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MEL4011 Introduction to Medicine

MEL4012 Physician Shadowing

MEL4601 Diseases of Eating

MEL4005 Medicine and the Law

MEL 7960 Medical Bioethics

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The University of Florida College of Medicine is offering online electives to undergraduate pre-health students through the Department of Psychiatry.

If you are considering a career in Psychiatry, you could not have chosen a better time. The U.S. Bureau of Health Professions projects that between 1995 and 2020 demand for psychiatrists will increase by 100% for child and adolescent psychiatrists and by 19% for generalists.

The prospects for finding a good job in this field are excellent for the foreseeable future. There is still a great need for psychiatrists in all aspects of the public, as well as in the private care sector. Psychiatry was designated as a shortage specialty and a priority specialty in a recent report by the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee. Specialists such as child psychiatrists and geriatric psychiatrists are in even greater demand.

Salary: $150,000 - $300,000

Years in school: 13 - 14 *

Job outlook: Excellent

* after high school graduation

These undergraduate pre-health courses are available to ALL college students who are pursuing a career in Medicine, and are not limited to only University of Florida students. Non-UF students can register during Summer C.

See Registration FAQs for information on how to register for any of these classes.

	Intro to the Professions of Medicine (MEL4011)

	Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer C Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Professor: Lisa Merlo, Ph.D. Summary: Interested in the various fields of medicine and health care? This course introduces the many sub-specialties of medical doctors (pediatrics, surgery, neurology and others) while also highlighting health careers outside of the MD arena... course description

	Diseases of Eating (MEL4601)

	Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer C Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Professor: Lisa Merlo, Ph.D. Summary: The course focuses on anorexia, bulimia and obesity and emphasizes societal issues associated with these disorders. Written assignments are opinion based encouraging the student to think about these disorders on a broad scale... course description

	Medical Bioethics (MEL 7960)

	Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer C Credits: 3 Prerequisites: MEL4011 Professor: Lisa Merlo, Ph.D. & Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D. JD/MPH Summary: This course provides an intensive review of the dynamic field of Bioethics while conveying the importance of integrated collaborative research and professionalism. This course is 100% online course description

	Physician Shadowing (MEL4012)

	Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer C Credits: 3 Prerequisites: I. Minimum 3.5 GPA after 30 UF credits, II. MEL4011 with a grade of "A" Professor: Lisa Merlo, Ph.D. Summary: The core of this course will be gaining experience in the physicians’ clinic with hands-on patient interaction. Students will pick among various specialties at the University of Florida and in the Gainesville, FL area... course description

	Medicine and the Law (MEL4005)

	Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer C Credits: 3 Prerequisites: MEL4011 Professor: Lisa Merlo, Ph.D. & Steven Gold, JD/MPH Summary: Medicine and the Law provides students with insight into the intriguing and always evolving relationship between these two great professions. This course is both appropriate and would be of great assistance to anyone considering... course description