Mini Medical School for the Public SPRING 2009 Thursday evenings, May 7 – June 11 7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue Healthcare reform is back on the political agenda in Washington and in California. In this course leading health policy researchers at the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies will serve as guides to health reform. What’s wrong with healthcare? How can we fix it? How might we get care and pay for it in a reformed system? And can healthcare reform really make us more healthy? No one can predict which side will win the health reform battle, but this course will help understand what’s at stake. COURSE CHAIR: Daniel Dohan, PhD, Associate Professor & Associate Director for Training, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies Wednesday evenings, May 6 – June 10 7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue What can be done now to set our children on the right track? This course, taught by UCSF pediatric specialists and surgeons will focus on a wide range of topics that pertain to children and teens and how intervention and treatment now can have major consequences for their future lives well beyond just their health. Topics will include up-to-date discussions of vaccination, childhood obesity, probiotics, and pediatric emergencies, as well as explorations of how hearing, speech, and the mind both develop and go awry. COURSE CO-CHAIRS: Anna K. Meyer, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Peggy S. Weintrub, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease May 5 Obesity 2009: Ten Things You Thought You Knew Robert B. Baron, MD, MS, Director, Mini Medical School for the Public; Professor of Medicine; Associate Dean, Graduate and Continuing Medical Education May 12 Fad Diets: Do They Really Work? Andrea Garber, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Division of Adolescent Medicine May 19 Cholesterol and Fats in Your Blood: Chemistry, Control, and Chaos Tracy Fulton, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics May 26 Sugar: The Bitter Truth Robert H. Lustig, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Dvision of Endocrinology June 2 Regulation of Appetite: Is it Genetic? Christian Vaisse, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, UCSF Diabetes Center June 9 Nutrition in a Bottle: A Scientific Review of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements Ellen Hughes MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Medicine; Former Director of Education, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine May 6 Watch The Lion King 50 Times and Never Get Bored? Insights Into the Mind of the Child Andrea Marmor, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics May 13 Supplements for Children: Is There a Friendly Bacteria? Michael D. Cabana, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Chief, Division of General Pediatrics May 20 The Bermuda Triangle of Pediatric Obesity: More Than Just the Calories Kristine Madsen, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics May 27 Vaccine Controversies: Fact Vs Fiction Peggy S. Weintrub, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease June 3 Dont’ Panic! The ABCs of Pediatric Emergencies Christine Cho, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital Oakland June 10 The Critical Early Years of Language Development: You Can’t Say What You Don’t Hear Anna K. Meyer, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery May 7 Health in America: What’s Health Reform Got to Do with It? Laura Schmidt, PhD, Associate Professor, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies May 14 Creating a 60 Mile Per Gallon US Health Care System Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies May 21 Health Reform and Primary Care: A Medical Home for All Americans? Diane R. Rittenhouse, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, Center for Excellence in Primary Care May 28 Better Ways to Pay for Health Care Harold S. Luft, PhD, Director, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute; Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Health Economics June 4 Quality and Performance: Know What You’re Getting in Health Care R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, Associate Professor, Medicine and Health Policy; Associate Director for Research, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies June 11 The Limits for Reform: Why More Insurance Won’t Cure Health Inequalities Claire Brindis, DrPH , Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy; Interim Director, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies REGISTER ONLINE: Tuesday evenings, May 5 – June 9 7:00 to 8:45 p.m., 513 Parnassus Avenue Few topics are more controversial than nutrition. With new scientific findings published daily and discussed widely in the media, with vast amounts of media advertising about what food to eat and what supplements to take, with enticing food wherever we turn, and with a biologic environment that makes us hungry three times a day, how do we know how to eat to stay healthy? This course, presented by an interdisciplinary team of UCSF clinicians and scientists, will explore the concept of healthy eating and explain the molecular and hormonal basis of energy balance and appetite control. You will learn why it is so hard to keep pounds off, what supplements and vitamins to take and which ones to avoid, and why certain diets work and others don’t. COURSE CO-CHAIRS: Robert B. Baron, MD, MS, Director, Mini Medical School for the Public; Professor of Medicine; Associate Dean, Graduate and Continuing Medical Education Marieke Kruidering-Hall, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; Co-director, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship Program CURRENT CONTROVERSIES IN NUTRITION: LETTING SCIENCE BE THE GUIDE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME: INSIGHTS AND INNOVATIONS IN THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND TEENS WHAT’S HEALTH GOT TO DO WITH IT? MAKING SENSE OF HEALTHCARE REFORM UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Name: (Dr • Mr • Ms • Mrs) ____________________________________________________ Street address: _______________________________________________________________ City: ________________________________________ State: _______ Zip: ______________ Phone:______________________________ Email: __________________________________ Month & day of birth: ______/______ Do you want to be on our priority email list? YES NO Select course by checking box(es): Tuesday evenings, May 5 – June 9 MLL09011 Controversies in Nutrition Wednesday evenings, May 6 – June 10 MLL09012 Care of Children and Teens Thursday evenings, May 7 – June 11 MLL09013 Healthcare Reform Please charge my Visa MasterCard American Express No. _________________ / _________________ / _________________ / _________________ Exp. Date ________________ Authorized Signature ________________________________ FOUR EASY WAYS TO REGISTER: Online: Register at minimedicalschool.ucsf.edu Phone: Call 415/476-5808. Please have your Visa, MasterCard or Amex ready. Fax: Send completed form to 415/502-1795. Include your credit card number and expiration date. Mail: Send the registration form and your check payable to “UC Regents” to UCSF, P.O. Box 45368, San Francisco, CA 94145-0368. For information, call 415/476-4251. REGISTRATION FORM COURSE FEES ONE Course $75 TWO Courses $130 THREE Courses $185 www.minimedicalschool.ucsf.edu