FIRST YEAR STUDENTS: The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Duluth welcomes you to participate in one of the following elective courses in 2012-2013. all of the courses offer you a dynamic experience. OB LONGITUDINAL COURSE (FMed 6987)

The OB Longitudinal course offers medical students the wonderful opportunity of following a pregnant mother and her family through prenatal visits; labor & delivery, postpartum and newborn care with her family physician or OB specialist. Small group discussions are required covering prenatal & postpartum care, labor & delivery, and newborn care. The time commitment is approximately 20 hrs. Course begins October 2012. Goal: To encourage medical students to maintain an interest in obstetrics that will continue into their medical career.

Access information: http://www.meded.umn.edu/entering_class/du/2012/curriculum.php and complete the evaluation survey to express interest, limited enrollment, instructor consent. Dr. Emily Onello, Course Director & Assistant Professor Dr. Jen Pearson, Adjunct Assistant Professor Sue McLeod, Course Coordinator RURAL ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP (RAL) COURSE (FMed 6997)

The Rural Academy of Leadership course offers students the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills for their future role as active community members and rural family physicians through leadership training activities and mentor partnerships with community leaders and Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Duluth faculty. Goal: To encourage rural physician leadership through longitudinal community service projects with community and faculty mentors, didactic leadership sessions and clinical care of the underserved by

volunteering at the HOPE Clinic. In order to volunteer at the HOPE Clinic, you must be enrolled in the Rural Academy of Leadership Course. The time commitment for this course is approximately 40 hours over both 1st & 2nd years. Course begins September 2012. Access information: http://www.meded.umn.edu/entering_class/du/2012/curriculum.php and complete the evaluation survey to express interest, limited enrollment, instructor consent. Dr. Ray Christensen, Course Director & Associate Professor Sue McLeod & Deann Dahl, Course Coordinators

MEDICAL EDUCATION THROUGH DIVERSITY AND SERVICE (MEDS) (FMed 6957)

MEDS is a Global and Population Health elective that has been redesigned for the 2012-13 academic year. The course consists of 10 in-class sessions, combining lecture and small group activities, in which students will explore key topics in Global Health. Topics include Health Risks, Determinants of Health, Environment & Health, Barriers to Health & Healthcare, Medical Interpreters, Cultural, Political & Economic Influences on Health, and Ethics & International Health Experiences. Interested students will have the

opportunity to identify and participate in an international health experience during the summer of 2013. Goal: The goal of MEDS is for students to gain knowledge of global health principles, optionally participate in an international health experience, and apply what they learn in this course to patient and population care in their future practices. Access information: Please plan on attending the introductory session on Friday, August 31 at Noon. Students will have the option to sign-up for the course anytime before Oct 1, 2012. Dr. Jacob Prunuske, Course Director & Assistant Professor jprunusk@d.umn.edu Sue McLeod, Course Coordinator