This course is designed to help Berkeley students gain a background in common health problems in our world today. Whether you are a prospective health care provider, public health advocate, or interested in current diseases, this class is designed to provide a broad overview to many different diseases of the body, as well as training to be able to conduct physical examinations, recognize and differentiate diseases, and develop community-based prevention strategies. The material will be tailored to inform students on the disease burden that tropical nations such as Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica are facing.

Class will include a short weekly quiz, a lecture and discussion on the weekly reading, discussion of case studies, and practice of physical examination. Short readings and homework will be assigned. There will be one midterm and a final.

The entire course will be graded on a P/NP basis.

Attendance is mandatory with one allowed excused absence. The class will be held every Wednesday, excepting holidays, starting 9/11/19. See you then!

An application will be distributed which will be due the day after the first meeting. We will take as many students as we are able. If there are more interested students than seats in the course, we will use the application to decide who will be admitted into the course. Application decisions will be released within three days of the first class.