1. IVMS BMS GENERAL PRINCIPLES USMLE WEB MAPS
COMPONENT VII: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES with materials
covering organic correlates of behavior, life cycle, human
behavior in illness, patients’ interview and medical law and
ethics. Medical law & ethics is treated with emphasis on
patients’ rights, physician-patient relationship, beginning &
end of life issues, clinical research & human experimentation
and the ethics of managed care.
Gender, ethnic, and behavioral considerations affecting disease treatment and prevention
(including psychosocial, cultural, occupational, and environmental)
7.0 BEHAVIORAL CORRELATES: neuroanatomical, neurochemistry, neuropharmacologic,
genetic & Psychologic; DSM IV classification of mental illness; Common psychotropic agents
American Psychiatric Association - DSM-IV-TR
eMedicine - Psychiatry
Long - Internet Mental Health
http://www.unr.nevada.edu/~goodman/brain/memory_tutorial.html
http://www.brainsource.com/amazing brain.htm
Neurotramsnitters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotransmitter
Brain Neurotransmitters
7.1 LIFE CYCLE: progression through the life cycle (birth through senescence)
7.1.1. Cognitive, language, motor skills, and social and interpersonal development
Child and Adolescent Development
http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/devmile.htm
7.1.2. HUMAN SEXUALITY: sexual development (eg, puberty, menopause)
http://www.usu.edu/openshaw/3110/3110ppt/adolescent/
http://www.addison.ac.uk/endocrine_modules/module1/lecturers_material/html_files/END1.19b/
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2. 7.1.3. Influence of developmental stage on physician/patient interview
http://www.baylorcme.org/adolescent/presentations/middleman/middleman.pdf
7.2 HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ILLNESS (psychologic and social factors influencing patient
behavior)
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.php?BenchmarkID=6&DocID=281
7.2.1. Personality traits or coping style (coping mechanisms)
http://www.alleydog.com/101notes/personality.html
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Science
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/perscontents.html (excellent on personality theory)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_mechanism(excellent on defense mechanism)
7.2.2. Psychodynamic and behavioral factors, related past experience
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychodynamics
7.2.3. Family and cultural factors, including socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and
gender
http://www.euteach.com/euteach_module_a5
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/cre/execsummary-6.html
Adaptive and maladaptive behavioral responses to stress and illness (eg,
drug-seeking behavior, sleep deprivation)
http://www.alleydog.com/101notes/stress&health.html
7.2.4. Interactions between the patient and the physician or the health care
system (eg, transference)
http://www.oregoncounseling.org/ArticlesPapers/ManagedCare.htm
7.2.5. Patient adherence (general and adolescent)
Patient Adherence /Compliance Assessment Instrument.htm
Self-assessment of Personality Theory
Guide to Personality Theory with quiz.htm
7.3. PATIENT INTERVIEWING, CONSULTATION & INTERACTIONS WITH FAMILY
http://zoey.med.howard.edu/2003/archives/ipc/9-7-99-both-hours.htm
7.3.1 Establishing and maintaining rapport
http://www.obgyn.net/medical.asp?page=/english/pubs/articles/rapport01
http://www.obgyn.net/medical.asp?page=/english/pubs/articles/rapport02
7.3.2 Data gathering
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/medical/clerkships/peds/Clerkship/Objectives/History.html
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3. 7.3.3. Approaches to patient education
http://www.ama-assn.org/public/journals/patient/
Doctor-patient relationship
7.3.4. Enticing patients to make life-style changes
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/lifestyles.htm
http://www.mercksharpdohme.com/disease/
7.3.5. Communicating bad news
http://www.indiandoctors.com/others/200.php3
7.3.6. “Difficult” interviews (eg, anxious or angry patients)
http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/spring03/angry.html
7.3.7. Multicultural ethnic characteristics
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-593-x/89-593-x2003001-eng.pdf
http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/multicultural
Culture Clues. Notes
Cultural Competency Resources Guidelines/. Html
7.4. MEDICAL LAW & ETHICS
7.4.1. PATIENTS’ RIGHTS: consent and informed consent to treatment
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/patient_rights/article_em.htm
7.4.2. Physician-patient relationships (eg, ethical conduct, confidentiality)
http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/9708/9708.reducerisk.shtml
7.4.3. END OF LIFE - death and dying, right to die?
http://law.jrank.org/pages/5987/Death-Dying-Right-Die-Individual-Autonomy-State-Interests.html
http://www.anabaptists.org/tracts/deathtrc.html
7.4.4. BEGINNING OF LIFE – Legal & Ethical Birth-related issues
http://smj.sma.org.sg/3101/3101ra1.pdf
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/978997-overview
http://www.commed.uchc.edu/medicalhumanities/weblinks.htm
7.4.5. HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION (issues related to patient participation in research –
clinical trials & informed consent)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive//20061214/pubs/cbm/hum_exp.html
http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/casestudies.html - research
7.4.6. Interactions with other health professionals (eg, referral)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1924173/pdf/canmedaj01268-0043b.pdf
7.4.7. HUMAN SEXUALITY and the profession, other “boundary” issues
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4. http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/18/5/511
http://www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/DPReview.html
http://www.ahs.cqu.edu.au/psysoc/units/53270/pdf/m4c11.pdf
7.4.8. Ethics of managed care
http://www2.umdnj.edu/omcweb/
7.4.9. Organization and cost of health-care delivery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_States
PLEASE REPORT BROKEN LINKS TO DR. CRAY drcray@imhotepvirtualmedsch.com
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