Graduate Course Descriptions

Community Health/CMH

Note: See quarterly class schedule or departmental advisor for further enrollment restrictions, requirements, or special course information.

CMH 601: BIOSTATISTICS I (Credits: 4)

Presents basic statistical measures with emphasis on biomedical problems. Includes sampling techniques, making valid inferences and estimations, and testing hypotheses. Practice in use of calculations and preparation of data for machine analysis.

CMH 602: BIOSTATISTICS II (Credits: 3)

Studies advanced statistical methods for analysis of variance, multiple regression, survey methods, design of experimental investigations, vital statistics, bioassays, and sequential analysis.

PREREQUISITE: CMH 601.

CMH 621: EPIDEMIOLOGY I (Credits: 3)

Nature of epidemiological studies; descriptive epidemiology; experimental and observational investigations; cross-sections; prospective and retrospective studies; mortality and morbidity measurements and factors affecting comparison; life tables; and introduction to demographic measurements.

CMH 622: EPIDEMIOLOGY II (Credits: 3)

Advanced techniques of epidemiological investigation. Epidemiology of specific chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular and mental disorders. Introduction to environmental and occupational epidemiology. Students prepare research protocol on a given specific problem.

PREREQUISITE: EPIDEMIOLOGY I.

CMH 641: ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE I (Credits: 3)

Interaction of humans with special environments. Section one is an intensive study of respiration, the cardiovascular system, and the physics and physiology of gaseous environments.

PREREQUISITE: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY.

CMH 642: ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE II (Credits: 3)

Interaction of humans with special environments. Section two covers mineral, chemical, and drug metabolism; function of sensory systems; and the physics and physiological stresses of heat and cold, sound, and electromagnetic and ionizing radiation.

PREREQUISITE: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY.

CMH 643: ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE III (Credits: 3)

Interaction of humans with special environments. Section three studies effects of dynamic forces, biomechanics of the body, physiology of physical exercises, and engineering machines to improve human performance.

PREREQUISITE: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY.

CMH 651: AEROSPACE MEDICINE I (Credits: 4)

General review, discussions of research projects, guest presentations, and selected advanced topics dealing with aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, and public health. Presentation and discussion of problem clinical cases related to aerospace medicine.

CMH 652: AEROSPACE MEDICINE II (Credits: 2)

Covers civil pilot medical case histories including presentation of the medical condition that the pilot experienced, the implications by medical certification, and the proper steps in denying or certifying the pilot. M.D. degree required. May be taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.

PREREQUISITE: CME 651.

CMH 654: INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY MEDICINE (Credits: 2)

Familiarization with activities and services encompassed by community medicine, including public health, preventive medicine, prospective medicine, occupational medicine, geriatric health, handicapped services, and health promotion. May be
taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.

CMH 655: HYPERBARIC MEDICINE (Credits: 3)

Mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, equipment, safety considerations, and limitations. Conditions particularly amenable to this therapy are explored: decompression sickness, air embolism, gas gangrene, CO poisoning, and elective indications. May be taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.

CMH 700: AEROMEDICAL ASPECTS OF AEROSPACE ACCIDENTS (Credits: 4)

Overview of aerospace accident investigation procedures, concerned regulations, and interdisciplinary management from an aeromedical perspective. Selected advance topics include the analyses of relevant aerospace accident reports, post-crash survivability, and future directions.

CMH 701: SPEC TOPICS:COMM MED AERO (Credits: 3)

Provides the philosophy underlying each major aerospace medicine standard. It also explores the aerospace medical factors that convert safe flight into hazardous flight. M.D. degree and departmental approval required. May be taken for letter grade or pass/unsatisfactory.

CMH 711: SPECIAL SEMINARS IN AEROSPACE MEDICINE (Credits: 3)

Participants discuss the influence and value of aerospace medicine on an international basis in light of new and proposed aeromedical technological developments.

CMH 721: AEROMED CON&OP FLT ENVIR (Credits: 3)

Builds on the basics of the aeromedical concerns to advance the understanding of the relevant aeromedical aspects related to the operational flight environment. Practical experiences in the hypobaric chamber, acceleration, and life support facilities supplement course work.

CMH 731: HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (Credits: 3 TO 5)

(Also listed as MGT 755) Overview of total health care system including public and private institutions and agencies, federal and state regulations, and methods of financing. Directed study of major contemporary forces affecting the health care delivery system. Class includes seminars and on-site experiences.

PREREQUISITE: MGT 621

CMH 850: AEROSPACE MEDICINE PROJECTS (Credits: 4)

A major project for class presentation at year's end.

CMH 899: AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH (Credits: 3)

Under supervision of an advisor, students choose research problems, prepare bibliographical searches, plan experimental protocol, and conduct experimentation. A full report, constituting a thesis, is written and defended before a graduate committee.

CMH 723-3 Human Factors Engineering in Aerospace Medicine (HFE 723 given by engineering school)

Focuses on recent developments in human factors engineering. Design principles, crew compartment technology and resource management, crew member performance, and reliability are discussed. Open to residents of the Aerospace Medicine Program only.

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