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, discussion of case studies, and practice of physical examination. Homework will be assigned, in the form of a short worksheet. 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 2/5/20. See you then!

Everyone is welcome to the first day of class, and we will take as many students as we are able. If there are more interested students than seats in the course based on the turnout of the first class, we will use a short application to decide who will be admitted into the course. Application decisions will be released within three days of the first class. Please fill in the sign-up below so that we know how many people are interested! (Or copy paste the following URL into your browser): https://forms.gle/ynsF4pc3ZBJVjEUj9