T1 Electives - Department of Psychiatry and Neurology

Goals and Objectives:

1. To learn the technique of making good suggestions (bedside manner).
2. To learn the value of hypnosis in the diagnosis and treatment of pain, psychosomatic disorders, autonomic dysfunction, smoking cessation, etc.

Dabney M. Ewin, MD, Course Director
318 Baronne St.
New Orleans, LA 70112-1606
Departmental Contact: Pamela Roquemore
Phone: (504) 988-5406 or (504) 561-1051
Fax: (504) 586-8958
Grading Policy: Students will be evaluated based on attendance, participation and a written exam.
Enrollment: Elective is open to T1s and T2s. Minimum: Four
Time of course: Session 2 & 3 Wednesdays: 3-5 p.m.

Session 2

• October 8, 2008
• October 15, 2008
• October 22, 2008
• October 29, 2008

Session 3

• January 14, 2009
• January 21, 2009
• January 28, 2009

Women in Medicine: Study of Complex Roles and Leadership Style

Not offered for 2008-2009

The course will study the relationship style of women and the influence that has on professional and personal life. The discussion is two-pronged. Two sessions are devoted to the integration of professional and personal life. Group discussion is based on relevant chapters from Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids, and Life in a Half Changed World (Oreinstein, P). Two sessions are devoted to the manner in which a woman's need to empower others, often at the expense of herself, affects her leadership style both positively and negatively. Two chapters from Women's Growth in Connection (Jordan, et al), "Women and Power" and "Work Inhibitions in Women" form the basis for this discussion.

Sylvia J. Schneller, M.D., Course Director
Email: sjsgrmd@aol.com
Mailing Address: 87 Flamingo, New Orleans, LA, 70124
Enrollment: 4-8 students: T-1, T-2
Time of course: Sessions 2 and 3 only; 4 one and one-half hour sessions (every other Wednesday from 1:30 to 3)

Transcultural Mental Health and Spirituality

Not offered for 2008-2009

The goal of this elective course is to expand the cultural, religious, and spiritual competence of Tulane medical and public health students beyond the biomedical model when responding to patients and their families' distress, crises, and end-of-life situations. We will examine current models for consciousness and self-concept within four paradigms for mental health: reductionism, humanism, dualism, and monism. Recent research findings on the neuroscience and neuroepistemology (d'Aquili; Newberg; Damasio; Persinger; Dietrich) of spirituality, culture, and mental health will be reviewed. Relevant neurophysiologic correlates of Shingon Buddhism, Vedanta, Yoga, and Zen spiritual practices will be explored. There will be a strong emphasis on the implementation of assessment tools that elicit patient's cultural and spiritual identity. Students will learn to distinguish between psychopathology, spiritual crisis/emergency, and spiritual emergence.

This elective will be offered in a seminar/workshop format and will consist of Power Point presentations, group discussion, audio and videoclips. The elective's practical component includes instructor- facilitated assessment of five clinical cases using SAI, FICA, and HOPE instruments. The experiential component of the course includes self- assessments, group exposure to Gregorian, Tibetan, Shingon, Vedic, and Sufi chanting, and group practice of breathwork and meditation to be followed by a discussion of the neurophysiologic correlates of peak performance (flow) and spiritual experiences.

Reading/handouts on the neurophysiologic correlates of spirituality will be emailed to students two weeks prior to session. At the end of the elective, each student will receive from the instructor a CD with all the course material.

Patrick Marius Koga, MD, M.P.H., Course Director
Email: pkoga1@tulane.edu
Phone: (916) 483-2271
Mailing Address: 516 40th Street, Sacramento, CA 95819
Location: Tidewater Building, room TBD
Grading Policy: Pass or Fail. Student performance will be evaluated by attendance of both seminars (required), participation in all group discussions, assessments, and practices. No oral or written exam is required.
Enrollment: 4-20 students: T-1, T-2
Time of course: Two 3-hour seminars
Seminar 1: Friday, April 13, 2007, 2:00-5:00pm
Seminar 2: Saturday, April 14, 2007, 9:00am-12:00pm
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