New course on women’s health to be offered in Spring 2017

Penn State College of Medicine will offer a new course, “Special Topics in Women’s Health,” for the Spring 2017 semester.

The three-credit course will start with an overview of women’s health as a construct, and will then challenge students to consider how public health programs, health care delivery organizations and public policy can respond to emerging needs in women’s health.

The course will employ brief didactics, readings, class discussion, and a final assignment: to identify and lead a discussion of a topic of importance to women’s health.

The aims of the course include:

• The education of public health leaders in women’s health
• Understanding how public health perspectives on women’s health are changing
• Identification of key health problems facing women across the lifespan; key biological, psychosocial and cultural factors that influence women’s health

The course will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays in Room 2102 of the College’s Academic Support Building, 90 Hope Drive, Hershey, PA 17033.

It is optional for graduate students, and there are no prerequisites. Students in public health sciences degree programs will receive priority seating.

Non-College of Medicine students who wish to attend must register by emailing Mardi Sawyer at msawyer@phs.psu.edu.

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