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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAndrea: The Death of a Diabetic
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyIn chronicling the life and death of a woman who developed diabetes as a teenager, this case study explores such basic science t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNot Exactly... The Complexity of a Human Genetic Disease
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Professional Development, Life Sciences, BiochemistryThis case study follows a young couple that is consulting with a genetic counselor about their plans to have a child. Because of...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSaving Superman: Ethics and Stem Cell Research
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life SciencesThis case explores the political and ethical issues associated with stem cell research. Students read the case describing Christ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Difficult Pregnancy A Nurse Practitioner Looks for Answers
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Career & Technical EdThis case study, about a developmentally disabled, 30-weeks-pregnant 19-year-old, presents some of the patient management issues...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChildbed Fever A Nineteenth-Century Mystery
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Personal and Community Health, Health Science & Medical Technology, History-Social ScienceThis case describes the pioneering work of Ignaz Semmelweis and his efforts to remedy the problem of childbed fever in mid-19th ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Case Study Involving Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Personal and Community Health, History-Social Science, Life Sciences and 3 additional..This interrupted case study presents a discussion about the benefits of the influenza vaccine between Mary, a nursing student, a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSpirituality and Health Care A Request for Prayer
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Career & Technical EdIn this medical ethics case, a fourth-year medical student making hospital rounds with an attending physician and several reside...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen Drug Sales and Science Collide
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, Career & Technical EdWhen "Jeff," a fictionalized drug representative, is placed on the Vioxx account in 2001, he finds himself pulled between sales...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt's Just Stress, Right? A Case Study on the Endocrine System
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyEllie is a struggling college student on the brink of failing her physiology course; not surprisingly, she exhibits many classic...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy is Patrick Paralyzed?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Professional Development, Life Sciences, Chemistry, BiochemistryThis clicker case introduces students to a rare genetic disease in which an enzyme is deficient in a critical metabolic pathwa...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPharmacogenetics Using Genetics to Treat Disease
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Engineering & Design, Biochemistry, Technology and 5 additional..This case study investigates the applications of genetics to medicine by exploring one of the first examples of a pharmacogeneti...Views: 0Favorites: 0