| Selectives Type:
Basic Science |
Selective
Title
Aerospace Medicine - NASA JSC Space Medicine Clerkship |
Course Number
PMCU 4008 |
| Prerequisites:
Must be Aerospace Medicine Scholarly Concentration student; successful completion of all Year 3 requirements; C Form required no less than two weeks prior to enrollment |
Responsible Faculty Director:
Amy J. Kreykes, MD, MPH
Other Faculty:
Natacha G. Chough, MD, MPH; Ronak V. Shah, DP, MBA, MPH |
Contact
Information
UTMB Aerospace Medicine
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77555
O: (409) 747-6131
E: aerospacemed@utmb.edu |
Periods
Offered
10/02/23 - 10/27/23
excluding holiday period 8 |
Maximum
Enrollment
4 |
| Learning Objectives |
Students will participate in formal lectures designed to familiarize them with foundational space medicine topics, International Space Station Operations, and Medical Capability for Deep Space Exploration. Students are required to complete a research project and scientific poster with an accompanying 250-word abstract in a current focus area of space medicine, which will be presented in an open forum poster session at the Johnson Space Center.
Successful completion of this course will ensure that students:
1. Have a familiarization with foundational space medicine topics.
2. Have a familiarization with the International Space Station and low Earth orbit operations.
3. Have a familiarization with the challenges of exploration-class missions and the efforts being made to overcome these challenges.
4. Are prepared to develop an answerable research question relevant to Aerospace Medicine.
5. Are prepared to locate and synthesize pertinent literature and population data.
6. Are prepared to propose an appropriate study design and data collection method to analyze the research question.
7. Are prepared to discuss the implications of their research for future space travel in the context of Aerospace Medicine. |
| Describe the qualifications
background and career goals or interests of students who would benefit
from the course: |
Students must be their final year of medical school.
Interested persons must be a US Citizen (or hold dual citizenship to include the US)
Must have an interest in Aerospace Medicine and plan to apply in future career goals |
| Description of course
activities |
The four-week Aerospace Medicine Clerkship is offered during October at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (located in Houston, TX) and typically begins the first Monday and concludes on the last Friday of the month. The clerkship involves formal lectures on space medicine topics and issues. Clerkship participants are required to complete a research project and scientific poster with an accompanying 250 word abstract in a current focus area of space medicine, which will be presented in an open forum poster session for not only the JSC Space Medicine Operations and clinical community, but other interested divisions/elements at JSC.
In addition to the poster presentation and abstract required by NASA JSC, students will submit a 10-page written overview of experiences and research completed over the duration of the clerkship to UTMB.
The clerkship involves formal lectures on space medicine topics and issues. Familiarization with the medical aspects of International Space Station operations, design, and function as well as Exploration Medical Capability for deep space exploration. The student will be assigned to a mentor for the duration of the clerkship for their research project. |
| Proposed time
requirement (%) for the student activities per 40-hour week: |
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Activity |
Percent of Activity |
| Faculty
contact time |
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Self-directed study |
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| Data
collection/analysis |
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Other
Monday - Friday; 40 hrs per week at NASA JSC |
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Method of student evaluation
Check all that apply - complete appropriate section(s) only:
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1. Grading |
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| A. |
Please specify your grading criteria for outstanding performance: |
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Students will submit a 10-page written overview of experiences and research completed over the duration of the clerkship. Students will also, be required to submit a scientific poster with accompanying 250 word abstract for presentation. |
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2. Written Assignment (Homework,
projects, notes, papers, abstracts, etc.) |
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A. |
Frequency of written assignment(s) |
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Completion of research project and scientific poster with accompanying 250 word abstract for presentation. |
| B. |
Type of written assignment |
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Seminars or tutorials culminating in a research
paper. |
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Basic science research plus documented written
report. |
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Humanities, social sciences, biostatistical or
epidemiological research culminating in a scholarly paper or written
report. |
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Clinically-based written reports focusing on a basic
science or humanities problem. |
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Journal club written reports |
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Grant proposals |
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Literature review |
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Oral presentation plus written report. |
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Other modality with a self-directed, scholarly
research component culminating in a written report. |
| C. |
Format of written assignment |
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Students will submit a 10-page written overview of experiences and research completed over the duration of the clerkship. Students will also, be required to submit a scientific poster with accompanying 250 word abstract for presentation. |
| D. |
Method of content selection (student-selected,
assigned, relate to cases, etc.) |
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Student selected and/or assigned |
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3. Oral Presentation |
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A. |
Frequency / duration of presentation(s)? |
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Poster presentation, abstract, and 10 page written overview required at the end of assignment |
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B. |
Type and format of presentation |
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Audience interactions |
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D. |
Assessment - Who assesses the student's
presentation performance? |
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Self-assessment
Peer
assessment
Faculty
assessment |
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E. |
Method of content selection |
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Student-selected
topic
Assigned
topic |
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4. Professionalism |
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What expectations do you have for the
student to demonstrate participation in the elective (e.g. small group
activities, seminars, thoughtful questions, providing resources, journal
club, resident lecture attendance)?
The instructor will discuss principles of appropriate attribution and
the referencing of literature with the student. The student is expected
to understand and to adhere to the principle that all presented work
must be solely the student’s own. |
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5. Other Modes of Evaluation |
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Please explain below. |
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N/A |
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