CLINICAL
SCIENCE (CSC)
Departme
4046 Health
Science Center, 608-785-6620
e-mail:
zellmer.mark@uwlax.edu
Professor: Taylor; Associate
Professors: Martin, McCoy, Zellmer; Assistant Professors:
Dougherty-Harris, Kemnitz, McCannon, Scheuermann, Soneira-Ruiz, Uphoff; Lecturers:
Arney, Garland, Heinz, Majewski, Rathgaber, Saeger, Temple, Wessels.
The
Clinical Science Department includes five health professions programs. These
programs include Medical Laboratory Science (MLS), Occupational Therapy (O-T),
Physician Assistant Studies (PA), Radiation Sciences: Nuclear Medical
Technology (NMT), and Radiation Sciences: Radiation Therapy (R-T). Each of
these programs has an identified professional curriculum including both
didactic and clinical experiences which leads to a Bachelor of Science degree.
Each program has defined pre-professional prerequisites and admission criteria,
which must be completed before seeking admission to the professional program.
Student participation in each program is governed by program specific policies
that can be obtained directly from the program.
Healthcare
institutions are required by law to screen students involved in caring for
their patients as part of the Wisconsin Caregiver Program. Clinical Science
programs facilitate this process for institutions providing clinical
instruction by processing the necessary forms when students matriculate into
the professional program curriculum. If an institution determines that a
student is ineligible to participate in the care of their patients based on
this process, the student’s ability to complete the professional program may be
jeopardized. Similar processes exist in Minnesota and other surrounding states.
Further information about the Wisconsin Caregive Program and its requirements
can be found at http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/caregiver/index.htm.
The
MLS, O-T, PA and R-T programs all hold programmatic accreditation with their
professions' accrediting agency. The NMT program has academic relationships
with several hospital-based programs, which hold the NMT professional program
accreditation. Further information about each of the Clinical Science
Department's programs follows.
The
department has several courses which allow pre-professional students to explore
the various health professions and aspects of healthcare. The department’s
faculty and instructional academic staff includes those involved directly with
these programs and the department’s curriculum. In addition, recognizing the
significant academic contributions to the department by health professionals in
both the didactic and clinical setting, numerous clinicians from many
disciplines hold clinical, and CSC academic staff appointments. See p. 296 for
a listing of those individuals.
CSC/HPR
106 Cr.
2
Overview
of health related professions in the health delivery system. Course will
include educational and professional aspects of a broad range of health related
careers. General topics will include an overview of the health related delivery
system, health reform, legal and ethical issues, and professionalism. An
interdisciplinary approach will be utilized to present specific information on
individual health related professions. (Cross-listed with HPR; may only earn
credit in CSC or HPR.)
CSC 350 Cr.
1-3
Topics
for this course are selected by the instructor and/or as developed by
student/faculty dialogue to meet special interests and needs of students. These
topics are relevant to pre-professional physician assistant education or others
interested in health care careers, but are not found elsewhere in the
university curriculum. Repeatable for credit — maximum 6.
CSC 421/BIO 501/P-T 521
Cr. 7
Human
Gross Anatomy
A
comprehensive consideration of the human anatomy including both
neuro-musculo-skeletal components and internal organ systems. Systems included
are musculoskeletal, neurological, urogenital, gastrointestinal, skeletal, and
cardiopulmonary. The course includes the complete regional dissection of the
human cadaver. Biomechanical function, topographic and radiographic
correlations, and clinical applications are emphasized. Provides an in-depth
understanding of the gross anatomy of the human body through lecture, audiovisual,
computer, and gross cadaver dissection. Lect. 5, Lab. 12.5. Prerequisite:
admission to the physician assistant or occupational therapy program.
(Cross-listed with BIO 501 and P-T 521; may only earn credit in CSC 421 or BIO
501 or P-T 521.) Offered summer
session.