Welcome to Behavioral Science Aaron Grossman awgrossmuiuc edu

Welcome to Behavioral Science! Aaron Grossman awgrossm@uiuc. edu

What you will learn • Before the midterm – Introduction to Health Care in America and your future relationships with patients – Development from birth to death – Basic experimentation and perception • Before the final – Biological bases of mental function (learning/memory, conditioning, decision making) – Some psychiatry – Human sexuality and neuropsychology – Neurobiology of stress & sleep, and brain plasticity

Spring Training … • Taught in spring for 1 st time • Paired with Neuroscience • Lectures can complement each other… – – "Perception" and "Visual System” "Sleep and EEG" and "Reticular System” "Substance Abuse" and "Neurochemistry“ "Neuropsych / Brain Plasticity" and "Cerebral Cortex“ • We want your feedback !!

Behavioral Science is broad • Behavioral Science will cover biology, social psychology, psychiatry, & cognition – also a number of other things • Don’t be overly concerned by the broad number of topics – Think “How does this relate to treating a patient? ” – This will help you better remember the material too! • Team-taught course

Why is this important? • Okay, you’ve got 8 other classes – You’ll have to interact with patients – You’ll have to treat them from birth to death – You’ll have to read medical journals – You’ll have to take a sexual history – You’ll have to know how the brain performs higher cognitive functions…

What’s expected? • Come to class – Not a requirement -- a darned good idea • Review the handouts – All material on the exam is in your handouts – Much is also covered in the textbook • Pass the exams with a 60% or better – “O” typically is 90 or better.

The textbook • Fadem, Barbara. (2005). Board Review Series: Behavioral Science. (4 th edition) – Buy it now. You’ll be glad you have it. • (Available at TIS or on amazon. com) – Has VERY good practice questions in it …

How to find your lectures • • Go to the M 1 page at www. med. uiuc. edu Click on Behavioral Science Pick “Schedule” from blue menu on left Find lecture you want, look to far right for “PPT” or “PDF” link • “Save target as…” or click to open in new window • “Will they be there the night before? ? ”

www. med. uiuc. edu/m 1/behsci/ • • Lecture notes TA reviews Late-breaking announcements Practice questions Contact info for professors Online resources to help with difficult material Other interesting bits of information

Questions? • Textbooks on reserve in library • TA office hours TBA – These will be listed under “Announcements, ” and may have to be flexible… • E-mail me at awgrossm@uiuc. edu • E-mail your professors • Don’t forget the exam reviews!