INT 175, Healthcare Delivery. This unique course is directed to those upper division students interested in health professions and who should understand the important issues related to health care delivery in the US. Guest speakers will address the economics and models of health care delivery as well as other topics to include quality control, the Affordable Care Act, the ethics in decision making and more.
INT 176, Introduction to Clinical Medicine. For students interested in careers in the health profession. Presenters are clinical faculty members at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine who practice with UCLA Health in the greater Santa Barbara area. The coulse helps students understand the systemic environment and career considerations as they relate to healthcare delivery in the U.S.
INT 176LA, UCLA Health Shadow (prerequisite: INT 176). 40-hour shadowing opportunity for UCSB pre-med undergraduates with UCLA Health physicians practicing in the Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura County areas. Facilitates watching and listening during patient histories, physical examinations, procedures, surgeries, teaching rounds, and/or educational activities. This course does not include participation in direct or indirect patient care or management, nor constitute formal medical training.
INT 184PD, the 2-unit course giving student an opportunity to shadow phsyicians at Sansum Clinic and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, was restarted in Winter 2023, after a three-year pandemic moratorium. There are 11 students per course (six at Cottage, five at Sansum) per quarter. We appreciate your patience as we work through the backlog of applicants. We are giving priority to students who will soon be graduating who have little-to-no shadowing experience.
INT 199H is for pre-health students currently working in a health care setting ie. as a scribe; medical / dental / vet/ optometry assistant; pharm / PT tech. In Spring 2023 and going forward, students will earn 2 upper division units (LG only); the course will also satisfy an Honors Experience for those enrolled in the L&S Honors Program.
The course requires comprehensive weekly reports of patient contacts and self assessment and ending with a case report. There are limited spots available. Priority will be given to those who 1) are in the L&S Honors Program 2) have not yet taken the course 3) work at least a minimum of 8 hours per week. Students must have senior standing to be added to the course. If there are still slots available after we take items 1 and 2 above into account, we will do our best to accommodate.
We will be doing a call for applications (via the Pre-Health listserv) some time in February 2023. Students will be asked to submit a resume and include your PERM, cumulative GPA, and Science GPA in your response; the subject line should read "INT 199H S23." Yessica and David will do an initial screening before forwarding materials to Dr. Blain, who will interview and select students prior to the start of the S23 quarter.
**INT 184PD and **INT 199H: INT 184PD, the shadowing course with Cottage Hospital and Sansum Clinics, restarted in W23 after a 3-year covid hiatus. Seats have already been allocated for S23. We will send out a call for applications for the F23 cohort some time in April, 2023. INT 199H is an opportunity for students to earn unit credit (and an Honors Experience for those in the L&S Honors Program) if they work as a medical scribe or assistant.
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**Common Health Professions Prerequisite and Other Science Courses that Also Satisfy L&S Honors Academic Experiences
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Santa Barbara City College Courses (SBCC)
SBCC offers a number of courses that may be necessary (Human Anatomy w/Lab and Human Physiology w/Lab), relevant, or otherwise beneficial to UCSB pre-health students. Select the link below for informatoin on some of SBCC's offerings and consider visiting SBCC's website.