Incoming First Year Students!

Do you need just one more class to complete your schedule? Consider taking a NEW course from the University of Virginia Career Center offered this fall!

INST 2559 - The Resilient Student: Transition, Thriving, & Leadership (2 credits)

Tim Davis, PhD, Leadership Development & Resilience

The adjustment from high school to college can be one of the most turbulent transitions of one’s life. Yet, that transition is also filled with opportunities for discovery, growth, and the development of critical life skills. This course will focus on the development of the broad skills that will help students create fulfilling lives and successful careers after college. This class will focus on four areas: 

• Development of emotional resilience skills that support thriving and bouncing back from adversity
• Development of life management skills that will foster personal, academic, and career success
• Introduction to leadership concepts that will guide students’ development as young leaders at UVA
• Establishment of small communities of students which are designed to facilitate social support as students transition to college and young adulthood. 

Check out Student Information System (SIS) for additional details and to register.

This course is a wonderful option to ease you into the academic and social transition of college all while developing many of the qualities, skills, and experiences that professors, supervisors, and health professional schools look for in their students!

Healthcare Lab: Interested?

Would you like to take part in the creation of a NEW transformative learning experience for students interested in healthcare careers? The Career Center is in the midst of designing an exciting 5-day residential learning opportunity during J-Term 2019 for students interested in various aspects of healthcare, and they need your help. 

Learn how! Take the next two minutes to read this program description and give your thoughts. Your feedback in incredibly valuable and will help shape the overall impact of this experience for students just like you.

Looking for one more fall class? Pre-Health Seminar for 2nd & 3rd years

ELA 2610: Liberal Arts and the Health Professions
Fall 2018
Monday's: 3:30 - 4:45 PM
McLeod Hall 1004
Instructor: Kimberly Sauerwein
Credits: 1

Students explore how insights from various disciplines inform their understanding of healthcare. Guest lectures and informational interviews connect students with healthcare professionals to gain a better understanding of the various health professions and to assess their own career goals. Students develop skills in interdisciplinary research and problem solving, in oral and written communication, and the integration of diverse perspectives.

Fall 2018 US Healthcare Seminar: GNUR 5390

GNUR 5390: US Healthcare

Professor Ben Mayes

3 credit hours

Wednesday's, 4:00 - 7:00 PM
McLeod Hall 1004

 As it turns out, healthcare is complicated after all. This course is designed to provide an overview of

• how healthcare is financed, organized, and delivered in the United States
• the major policy challenges created by the system's organization, or lack thereof.

In drawing from a  variety of perspectives -- including political science, public health, economics, and history -- this course surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide, and receive care. It contrasts the different ways that healthcare providers are paid, how and why reimbursements methods have changed over time, and their consequences for the quality, cost, and accessibility of healthcare services. Finally, as a case study, the Affordable Care Act will be dissected for the purposes of illustrating the ways in which the U.S. healthcare system differs from those of other wealthy countries. No particular disciplinary background is assumed, nor is any special familiarity with the field of healthcare required.

Fall 2018 Health-Related Courses

Making plans for your Fall 2018 course schedule?
Consider these health-related courses which may fulfill a pre-requisite requirement or simply address an important topic relevant to the health professions.

*Note: This is not a complete listing of health-related courses or pre-requisite requirements. Please speak with your academic advisor and pre-health advisor when solidifying course selections. Seek additional information regarding pre-requisites for your profession of choice under "requirements and involvement" here.

 

American Health Care: Challenges & Opportunities - Spring 2018

PPOL 3559-100: American Health Care - Challenges & Opportunities

Dr. Robert Powers, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine & Emergency Medicine
3 credit hours
Tuesday's 2:00 - 4:30 PM

This course offers an opportunity to learn about the structure and function of the health care system in the United States. Lectures and classroom sessions will cover the history and current status of the education and delivery systems, and examine the challenges that face providers, patients, policy makers, and engineers as health care becomes more effective and more expensive. Issues related to manpower, financing, access, disparities, and developing technology will be examined with discussion of approaches to understanding and addressing significant problems, challenges, and opportunities.

Academic Resilience - 11/9

November 9th

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Balz-Dobie Lounge

First semester is an exciting time -
a new place with new social groups, classes,
clubs, teams, and organizations. 

But it's not always easy.

Maybe you didn't make an a Capella group or got a C on a test

or maybe Honor didn't work out this time. 

Whatever it may be,
we all get rejected.
We all fail. 

And we all need to talk about it more. 

Join the Balz-Dobie RAs, Zach and Ginny, and
Tim Davis, Executive Director of Student Resilience and Leadership Development,
for a conversation, activity, and pizza
in Balz-Dobie lounge on November 9th. 

TLDR: First year is hard. Eat pizza and talk about it.

Questions?
Contact Ginny - brooks@virginia.edu
or Zach - ze5dw@virginia.edu

*Sponsored by the UVA Resilience Project*

J-Term and Spring 2018 Health-Related Courses

Considering a J-Term course? Uncertain about what to take in the spring? Check out these health-related courses!

*Note: This is not a complete listing of health-related courses or pre-requisite requirements. Please speak with your academic advisor and pre-health advisor when solidifying course selections. Seek additional information regarding pre-requisites for your profession of choice under "requirements and involvement" here.

 

Highlighted Pre Health Courses

Check out these classes you can take next fall to learn more about the world of health!

ELA 2559: Liberal Arts and the Health Professions

Instructor: Kim Sauerwein, Director of Pre-Health and Law Advising

Liberal Arts and the Health Professions introduces 2^nd and 3^rd year UVA students to diverse health professions while engaging in a career exploration process. Students explore how insights from various disciplines inform their understanding of healthcare.  Guest lectures and informational interviews connect students with healthcare professionals to gain a better understanding of the various health professions and to assess their own career goals.  Students develop skills in interdisciplinary research and problem solving, in oral and written communication, and the integration of diverse perspectives.  

GNUR5390: Introduction to the US Health System

Instructor: Ben Mayes

This course is designed to provide an overview of (1) how health care is financed, organized, and delivered in the U.S., as well as (2) the major policy challenges created by the system's organization, or lack thereof. In drawing from a variety of perspectives-including political science, economics and history-the course surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide and receive care.

Summer and Fall Related Pre-Health Courses

Want to take a summer course? Unsure what to take next fall? Check out these health related courses: (This is not a complete listing of health-related courses or pre-requisite requirements. Please speak with your academic advisors and pre-health advisor when making course selections.)

Health Summer 2017
BIOL2100	Introduction to Biology with Laboratory: Cell Biology & Genetics
BIOL2200	Introduction to Biology w/Laboratory: Organismal & Evolutionary Biology
BIOL2757	Science Writing: Creative Approaches to Biology & Ecology
BIOL3410	Human Anatomy and Physiology I
BIOL3420	Human Anatomy and Physiology II
CHEM1410	Introductory College Chemistry I
CHEM1411	Introductory College Chemistry I Laboratory
CHEM1420	Introductory College Chemistry II
CHEM1421	Introductory College Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM2311	Organic Chem Lab I for Non-Chemistry Majors/Minors
CHEM2321	Organic Chem Lab II for Non-Chemistry Majors/Minors
CHEM2410	Organic Chemistry I
CHEM2420	Organic Chemistry II
CHEM3410	Physical Chemistry - Quantum Theory
CHEM3420	Physical Chemistry - Thermodynamics
CHEM4410	Biological Chemistry I
CHEM4420	Biological Chemistry II
DRAM2070	Public Speaking
ECON2010	Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
ECON2020	Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
EVSC1010	Introduction to Environmental Sciences
MATH1210	Applied Calculus I
MATH1220	Applied Calculus II
MATH1310	Calculus I
MATH1320	Calculus II
PHYS2010	Principles of Physics I
PHYS2020	Principles of Physics II
PHYS2030	Basic Physics Laboratory I
PHYS2040	Basic Physics Laboratory II
PHS5470	Management and Quality in Health Care Organizations
PSYC2200	A Survey of the Neural Basis of Behavior
PSYC2600	Introduction to Social Psychology
PSYC3006	Research Methods and Data Analysis II
PSYC3445	Introduction to Clinical Psychology
STAT2020	Statistics for Biologists
STAT2120	Introduction to Statistical Analysis

Health Fall 2017
ANTH2280	Medical Anthropology
ANTH2340	Anthropology of Birth and Death
ANTH2560	Hierarchy and Equality (in Health)
ANTH3130	Disease, Epidemics and Society
BIOL1040	The DNA Revolution in Science and Society
BIOL1210	Human Biology and Disease
BIOL2100	Introduction to Biology with Laboratory: Cell Biology & Genetic	PRE-REQ COURSE
BIOL3000	Cell Biology
BIOL3010	Genetics and Molecular Biology
BIOL3030	Biochemistry	MCAT
BIOL3050	Introduction to Neurobiology
BIOL3090	Our World of Infectious Disease
BIOL3410	Human Anatomy and Physiology I
BIOL4050	Developmental Mechanisms of Human Disease
BIOL4090	Environmental Public Health
CHEM1410	Introductory College Chemistry I	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM1411	Introductory College Chemistry I Laboratory	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM1420	Introductory College Chemistry II	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM1810	Principles of Chemical Structure	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM1811	Principles of Chemical Structure Laboratory	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM2410	Organic Chemistry I	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM2311	Organic Chemistry I Laboratory for Non-Chemistry Majors/Minors	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM2411	Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (for Chemistry Majors/Minors)	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM2810	Principles of Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM2811	Principles of Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry Lab	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
CHEM4411	Biological Chemistry Laboratory I	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
ELA2559	Liberal Arts and the Health Professions
ENSP3610	Narratives of Illness and Doctoring
GNUR5390	Intro to the US Health Care System
HIST2210	Epidemics, Pandemics, and History
HIUS3081	History of the American Deaf Community
MATH1210	Appliced Calculus I	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
MATH1220	Appliced Calculus II	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
MATH1310	Calculus I	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
MATH1320	Calculus II	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
PAVS4500-008	Pavilion Seminar - The Doctor
PHIL2650	Free Will and Responsibility
PHIL3652	Animals and Ethics
PHIL3720	Contemporary Ethics
PHYS2010	Principles of Physics I
PHYS2030	Basic Physics Laboratory I
PLIR4310	Global Health and Human Rights
PHS3050	Fundamentals of Public Health
PHS3620	Built Environment & Public Health: Local to Global
PHS4016	Human Factors Design for Community Health
PHS4050	Public Health Policy
PSYC1010	Introductory Psychology	MCAT
PSYC2200	A Survey of the Neural Basis of Behavior
PSYC2600	Introduction to Social Psychology	MCAT
PSYC2700	Introduction to Child Psychology
PSYC3410	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC3445	Introduction to Clinical Psychology
RELG2650	Theological Bioethics
SOC1010	Introductory Sociology	MCAT
SOC2220	Social Problems	MCAT
STAT2020	Statistics for Biologists	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION
STAT2120	Introduction to Statistical Analysis	PRE-REQ COURSE OPTION