Instructor: Dr. Judy Kandel, Office: MH-364, Telephone: 278-2546
Office hours: Tuesday, Thursday 10:30 - 11:30

Email:jkandel@fullerton.edu

Recommended Text: Coursepack and related web sites.
http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/index.html

 

General STD sites:

http://edcenter.med.cornell.edu/Pathophysiology_Cases/STDs/STD_TOC.html

http://www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/IntMed/Infectious/Infectious.html

 

HIV sites: http://www.aidsinfonet.org/~hivcc/001-index.html

http://www.tthhivclinic.com

Course Objectives: Students should acquire an understanding of the STDs which have an impact on them and on the local and global society. In addition to learning some information about each disease, you will participate in discussions of the issues surrounding STDs, particularly how we can reduce their occurence. Your honesty and open-mindedness will make these discussions a meaningful forum for exchange of ideas.By all means, ask questions and make relevant comments throughout the class period.

With the exception of the first class meeting, you are expected to have done the reading and/or assignments before coming to class.. I will not spend time on some of the factual data and terms that are otherwise clearly presented.

Date	Topic
6/3	WHY STUDY STDS? The Scope of the Problem and Defining the Issues World Health Organization http://www.who.int/hiv/en/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/dstdp.html
6/4	REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY: How different are men and women? The Role of Condoms in the STD Crisis
6/5 - 6	EPIDEMIOLOGY: Disease transmission factors How do we know that HIV causes AIDS? How good are the diagnostic tests for STDs? If we could eradicate smallpox why haven't we eliminated these diseases?
6/10	EXAM 1
6/11	POTENTIALLY FATAL STDS HIV and AIDS: The virus and the disease
6/12	GET VACCINATED IF YOU ARE AT RISK Hepatitis B MORE BAD NEWS Warts, HPV, and cervical cancer: a waiting game
6/13	ULCERATIVE STDS Herpes viruses: Here today, here tomorrow Syphilis and Chancroid: Something old and something new?
6/17	Exam 2
6/18	URETHRITIS/CERVICITIS Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
6/19	JUST PLAIN ANNOYING STDS Vaginitis Ectoparasites
6/19	POSTERS/ PRESENTATIONS
6/20	Exam 3

GRADES: Grades will be based on scores from

• individual exams (180 points total),
• group exams (60 points),
• in-class assignments/activities (50 points); because participation is important these cannot be made up. Attendance therefore will become part of your grade. The class meets for 12 sessions - you may miss two class sessions without penalty. Each additional class session missed will result in lowering your final grade by one letter grade.
• a poster and web review project (50 points each).
  • Instructions for the poster project;
  • Instructions for web review project

  The exams will be multiple choice, short answer, and brief essay. Final grades for the course are likely to be curved, but the curve will not be decided until the end of the course with the following exception - the C grade will be set at 65%.

STD HOTLINE: 800-227-8922

AIDS HOTLINE: 800-342-AIDS

 

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