Class Time & Location:
Thursdays - 9:30 am - 12:00 noon - SHP - Room
Course Coordinator:  Jeff Baker, Ph.D., ABPP
Email:  jbaker@utmb.edu

Course Description:

This course is designed to assist the student in exploring the psychosocial parameters of human behavior and identify the relationship of psychological distress to physical illness.  The course combines reading, web resources, practical applications and class lecture materials as an approach to learning information regarding the psychological understanding of patients and how this might affect their medical conditions.  Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge through testing of textbook readings, applied learning by interviewing a patient and a case based learning for best practices.  Students will provide feedback to peers and will use the WebCT access and submit their assignments, document class activities and complete their online assessments.

Confidentiality & Privacy Statement:

This course will provide opportunities and video clips of patients and research subjects who have agreed to be part of a course.  It is the professional responsibility of each class member to adhere to expected confidentiality regarding discussion of patients and not to share private information intended only for teaching purposes within this course.  Patients are always to be respected and appreciated for their willingness to participate.  All identifying information has been removed from private hospital records.  Please contact the instructor if you have additional questions.

General and specific Objectives are linked on the Course Outline page for each class. 

Academic Progress:  Information regarding the Student's academic progress in this course will be shared with their Academic Advisor and/or Department Chair.  Student's making unsatisfactory progress may be referred to the Office of Student Affairs for assistance.

University Statement on Equality, Tolerance and Affirmative Action:  Please indicate as soon as possible if you will need accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336). Please contact the instructor before the 2nd week of class for testing accommodations or If the need for ADA accommodations should arise during the semester you will need to contact the ADA coordinator in the Office of Student Affairs to obtain accommodations.

Academic Integrity:  Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, and any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such an act.

Procedures to be followed in the event of alleged academic dishonesty are described the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, and the SAHS Student Handbook found at  http://www.utmb.edu. Alleged academic dishonesty issues should be reported to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.

Course Evaluations:  Students will be given the opportunity to evaluate the performance of the instructor and course near the end of the course/semester. When submitting course evaluations students must follow the guidelines provided by the course instructor or department.