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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWoe to That Child A Case of Cystic Fibrosis
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyAlvin s parents are worried about him. He has had a cough for almost a week, and he s wheezing a lot more than they think is nor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy is Patrick Paralyzed?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Chemistry, ScienceThis 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 / 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 / HyperLinkUretero What? A Systems-Level View of a Pregnancy with Medical Complications
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 5 additional..This case study follows a woman faced with a series of difficult medical decisions. Students apply systems-level physiology as t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTragic Choices: Autism, Measles, and the MMR Vaccine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Education Theory and Practice, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology and 6 additional..This case explores the purported connection between vaccines in general, and the MMR vaccine specifically, and autism. Students ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkToo Many B Cells Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and the Role of Flow Cytometry
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Cells, Professional Development, Biochemistry, Life Sciences, ScienceTaylor's doctor notices she has swollen lymph nodes and an elevated white blood cell count on her routine annual exam and asks h...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo Tell the Truth Delivering Bad News to Patients
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Career & Technical EdThis case was developed to teach first-year medical students about medical ethics as they apply to patient communication. Studen...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Plan: Ethics and Physician Assisted Suicide
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Career & Technical EdThis case study on physician-assisted suicide is used in a medical ethics course. The case itself is a short article published i...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Haemophilus Vaccine A Victory for Immunologic Engineering
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Cells, Professional Development and 3 additional..This case study focuses on a young mother whose child attends a day care center where there has been an outbreak of bacterial me...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of the Newborn Nightmare
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Cells, Professional Development and 3 additional..Three newborns left in the care of Dr. Matthew Mitchell have developed a mysterious rash. Under increasing pressure from hospita...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Case of Baby Joe Chronic Infections in an Infant
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life SciencesThis interrupted case study follows the declining health of an infant who suffers from recurrent infections and finally is diagn...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe 1st New Disease of the 21st Century
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Cells, Professional Development and 2 additional..This case study uses a PowerPoint (~1MB) combined with role-playing to present the epidemiology and pathophysiology of Severe Ac...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSplit My Brain A Case Study of Seizure Disorder and Brain Function
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 3 additional..This case study involves a couple deciding whether or not their son should undergo brain surgery to treat a severe seizure disor...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSpirituality and Health Care A Request for Prayer
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, 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 / HyperLinkSometimes Less is Better The Treatment of Thromboembolism
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyEd Cramer is a 47-year-old mechanical engineer who is being treated for venous thromboembolism. He was 45 when he first develo...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSickle Cell Anemia
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Cells, Professional Development and 2 additional..In this case study on sickle cell anemia, students are introduced to some of the key researchers responsible for determining the...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShannon and Jake An Application of Medical Ethics Principles
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Personal and Community HealthThis case was developed to teach first-year medical students the basics of medical ethics. It describes a situation in which a f...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSex and Vaccination
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences, Health Science & Medical Technology, History-Social Science, Personal and Community HealthThis case study focuses on the controversy surrounding the decision by Texas Governor Rick Perry to mandate the compulsory vacci...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 / HyperLinkPharmacogenetics Using Genetics to Treat Disease
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Engineering & Design 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