tracks & special programs department
The Tracks and Special Programs Department provides and administrates all additional programs that are offered to all RVU students aimed at enhancing the core curriculum. Currently this department offers 7 three and half year Tracks in the following subject areas; Global Medicine, Rural & Wilderness Medicine, Physician Scientist, Urban Underserved, Digital Health, Long Term Care, and Academic Medicine and Leadership.
Single semester Elective courses are also offered during the year, which cover topics such as Humanities in Medicine, Medical Spanish, and Global Medical Outreach. The department continues to develop additional learning opportunities for all RVU students. All students in good academic standing as per the student handbook are eligible to apply to/enroll in these courses.
We provide students with optional, credit earning courses that cover topics beyond that of the regular core curriculum.
CONTACTS:
Department Admins: globalmedicine@rvu.edu
Department Chair: Dr. Camille Bentley DO, MPH, FACOFP: at cbentley@rvu.edu
Colorado Campus, Pod B
President, Hands for Health Foundation, Aurora, CO.
www.handsforhealthfoundation.org
Use this to get approval for extra credit in your track.
View this email from Dr. Bentley for details.
TRACK STUDENTS - Use this link to complete the form for your track.
Tracks are open to second semester first year students and run through the remainder of their education.
Digital Health
Dr. Cole Zanetti czanetti@rvu.edu
Global Medicine
Dr. Camille Bentley - cbentley@rvu.edu
Dr. Vickie Roettger - vroettger@rvu.edu
Rural & Wilderness Medicine
Dr. Dave Ross - dross@rvu.edu
Physician-Scientist
Dr. Rebecca Ryznar - rryznar@rvu.edu
Urban Underserved
Dr. Jean Bouquet jbouquet@rvu.edu
Ms. Jen Fisher jfisher@rvu.edu
Academic Medicine & Leadership
Dr. David Park dpark@rvu.edu
Dr. Regan Stiegmann rstiegmann@rvu.edu
Dr. Jan Pryor jpryor@rvu.edu
Dr. Mark Wardle mwardle@rvu.edu
Physician Scientist
Dr. Amanda Brooks abrooks@rvu.edu
Long Term Care Medicine
Dr. David Crimin dcrimin@rvu.edu
Dr. Andy Nigh anigh@rvu.edu
Dr. Thomas Bigham tbigham@rvu.edu
Electives are open to all students, from any program who are in good standing. Course offerings may change due to enrollment, location, or fluency (Medical Spanish). Please understand that as we add new courses, we may not be able to run every course every semester.
To register for an elective, email the course director. They will work on filling their classes and when their roster is finalized, they will work with the Registrar to get students officially enrolled.
Graphic Novels & Medicine
Dr. George igeorge@rvu.edu
History of Medicine
Ms. Fisher - jfisher@rvu.edu
Dr. Elizabeth George - egeorge@rvu.edu
Medical Spanish
Dr. Mark Wardle - mwardle@rvu.edu
Medicine in Film
Dr. An Dang - adang@rvu.edu
Mr. Joe Richard - jrichard@rvu.edu
A couple of new electives are also in the works ... stay tuned!
Medical Spanish Elective -
Mark Wardle, DO, mwardle@rvu.edu
Thomas Bigham, DO tbigham@rvu.edu
Fundamentals of East Asian Medicine Elective -
Keith Bodrero, DO kbodrero@rvu.edu
Janene Borandi, DACM jborandi@rvu.edu
NOTE - Registration begins in mid-September and mid-January