Beauchamp:NeuroimagingElective
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Beauchamp Lab
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This is the web page for information about the neuroimaging elective for fourth-year medical students at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. In the 2010-2011 academic year, the course will be offered in November, December and January. Each month, all students are required to attend the first meeting of the course.
The course will be taught by Timothy Ellmore, Ph.D. (Department of Neurosurgery) and Michael Beauchamp, Ph.D. (Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy). The elective is designed to be primarily independent study, allowing for flexibility for students to schedule residency interviews. Students should select a topic of interest to them that will helpful to them in their residency. Each week, the student will schedule a time to meet with their instructor. At the end of the month, the students will present a Powerpoint presentation on their topic of interest.
Here is an informal description of the course: Dr. Beauchamp offers a neuroimaging elective for 4th year medical students interested in specialties where brain disorders are an important contributor to disease. Students will select a disorder of interest and learn how neuroimaging could be used for diagnosis or treatment. For instance, obesity (Internal Medicine); dementia (Geriatrics); tumor (Neurosurgery); cerebral infarcts (Radiology); epilepsy (Neurology); dyslexia (Pediatrics); bipolar disorder (Psychiatry). No technical background or experience with neuroimaging is required. The elective is designed to be primarily independent study, allowing for flexibility for students to schedule residency interviews. Students should select a topic of interest to them that will helpful to them in their residency.
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