Biol 265. Experience in the Life Sciences (spring/fall)
Provides an opportunity to earn credit for nonclassroom learning in the life sciences. A wide variety of activities qualify. For example, students might accompany a physician on rounds and prepare a paper on a specific organ system or disease, participate in a field or ecological study and report on the findings, help create a summer biology curriculum for children and report on its effectiveness, etc. Participants must arrange to work with a supervisor with whom they will meet on a regular basis. See http://www.nslc.wustl.edu/courses/BIO265/bio265.html for details. Credit/No Credit only. Students are registered by the department after approval is granted. Forms are available in 105 Plant Growth. Credit variable, maximum 2 units. J. Downey (Pediatrics, WUMS)

Biol 265 Experience in the Life Sciences- Section 1 (spring/fall)
Provides an opportunity to earn credit for nonclassroom learning in the life sciences. A wide variety of activities qualify. For example, students might accompany a physician on rounds and prepare a paper on a specific organ system or disease, participate in a field or ecological study and report on the findings, help create a summer biology curriculum for children and report on its effectiveness, etc. Participants must arrange to work with a supervisor with whom they will meet on a regular basis. Credit/No Credit only. Students are registered by the department after approval is granted. Forms are available in 105 Plant Growth. Credit variable, maximum 2 units. J. Downey (Pediatrics, WUMS)

Biol 265 Experience in the Life Sciences- Section 2 (spring/fall)
Participate in teaching anatomy & physiology, exercise science (fitness education) and/or nutrition in the St. Louis area. Students serve the community by offering knowledge-based teaching assistance, including development of educational materials, to a diverse population of students and/or adults. Participants spend at least 52 hours per semester as a classroom teaching assistant and/or as a health educator during community health fairs. Mandatory seminars include readings relevant to the semester plan. A class schedule and a contract for successful completion of the course is reviewed and approved by the course coordinator (Ruth Clark, P.T., Ph.D.), community supervisor (TBD), and individual student. Permission of course coordinator required via interview. Prereqs: minimum 6 credits of college-level biology, or anatomy and/or physiology coursework, minimum science GPA of 3.2. Does not count toward the major. Credit: 2 credits/semester; Credit/No credit only. Ruth Clark (PT, WUMS)

Biol 265 Experience in the Life Sciences- Section 3 (spring/fall)
Conduct a clinical research project with an emergency-medical faculty member. Activities may include screening/enrolling patients, chart reviews, collecting and analyzing data, and clinical shadowing time. Goals include submitting an abstract for a national research meeting and coauthoring a manuscript for publication. Prerequisite: Biol 2652 or Biol 2653. Does not count toward the major. Credit: 1.5 units per semester, contingent upon completion of two semesters. Credit/No Credit only. Michael E. Mullins (WUMS)

Biol 2651. Med Prep I: The Lecture Series (fall, spring, summer)
The Med Prep Program is a unique lecture series designed specifically for students considering a career in medicine. Through a 2-hour weekly lecture, this courser gives students accurate, honest, and detailed information regarding every step of the application and admissions process to medical school. MedPrep I is particularly useful for freshmen and sophomores in that it gives students a road map and strategy for their four years of college and reviews the common pitfalls encountered by unsuccessful applicants. There is no outside course work and no exams. Attendance at all classes is required. Consult the website at http://medprep.wustl.edu/ for registration instructions. Bio 2651 is a pre-requisite for Bio 2654: MedPrep II – The Shadowing Experience. It may not be taken concurrently with Bio 2654, except during the summer semester. Large Class. Credit 1 unit. G. Polites (WUMS)

Bio 2652 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Associates Program (PEMRAP)
The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Associates Program (PEMRAP) offers undergraduate pre-medical students the opportunity to participate in clinical, patient-oriented research projects in a hospital setting. Students will have the opportunity to work in the St. Louis Children's Hospital Emergency Department, a nationally recognized pediatric emergency medicine and trauma care facility. A number of research projects are currently underway in various areas of pediatric emergency medicine. Topic areas include bronchiolitis, fluid management in dehydration, procedural pain and sedation, cervical spine trauma, head injury, wound care, and fracture healing. Research Associates will be expected to work two 4-hour shifts per week and to attend a weekly 2-hour meeting on Tuesdays from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Weekly meeting include lectures given by Emergency Department faculty members. This program offers students the unique opportunity to be a vital part of the ED research team. In addition, the RA's experience in the ED may help him/her determine if medicine is truly the career path he/she wishes to choose. Prerequisite: Approval of Instructor. Grading by Credit/No Credit option only. Credit 4 units. J. Luhmann, K. Williams (WUMS)

Biol 2654. Med Prep II - Experience in Life Sciences (fall, spring, summer)
Med Prep II offers students a real-life, behind-the-scenes experience of a life in medicine. For three hours every other week, students shadow physicians in the Charles F. Knight Emergency and Trauma Center of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the main teaching hospital of the Washington University School of Medicine. A weekly 1-hour meeting is also held on the Danforth campus for group discussion regarding the clinical experience. Successful completion of MedPrep I (Biol 2651) is required to take this course. Only in the summer semester may students take both courses concurrently. There is no outside course work and no exams. Consult the website at http://medprep.wustl.edu/ for registration instructions. Small Class. Credit 1 unit. G. Polites (WUMS)