanding of the relationship and interactions of the three parties for the comprehensive approaches to the patient in the clinical practices. PDS is consisted of 6 part from PDS1 to PDS6. There are 5 subtitled lectures such as 'Introduction to PDS', 'Behavioral Science', 'Communication Skills 1', "Physical examination Practice 1', and 'Arts and Medicine".
The sub-lecture 'Introduction to PDS' provides the whole scopes of PDS to prepare the students accustomed to natural science to change the gear to the humanistic science. The purpose of Behavioral Science is to identify the human behavior, especially for the patients about their own illness behavior or help seeking behavior etc. Communication Skill is recently developed lecture in Medical school. The students can learn how to communicate efficiently with the patient through the communication with his ownself and with others. Physical Examination Practice is the fundamental for the practice of Medicine and students can learn how to practice with the patient skillfully. Arts and Medicine is the lecture to understand the spirits of arts and this will flourish the heart of medical students.
Medical neuroscience is that the study of diagnosis and management for the neurologic diseases on the basis of neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and biochemical knowledge for central nerve system (cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord) and peripheral nerve system.
1. the students understand the symptoms of disease of the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, and neuromuscular disorder with the fundamental knowledge of neuroanatomical structure
2. the students learn the principles and methods of neurologic examination for clinical adjustment
3. the students learn the basic information of indication and interpretation on the neurophysiologic test and diagnostic tools
Course Title : Comprehensive Assessment of Basic Medical Science
MED251 Comprehensive Assessment of Basic Medicil
The purpose of this class is to evaluate the knowledge and practice of students after finishing the curriculum of basic medical sciences such as Anatomy & Practice, Medical genetics, Microbiology & Practice, Biochemistry & Practice, Pharmacology & Practice, Physiology & Practice, Pathology & Practice and Parasitology & Practice in order to improve and assess the experiences of basic medical sciences which provide basic medical knowledge for the comprehensiveness of clinical medical sciences.
The program "Cardiovascular system" is for students in medical school. After successful completion of this program, the student must have the capacity as followed;
1. Understanging the working mechanisms of cardiovascular system in physiological and pathological situation.
2. As a general physician, taking care of patients with cardiaovascular problems.
3. Acquirement of basic knowledge for developing new medical science and technology.
MED279 Respiratory Medicine
Respiratory medicine put knowledge of function and basic medicine of respiratory organs to practical use and finds knowledge of respiratory diseases. The goal of respiratory medicine is an upgrading the quality of general medicine.
The course, “Kidney and Urinary Tract” is designed to cover basic and clinical sciences on kidney and urinary tract. Students will be introduced to anatomy, physiology and pathology of the kidney and urinary tract. The scope of clinical nephrology include pathophysiology, diagnostic approaches and treatment principles on major clinical syndromes such as fluid and electrolyte disorders, glomerulonephritis, tubulointerstitial nephritis, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, renovascular diseases, nephrolithiasis and obstructive uropathy. In addition, students will be taught renal replacement therapy including dialysis and kidney transplantation.
The purpose of this subject is to establish the student's ability to understand the pathophysiology of many important digestive diseases and to diagnose and treat them.
The program composed of 5 consecutive weeks and all related departments will cooperate
to minimize the repeat in the same field of the subject.
Hormones can be defined as chemical signals secreted into the blood stream that act on distant tissues, usually in a regulatory fashion. Hormonal signaling represents a special case of the more general process of signaling between cells. Work over the past several decades by biochemists, physiologists, and clinical investigators led to the characterization of many hormones secreted into the blood stream from discrete glands or other organs. By studying the regulatory mechanisms between the secretory glands and the target cells which have a specific receptors for the hormones, students will be led to understand the clinical endocrinopathies. In this specific curriculum, students will investigate each of the hormone and the respective endocrinopathy one by one, and ultimately, understand the collaboratory regulatory mechanism which unifies the cellular control.
The objective of reproductive medicine is to acquire knowledge of the function of reproductive organs mainly ovary and diseases of these organs so that to comprehend about the basis of reproductive medicine as general physician.
The second stage of patient-doctor-society(PDS2) will be focused on the development of advanced skills in history taking, physical examination, and communication during the medical interview as well as futher exploration into medical history, medical figures, and basic issues of medical ethics. Specified behavioral objectives are as follows.
After the course student doctors are able to describe the tailored fundamental skills of medical communication for difficult patients. They can applicate their inteviewing skills for a few standardized or real patients in some unique clinical settings. They should be prepared for managing patietns with personality disorder, extreme ages, or emotional challenge. Students should understand and criticize medical history from Hippocaratic age to contemporary years. They are able to research for ditinguished persons in medical history. They can applicate their exploration of a few figures into thier own career planning. They should describe four principles of medical ethics. they should analyse and discuss a few issues with everyday real cases.
This course is to introduce the basic concept of hematology and medical/surgical oncology such as pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, cancer genetics, cancer epidemiology, and biology for the clinical care of hematology/oncology patients.
The major deals with the mechanism, diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of occupational, work-related and environmental diseases, based on knowledge of the environmental and occupational effects on humans. The students are taught the theories and practices of multidisciplinary areas including clinical medicine, basic medicine, public health, industrial hygiene, environmental and occupational medicine.
This course will focus on growth, development and disorders of human life beginning with pregnancy through fetal period, birth, neonatal period, childhood and adolescence. It is a 5-week course which is composed of 5 topics: fetus, pregnancy and birth, high risk pregnancy, newborn, child and adolescent.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the most up-to-date information on current understanding of the aging process and age related human disorders. The course not only covers molecular aspects of aging research, including models and theories of aging, but also clinical perspectives of aging.
"Gross Anatomy Laboratory" is a practical laboratory course of human anatomy for medical student who complete "Human Systems" course. By regional dissections of the cadaver, students will undertand 3 dimensional structure of the human body and also structural interrelations between the various organ systems. This course will be focused on the anatomical structures relevant to major clinical issues for the review of the major human diseases mentioned in "Human Systems" courses.
The Patient-Doctor-Society 3 course is designed to improve the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are fundamental to the practice of medicine. Students will be introduced to basic or advanced course of medical statistics, basic clinical skill practices, medical bioinformatics, evidence-based medicine, and physical examination practice III. Either basic or advanced course of medical statistics is chosen according the ability of each student.
The course uses a series of didactic sessions, small group discussions, preceptorships with physicians and patient contact, and clinical modules.
MED354 Orthopedic Surgery and Clinical
Orthopedics is the medical and surgical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of human body's musculoskeletal system, which includes bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.
Our department educates practical approach of orthopedics, providing educational and clinical services.
Course Title : Neurosurgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED 355 Neurosurgery and Clinical Clerkship
To provide the basic concepts of various neurosurgical diseases ;
Via curriculum, we instruct the students about symptomatology, mechanism and management of
intracranial tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, trauma, spinal diseases, functional surgery,
pain surgery, peripheral nerve disorder.
Via clinical practice, we provide the students for general acknowledgement about
neunosurgical disorder needed to general practitioner
Course Title : Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED356 Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
The training of the surgical management of the actual patients in the field of the thoracic surgery is acquired, which was only theoretical knowledge learned from the lectures of the thoracic surgery.
The student, with the help of the staffs and the residents, is able to diagnose and manage the different types of diseases as well as assess the surgical indication in the thoracic surgery department through physical examination and surgical observation.
MED365 Neurology and Clinical Clerkship
In the department, we are teaching about the fundamental knowledge of causes, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatments of common neurologic diseases such as strokes, degenerative disorders, movement disorders, epilepsy, infectious diseases of central nerve system, demyelinating diseases, metabolic disease, comatous mental change, toxic diseases, myopathy and neuropathy. The principle of education is focused on making a proper diagnosis by problem solving rather than a one-way lecture. Education is helpful in examinations of patients by students. In the ordinal course of study, the students must be understanding the principle of diagnosis and management, and have an adequate techniques as a general practitioner.
Our concrete courses of study are as following;
1. the student learn how to examine the out-patients regarding mental status, high cortical function, cranial nerve, motor system, sensory system, reflex system and cerebellar function
2. the student learn how to examine the comatous patients
3. the student learn how to diagnose the diseases and manage the patients.
Course Title : Family Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
MED367 Family Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological clinical and behaviral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity. During clerkship period students understand the principles of family medicine and develop their own basic skills for the primary care.
Course Title : CLINICAL CLERKSHIP IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
Clinical Clerkship in Internal Medicine
The aim of the clinical practice of internal medicine in which students participate through outpatients departments, admission rooms, room for endoscopy, room for artificial kidney, center for heart, intensive care unit, and emergency room, based on lectyre, is to let medical students be better clinicians.
this course is desinged to make trainee's knowedge on pshchiatry perfect through direct clinical practice.
This is to outline all fields of neuropsychiatry and the main purpose of the course is to provides practical Interdisciplinary study.
Enables the students to experience various clinical practices (surgical practice, pre & post surgical management). Leading them to use knowledge related to surgical diseases acquired during the second and third medical year, ultimately helping to apply the experience directly to future doctor's life.
We make efforts to provide the highest quality, comprehensive, and well-organized curriculum and program for our students, residents, fellows, and other trainees. We tailor our instruction to meet the specific needs of individual trainees who practice medicine in the managed care environment. We are innovators in education and we both continuously improve our programs and continuously develop the teaching skills of our educators.
Our department is composed of division of hematology, oncology, neonatology, allergy, immunology, respiratody diseases, neurology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, cardiology, gastroenterology and nephrology.
We perform the cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children and adolescents. These clinical activities can be a good opportunities and challenges for the medical students to learn the subject of pediatrics. We are good stewards of our resources and are committed to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism in management. We recognize that each and every member of the department has a unique and important role in fulfilling our mission.
The medical students can have clinical practices at the outpaient department, newborn nursery, emergency room, and pediatric inpatient wards, and they can observe any clinical activities related with all pediatric patients.
Course Title : CLINICAL CLERKSHIP IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Clinical rotation for the medical students in our department enables them to experience how the theoretical informations are used in clinical practice. Patient managing, history taking improves the ability to diagnose diseases accurately. Students are required to attend all the lecture, conferences, seminar, journal review and grand round.
PDS(Patient-Doctor-Society)module 4 has three sub-lectures. The aims of first two sub-lectures are to learn the concept and its application of leadership, professionalism and hospital management for understanding how to foster better relationship between professions and identifying the current situation and main issues in hospital management. The module also comprise some topics related to medical application disciplines and lectures of alumni invited, who graduated Hanyang University College of Medicine. The sub-lectures will give an opportunity each student to understand the development and the complexity of medical technology and to identify and understand the current situation and issues of health care sector.
1. Health Policy and Management
This course provides the basic concepts of medical sociology, medical resource, and its organization, health delivery system, health informatics, medical economics, health administration, and the methods necessary for planning, operation, and evaluation of diverse health programs. Ultimately, the goal of this course is to let students play a right doctor role as a part of health care system.
3. Medical EthicsII.
Based on Ethics I, It provides more applicable ethical consepts and knowledege to students through lecture, small group discussion, and seminar.
MED397 Selective Advanced Clerkship
After clinical practice in 4th grade, the students are learned two subjects amomg all subjects of clinical courses. Two subjects should be selected by professors & students among the isufficient subjects & wanting subjects.
Course Title : COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 1
MED398 Comprehensive Assessment of clinical Medicine 1
The purpose of this course is assessment of clinical knowledge and practice during 3 years in medical school course. This course asess the knowledge about patients and diseases whether the students can deal with primary care for patients after graduation of medical school. The methods of asessments are writing examination for knowledge and practical examination for clinical skill. And so, we help the students dealing with good score for national examination of cilnician after graduation.
Course Title : Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Med 491 Objective structured clinical examination
Total of 20 to 25 stations of various clinical questions such as history taking, physical examination and practical suture process et al will be prepared and evaluate students to improve their clinical skill in primary care unit.
Course Title : Plastic Surgery and Clinical Clerkship
MED357 Plastic Surgery and Climical Clerkship
Plastic surgery is a specialized branch of surgery concerned with the repair of deformities and the correction of functional deficits.
Besides dasic field-wound heaing scar,alloplastic implant,it consists of bums, pressure dores, maxillofacial injury.
congenital maxillofacial anomalies-clefrt lip &cosmetic surgery, and hand surgery.
Recently we have become concened with alloplastic implants, microvascular surgery, maxillofacial reconstuctive surgery,and abdomen &body contouring surgery.In Polyclinic ,students are required to apply the concepts of clinical medicine that they have learned in lecture to simulated clinical situations.We teach the process of diagno-sis - including topics such as attitude toward patients, history taking , physical examina-tion , special test/treatmant ,plan method of treatment (operation) and construction for prognosis. In the emergency room and operating room , studends are taught by resi-dents or professors, during which time they apply their skills and are evaluated.
We also teach wound healing and suture techniques.
Our doctors apply their knowledge to clini-cal practice, conferences and understand -ing of patients for the benefit of patients.
Course Title : Opthalmology and Clinical Clerkship
MED 358 Ophthalmology and Clinical Clerkship
The purpose of our curriculum is to make medical students know the basic science of the eye, including anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Moreover the eye has a close association with other disease, elsewhere, acknowledgement of ocular manifestations of systemic diseases is another purpose of our curriculum. In ophthalmologic speciality; external ocular disease, glaucoma, retina, cataract, strabismus, oculoplastics, uvea, and neuroophthalmology, our students can get the basic concept of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of common ocular disease as a general physician and emergency conditions such as ocular trauma, chemical injury, and etc, by the end of our curriculum.
Course Title : Otolaryngology and Clinical Clerkship
MED 359 Otolaryngology and Clinical Clerkship
The progress of the otolaryngology lecture focuses on the important concepts of otolaryngology in order to learn the basic concepts of this field. Otolaryngology patients complain about certain symptoms, and in order to resolve them, the first step is to take an approach method with the most basic examination and treatment methods. The progress of the lecture deals with the clinical contents and basic physiology of each different diseases. The lecture on otology gives the students a general concept of the ear, anatomical structure of the ear, physiology of the ear, diseases of the ear, and neurootological examination method of the ear. The lecture on rhinology deals with the general concept of the nose, anatomical structure of the paranasal sinus, physiology, diseases, and maxillofacial trauma. The lecture on laryngology deals with the general anatomical and physiological concept of the larynx, diseases of the oral cavity, salivary gland, pharynx, and larynx. The lecture on bronchoesophagology deals with general anatomical and physiological concept of trachea, bronchus, and esophagus and tumors, especially malignant tumors.
MED 360 Dermatology & Clinical clerkship
The main purpose of clinical clerkship in the Department of Dermatology is to educate medical students, under the supervision of faculty and residents, to get experienced in diagnostic drills and treatments of common skin diseases which are required for a doctor to perform high quality medical serves on his or her local community areas.
MED 361 Urology & Clinical Clerkship
Urology is a special field of medicine that deals with surgical diseases affecting the male and female urinary tract and adrenal glands, and the male genital system. The urinary tract consists of a pair of kidneys, a pair of ureters, a urinary bladder and a urethra. Functions of these organs are the production, the transportation and the excretion of urine. The male genital system consists of pairs of testes, epididymis, vas deferens and ejaculatory ducts, a scrotum, a penis, and 3 accessory glands, a prostate, seminal vesicles and a Cowper's gland. The goal of this course is to help students acquire understanding and skills in performing urologic special examination and emergency treatment, by direct interaction with patients.
Course Title : Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
MED 366 Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Clerkship
Rehabilitation medicine is a field that studies the method how to care the patients, who have loss or impairment of their physical functions, return to their normal life as a normal healthy person. In the introduction, it encloses the concept of rehabilitation and evaluation of disability and in the special treatise, it encloses rehabilitation of disabled patients due to stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal problem including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, low back pain, prostheses and orthoses due to amputation, clinical EMG, etc.
In polyclinic practice we will cultivate the ability to apply clinical knowledge we had learned in rehabilitation lecture. And we will introduce physical medicine and comprehensive rehabilitation. We will give the opportunity of clinical practices to students in out-patient department, EMG room, Cybex room, exercise therapy room, electrical therapy room, traction therapy room, hydrotherapy room, occupational therapy room, speech therapy room and in-patient department. And in in-patient department, we will also give bed-side education about the patients.
Students will participate in conference of physiatric examination, a meeting of solving clinical problems, and become to understand rehabilitation medicine very well.
Course Title : Therapeutic Radiology and Clinical Clerkship
Med368 Therapeutic Radiology clinical clerkship
To understand principle of radiation therapy in cancer patients and combined modality of cancer therapy. Also participate in actual treatment procedure at the Department of Therapeutic Radiology. To recognize real situation of simulation, radistion therapy planning and treatment. Case presentation will be performed in particular patient and discussion for treatment results and prognosis will be made.
Med375 Clinical (C.B.L.)
After the clinical practice & the lecture of clinical fields, the students should be learned all of the subjects in medical school for primary physician.
This course include overall subjects of medical course & clinical practice.
Course Title : LABORATORY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
The field of laboratory medicine primarily focuses on practicing all kinds of laboratory examinations and further interpreting the examination results to set up diagnosis of diseases, predict prognosis, and to aid in the treatment of patients. Therefore, the main objective of our department is to train medical laboratory examination professionals who would be able to acquire professional knowledge and to grasp the most updated current laboratory examinations along with current treatment trends.
Course Title : Field Practice of Community Medicine
MED 480 Field Practice of Community Medicine
This course introduces the methods for application of the basic theory of preventive medicine, and administrative and managing skills for heath promotion. This course consists of public health administration, health care system and law, health care delivery system, medical insurance, community medicine, maternal health, and other topics associated with these subjects.
Course Title : Clinical Clerkship in Private Clinics
MED482 Clinical Clerkship in Private Clinics
The purpose of this course is the learning of primary patient care in private clinic fields for primary physician after graduation of medical school.
Based on principles and knowledge given to medical students in the Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine class, students are asked to perform clinical task in making a diagnosis and many type of management , including , clinical-pain, he operating room, post-anesthesia care unit and intensive care unit and even clinical management of cardiac and pulmonary resuscitation. The clinical practice class exists in order for student to experience highest standards of practice become a competent health care practitioner in many different situations
Course Title : EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
To diagnose and treat emergency patients by understanding the procedure of
immediate initial recognition, evaluation, care, and disposition of patients
with acute illness and injury.
Course Title : NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that uses radiopharmaceuticals that are attracted to specific organs, bones, or tissues both to document organ function and structure, and treat disease. As an integral part of patient care, nuclear medicine is used in the diagnosis, management, treatment, and prevention of serious disease. Students learn basic concepts of physics and radiopharmacy, imaging diagnosis of each diseases, treatment with radioisotopes.
Competency of a primary care physican can be evaluated at the end of the undergraduate medical education using standardized patients(SPs). Students encounter a series of standardized patients who are trained just like real patients. SPs evaluate behavior of students according to the objective checklists. The achievement results will tell students about their strength, weakness, and suggestions during patient encounter even including decision making. The remediation program will follow the exam for students who have done pooly.
Course Title : OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND CLINICAL CLERKSHIP
This course is to learn the skill of the occupational & environmental medicine to apply in the clinical and industrial & general environmental fields to protect the public & workers against any health hazard which may arise out of their environments; to contribute towards their physical and mental adjustment,; and to contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the highest possible degree of physical and mental well-being.
MED 499 Diagnostic Radiology of Clinical Clerkship
The objective of this course is to enable the students to apply the knowledge learned from lectures to clinical practice and to familiarize students with various radiological procedures. In this course, students are required to learn the indication of various radiological studies and basic radiological findings of common diseases.
This course is aimed at enabling students as future physician to understand the basic concepts, contents of the laws, ethics and major issues related to the health services, and to acquire the basic knowledge and frame of reference to analyze problems and decide how to act as a professional in clinical field. And this course is designed to teach the main contents of integrative medicine to understand integrative methods to improve quality of life in the continuum of health and disease.
Course Title : COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 2
MED542 Comprehensive Assessment of clinical Medicine 2
The purpose of this course is assessment of clinical knowledge and practice during 3 years in medical school course. This course asess the knowledge about patients and diseases whether the students can deal with primary care for patients after graduation of medical school. The methods of asessments are writing examination for knowledge and practical examination for clinical skill. And so, we help the students dealing with good score for national examination of cilnician after graduation.
MED543 Selective Advanced Clerkship
After clinical practice in 4th grade, the students are learned two subjects among all subjects of clinical cources. Two subjects should be selected by professors & students among the insufficient subjects & wanting subjects
MED544 Selective Advanced Clerkship 3
After clinical practice in 4th grade, the students are learned two subjects among all subjects of clinical courses. Two subjects should be selected by professors & students among the insufficeint subjects & wanting subjects.
Course Title : COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 3
MED545 Comprehensive Assessment of clinical Medicine 3
The purpose of this course is assessment of clinical knowledge and practice during 3 years in medical school course. This course asess the knowledge about patients and diseases whether the students can deal with primary care for patients after graduation of medical school. The methods of asessments are writing examination for knowledge and practical examination for clinical skill. And so, we help the students dealing with good score for national examination of cilnician after graduation.
