Undergraduate Education
Undergraduate Education
The UK College of Medicine Department of Behavioral Science offers an undergraduate certificate in medical behavioral science. The programs is designed to serve a diverse population of pre-medicine learners with an in-depth, interdisciplinary learning experience in the behavioral sciences that prepares them for managing the intellectual and interpersonal demands of medical training and affecting positive structural change in healthcare.
Upon completion of the program’s core courses, students will be able to answer the following questions: What is health? How does stress get under our skin? Is your zip code a better predictor of health than genetics? How are we treated differently by doctors depending on our gender, race, or age? Why is it so hard to change our individual behavior? How do social structures guide our actions, behaviors, and responses to health and illness? What is the “culture of medicine,” and how do we become accustomed to it?
Core Courses in Medical Behavioral Science
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| BSC/HON 152: More than Medicine: How Psychological, Social, and Behavioral Factors Impact Health | Medical Psychology (UK Core Course in the Natural Sciences) | Define key concepts in medical behavioral science that may appear on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) |
| BSC/HON 251: Sociocultural Dimensions of Health and Medicine: A Primer for Future Practitioners | Medical Sociology (UK Core Course in the Social Sciences) | Apply key concepts in medical behavioral science to societal and public health issues |
| BSC/HON 301: Shadowing and the Culture of Medicine | Health Humanities (UK Core Course in the Humanities) | Observe and experience key concepts in medical behavioral science in interprofessional clinical settings |
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The Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Behavioral Science:
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