PVM 721 Infectious Disease and Public Health
Students will become oriented to infectious diseases public health work by joining the State Epidemiologist's daily activities including outbreak investigation. When an outbreak is not occurring, students will be involved in an assigned brief research project oriented to review of medical literature and presentation of their findings for critical review by the State Epidemiologist. The remainder of time will be spent with field trips [i.e., county TB clinic, restaurant inspections with a sanitarian, wastewater treatment plant, or Quarantine Station at O'Hare Airport]. Lectures on various topics will be provided e.g., West Nile Virus in Illinois, Pertussis in Adults, and Outbreak Investigations of many diseases. Specific educational objectives are: 1) to gain basic understanding of public health infectious disease issues; 2) to expose medical students to career opportunities in public health; and 3) to develop an understanding of the local, state, and federal role in surveillance and control of infectious diseases. Prerequisites: none. FA WI SP SU [2 or 4 weeks]

PVM 781 Research in Preventive Medicine
Students may arrange research rotations individually with faculty at Rush. In order to receive credit for such a rotation, the person to whom the student will be responsible must write a letter describing the student's activities, responsibilities, amount of supervision, and the specific dates of the rotation. Credit toward graduation is granted assuming that the research project is ongoing throughout the academic year. [4 weeks]