Table of Contents Institutional Policies ......................................................................... 66 Alcohol Policy for Student Organizations .................................. 66 Alcohol, Drug and Chemical Abuse Policy ................................ 66 Catalog ..................................................................................................... 4 Bookstore .................................................................................. 66 General Information .................................................................................. 5 Campus Facilities ...................................................................... 66 Administration .................................................................................... 5 Privacy Rights ........................................................................... 66 UT Health Science Center Executive Leadership .............................. 6 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Acts (FERPA) Policy Health Science Center ....................................................................... 6 .................................................................................................... 67 Mission Statement ...................................................................... 6 Infection Policy (AIDS, HIV, and Hepatitis, etc.) ....................... 70 Purpose ....................................................................................... 6 Gang-Free Zones Policy ........................................................... 72 Research and Teaching .............................................................. 6 Hazing Policy ............................................................................ 72 Size and Location ....................................................................... 7 Student Travel Policy ................................................................ 73 Teaching Affiliates - San Antonio ................................................ 8 Solicitation Policy ...................................................................... 74 Other Affiliated Institutions and Programs ................................... 9 Student Right-To-Know Act and Campus Security Act ............. 74 Academic Calendars .......................................................................... 9 Student Criminal Background Checks ...................................... 76 Programs of Study ........................................................................... 10 Student Conduct and Discipline Policy ..................................... 77 University Admissions Policy ........................................................... 11 Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Policy .................. 77 Excess Credit Hours Policy ............................................................. 19 General Education Core Curriculum Policy ............................... 77 Financial Aid .................................................................................... 20 Smoking Policy ......................................................................... 77 Tuition and Fees Policy ............................................................ 22 Information Management Services (IMS) .................................. 78 General Academic Policies .............................................................. 31 Unauthorized Distribution of Copyright Material ........................ 78 Academic Dishonesty Policy ..................................................... 31 Vehicles on Campus ................................................................. 78 Academic Probation and Suspension Policy ............................. 38 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences .............................................. 79 Policy on Auditing Courses ....................................................... 38 Biochemistry .................................................................................... 90 Change of Personal Information ............................................... 39 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) .................................................... 90 Policy on Classification of Students .......................................... 40 Master of Science (M.S.) .......................................................... 92 Concurrent Enrollment Policy ................................................... 40 Biomedical Engineering ................................................................... 93 Curriculum and Credit Hours Policy .......................................... 41 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) .................................................... 93 Final Credit Hours Policy .......................................................... 43 Master of Science (M.S.) .......................................................... 95 Academic Texas Core Curriculum ............................................ 44 Cancer Prevention ........................................................................... 97 Distance Education Policy ........................................................ 44 Cellular and Structural Biology ........................................................ 98 General Grading Policy ............................................................. 45 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) .................................................... 98 General Grade Point Average (GPA) Policy ............................. 47 Master of Science (M.S.) ........................................................ 102 Grievances ................................................................................ 49 Clinical Investigation ...................................................................... 104 Scholastic Honors Policy .......................................................... 50 Immunology and Infection ............................................................. 105 Student Absences ..................................................................... 51 Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) ........................................ 107 Policy on Awarding Academic Credit, Transfers and Substitutions Biology of Aging ...................................................................... 107 .................................................................................................... 52 Cancer Biology ........................................................................ 108 Registration Policy on Adding/Dropping Courses ...................... 57 Cell Biology, Genetics & Molecular Medicine .......................... 109 Leave of Absence Policy .......................................................... 59 Infection, Inflammation & Immunity ......................................... 110 Transcript Requirements Policy ................................................ 60 Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry ..................................... 110 Graduation Policy ...................................................................... 61 Neuroscience .......................................................................... 111 Academic Program Review Policy ............................................ 63 Physiology & Pharmacology ................................................... 112 Occupational Therapy .................................................................... 195 Medical Physics ............................................................................. 112 Physician Assistant Studies ........................................................... 198 Microbiology and Immunology ....................................................... 114 Physical Therapy ........................................................................... 202 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) .................................................. 114 Respiratory Care ............................................................................ 205 Master of Science (M.S.) ........................................................ 115 School of Medicine ............................................................................... 214 Molecular Medicine ........................................................................ 117 Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) ............................................................. 215 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) .................................................. 117 Master of Deaf Education and Hearing Science ............................ 232 Master of Science (M.S.) ........................................................ 118 School of Nursing ................................................................................. 235 Pharmacology ................................................................................ 119 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) ........................................ 243 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) .................................................. 119 Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) .......................................... 250 Master of Science (M.S.) ........................................................ 121 Post-Graduate Certificate .............................................................. 265 Physiology ...................................................................................... 123 Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Program ..................................... 272 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) .................................................. 123 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) .................................................. 278 Master of Science (M.S.) ........................................................ 125 Non-degree Programs .......................................................................... 287 Radiological Sciences .................................................................... 126 Course Descriptions ............................................................................. 288 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) .................................................. 126 Anesthesiology (ANES) ................................................................. 288 Master of Science (M.S.) ........................................................ 128 Biochemistry (BIOC) ...................................................................... 289 Translational Science .................................................................... 129 CIRCLE (CIRC) ............................................................................. 291 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) .................................................. 129 Cardiothoracic Surgery (CTSR) ..................................................... 292 Certificate in Translational Science ......................................... 136 Cellular & Structural Biology (CSBL) ............................................. 293 School of Dentistry ............................................................................... 138 Clinical Laboratory Science (CLSC) .............................................. 298 Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) ................................................. 138 Community Dentistry (COMD) ....................................................... 303 Advanced Dental Education .......................................................... 151 Deaf Educ & Hearing Science (DEHS) .......................................... 304 Dental Science ........................................................................ 151 Dental Diagnostic Science (DIAG) ................................................. 305 Advanced Education in General Dentistry .............................. 152 Dental Hygiene (DENH) ................................................................ 310 Dental Public Health ............................................................... 154 Emergency Health Sciences (EMSP) ............................................ 314 Endodontics ............................................................................ 156 Emergency Medical Technology (EMST) ...................................... 317 Dental Diagnostic Science ...................................................... 158 Emergency Medicine (EMED) ....................................................... 317 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery ................................................... 160 Endodontics (ENDO) ..................................................................... 318 Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics ................................. 162 Enrichment Elective (ELEC) .......................................................... 321 Pediatric Dentistry ................................................................... 164 Family Practice (FAPR) ................................................................. 324 Periodontics ............................................................................ 165 General Dentistry (GEND) ............................................................. 327 Prosthodontics ......................................................................... 168 Interdisciplinary Course (INTD) ..................................................... 327 Dental Hygiene .............................................................................. 170 Medicine (MEDI) ............................................................................ 335 Master of Science in Dental Hygiene ...................................... 172 Microbiology (MICR) ...................................................................... 346 Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene ................................... 174 Molecular Medicine (MMED) ......................................................... 348 Entry Level Track ............................................................. 174 Neurology (NEUR) ......................................................................... 348 Degree Completion Track ................................................ 175 Neurosurgery (NRSR) ................................................................... 349 School of Health Professions ............................................................... 177 Nursing (NURS) ............................................................................. 350 Clinical Laboratory Sciences ......................................................... 186 Nursing Elective (NURE) ............................................................... 360 Toxicology ............................................................................... 191 Obstetrics & Gynecology (OBGY) ................................................. 362 Emergency Health Sciences .......................................................... 191 Occupational Therapy (OCCT) ...................................................... 363 Ophthalmology (OPHT) ................................................................. 365 Oral Surgery (OSUR) .................................................................... 366 Orthodontics (ORTH) ..................................................................... 367 Orthopedics (ORTO) ...................................................................... 368 Otolaryngology (OTOL) ................................................................. 369 Pathology (PATH) .......................................................................... 369 Pediatric Dentistry (PEDO) ............................................................ 371 Pediatrics (PEDI) ........................................................................... 373 Periodontics (PERI) ....................................................................... 377 Pharmacology (PHAR) .................................................................. 380 Physical Therapy (PHYT) .............................................................. 382 Physician Assistant (PHAS) ........................................................... 385 Physiology (PHYL) ......................................................................... 388 Prosthodontics (PROS) ................................................................. 390 Psychiatry (PSYC) ......................................................................... 394 Radiation Oncology (RADO) .......................................................... 395 Radiology (RADI) ........................................................................... 395 Rehabilitation Medicine (REHB) .................................................... 399 Respiratory Care (RESC) .............................................................. 400 Restorative Dentistry (RESD) ........................................................ 405 Selective (SELC) ........................................................................... 406 Surgery (SURG) ............................................................................ 411 Urology (UROL) ............................................................................. 414 Faculty .................................................................................................. 415 Index ..................................................................................................... 432 4 Catalog Catalog The Catalog contains all programs offered by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, providing applicants and enrolled students with the information they need regarding the academic careers available to them and the resources needed to succeed in those. DISCLAIMER This UT Health Science Center Course Catalog is published in compliance with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation standards and the University of Texas System. The intent of this course Catalog is to assist current and prospective students on academic matters. The Course Catalog is pending formal approval from The University of Texas System Office of General Counsel for the 2015-2017 academic years. All current and prospective students are advised to direct any inquiries to either the specific school or the HSC Office of the University Registrar. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 5 General Information enrollment and admissions policies approved by the Board, to admit and educate as many qualified students as possible. Copyright © 2015 The UT Health Science Center San Antonio Catalog The University of Texas 2015-2017 Health Science Center Published by The Office of the University Registrar, September 2015 at San Antonio Blanca Guerra, LBSW, MSSW, Ph.D., Registrar 2015-2017 Catalog Administration This catalog is a general information publication only. It is not UT System Board of Regents intended to nor does it contain all regulations that relate to students. The provisions of this catalog do not constitute a contract, express Officers or implied, between any applicant, student or faculty member and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio or The Chairman Paul L. Foster, El Paso University of Texas System. The Health Science Center reserves the right to withdraw courses at any time, and to change fees, tuition, Vice Chairman R. Steven "Steve" Hicks, Austin calendars, curriculum, degree requirements, graduation procedures Members and any other requirements affecting students. Changes will become effective whenever the proper authorities so determine and will apply Members with term set to expire February 2017 to both prospective students and those already enrolled. Regent Alex M. Cranberg, Houston Correspondence Regent Wallace L. Hall Jr., Dallas Inquiries about admission or any other information should be addressed to: Regent Brenda Pejovich, Dallas UT Health Science Center San Antonio Members with term set to expire February 2019 Office of the University Registrar Mail Code 7702 Chairman Paul L. Foster, El Paso 7703 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900 Regent Ernest Aliseda, McAllen The Health Science Center and all of its activities are subject to the Rules Regent Jeffery D. Hildebrand, Houston and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System. Members with term set to expire February 2021 The Health Science Center is accredited by the Commission on Colleges Vice Chairman R. Steven "Steve" Hicks, Austin of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificates Regent David J. Beck, Houston and baccalaureate, masters, doctoral and professional degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia Regent Sara Martinez Tucker, Dallas 30033-4097, or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation ofthe Health Science Center. Our SACS accreditation has been reaffirmed Note: Terms expire depending on the date the successor is appointed, through 2018. qualified, and takes the oath of office. The Student Regent serves a one- year term. As per Public Law 101-542, The Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act, information on the graduation rate is available on request Francie A. Frederick,General Counsel to the Board of Regents from the registrar. All students who enroll are required to be adequately UT System Executive Officers immunized prior to registration. Students applying for admission may review institutional accreditation documents of the Health Science Center William H.McRaven, Chancellor by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs. Information about program level accreditation may David E. Daniel, Ph.D., Deputy Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer be obtained at each school at the Health Science Center. Information regarding campus security and crime statistics is available from University Raymond S. Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice Chancellor for Police. Health Affairs To the extent provided by applicable law, no person shall be excluded Scott C. Kelley, Ed.D., Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity sponsored or conducted by the UT System Steven W. Leslie, Ph.D., Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs or any of its component institutions on the basis of race, color, national Stephanie A. Bond Huie, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability. The component institutions of the UT System will make maximum use of Patricia D. Hurn, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation resources, consistent with standards of appropriate accrediting bodies and 6 UT Health Science Center Executive Leadership Barry R. McBee, J.D., Vice Chancellor and Chief Governmental Relations Mission Statement Officer The mission of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Randa S. Safady, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for External Relations San Antonio (http://www.uthscsa.edu) is to make lives better through Daniel H. Sharphorn, J.D., Vice Chancellor and General Counsel excellence in education, research, health care and community engagement. William H. Shute, J.D., Vice Chancellor for Federal Relations Strategies for achieving this mission are: Amy Shaw Thomas, J.D., Vice Chancellor and Counsel for Health Affairs • Educating a diverse student body to become excellent health care UT Health Science Center providers and scientists. Executive Leadership • Engaging in research to understand health and disease. • Commercializing discoveries, as appropriate, to benefit the public. President: William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP • Providing compassionate and culturally proficient health care. • Engaging our community to improve health. Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer: Michael E. • Influencing thoughtful advances in health policy. Black, M.B.A. (Approval by The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board -- April 25, Dean, School of Nursing: Eileen T. Breslin, Ph.D., RN, FAAN 2012) Dean, School of Dentistry: William W. Dodge, D.D.S. Purpose Dean, School of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs: Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, M.D. The purpose of the Health Science Center (http://www.uthscsa.edu) is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient Dean, School of Health Professions: David C. Shelledy, Ph.D., RRT, care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border FAARC, FASAHP Region. Through undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and professional programs, the faculty is committed to educating health professionals who Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences: David S. Weiss, Ph.D. will provide excellent patient care and research that can be applied to treat Vice President and Chief Information Officer: Yeman Collier, B.S. and prevent disease. Vice President for Communications and Chief of Staff, Office of the Research and Teaching President: Mary G. DeLay, M.B.A. Faculty excellence at the Health Science Center (http://www.uthscsa.edu) Vice President for Governmental Relations: Armando Diaz, M.Ed. is demonstrated by faculty members’ participation on many national Vice President for Research: Andrea Giuffrida, Ph.D. advisory and governing boards and by their election to high offices in national and professional societies. Faculty recruitment efforts emphasize Executive Vice President for Facilities Planning and Operations: James D. research as well as teaching. The Health Science Center receives millions Kazen of dollars annually in new research, training and public-service grants and contracts for hundreds of projects. The university endowment is growing at Vice President and Chief Financial Officer: Andrea Marks, M.B.A., CPA an impressive rate. Vice President for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs: Jacqueline Lee With the cooperation of medical institutions in the area and the Mok, Ph.D. combined resources of the Southwest Research Consortium (http:// www.swri.org/8special/consortia/consorta.htm), both basic and clinical Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Chief Development research is underway in such fields as cancer, aging, genetics, Officer: Deborah H. Morrill, M.S. immunology, cardiovascular disorders, nutrition, arthritis, osteoporosis, Vice President for Human Resources: J. Michael Tesh, M.B.A. psychiatric disorders, AIDS, new drug development and reproductive biology. The consortium is composed of the Health Science Center, The Health Science Center University of Texas at San Antonio (http://www.utsa.edu), the Audie L. Murphy Division of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System The Health Science Center is one of 14 institutions in the University of (http://www.southtexas.va.gov), Trinity University (http://www.trinity.edu), Texas System (http://www.utsystem.edu). The Health Science Center St. Mary’s University (http://www.stmarytx.edu), the Texas Biomedical includes five schools that offer programs of study in a variety of health Research Institute (http://txbiomed.org/About), Southwest Research care professions from the undergraduate to post-doctorate level. Select Institute (http://www.swri.org), the 311th Human Systems Wing at any school or degree level from the lists available for more information on Brooks City-Base and the San Antonio Military Medical Center. (http:// the programs offered. www.bamc.amedd.army.mil/sammc.asp) For more general information on the Health Science Center, visit the The Institute of Biotechnology (IBT) (http:// institution's website (http://www.uthscsa.edu). molecularmedicine.uthscsa.edu) is located on a 181-acre site in the Texas Research Park, 20 miles west of the central campus. The IBT is joined by the adjacent South Texas Centers for Biology in Medicine, the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies (http:// The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 7 www.barshop.uthscsa.edu), the Institute for Drug Development and the facility provides for all aspects of students', residents', faculty and patients' Southwest Oncology Group. clinical experiences and creates an environment that supports the finest in comprehensive and multi-specialty patient care. The Robert F. McDermott Clinical Science Building, on the Greehey Academic and Research Campus, houses the Research Imaging Institute Size and Location (http://ric.uthscsa.edu) as well as research labs and teaching facilities for the clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy programs, and the The Health Science Center (http://www.uthscsa.edu) is one of 14 ophthalmology department. institutions of the University of Texas System (http://www.utsystem.edu). The Health Science Center is composed of six campuses in San Antonio The School of Health Professions (http://uthscsa.edu/shp) programs and South Texas. are located in three campus buildings. The Research Administration Building is adjacent to the McDermott Building and the Greehey Children’s The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus is located on nearly 100 Cancer Research Institute (http://ccri.uthscsa.edu) and houses three acres in the heart of San Antonio’s South Texas Medical Center (http:// School of Health Professions departments: emergency health sciences, southtexasmed.com). A few blocks away are the 92-acre Greehey occupational therapy and physical therapy. The Department of Clinical Academic and Research Campus and the Medical Arts & Research Laboratory Sciences is housed in the School of Dentistry building on the Center (MARC). The 181-acre Texas Research Park Campus is in west main campus. The Department of Physician Assistant Studies and the Bexar County. The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) (http:// Department of Respiratory Care are located in the School of Medicine www.uthscsa.edu/patient-care/ctrc) and the South Texas Research Facility building on the main campus along with the School of Health Professions are located on the Greehey campus on Floyd Curl Drive. The university’s dean’s office. South Texas campus is located in Laredo. The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI) (http:// Students are enrolled in the Health Science Center’s five schools— ccri.uthscsa.edu) is a unique and specialized cancer research center School of Dentistry (http://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/dental), Graduate located at the Health Science Center’s Greehey Academic and Research School of Biomedical Sciences (http://gsbs.uthscsa.edu), School of Campus. The mission of the GCCRI is to advance scientific knowledge Health Professions (http://uthscsa.edu/shp), School of Medicine (http:// relevant to childhood cancer and to accelerate the translation of som.uthscsa.edu) and School of Nursing (http://nursing.uthscsa.edu). knowledge into novel therapies. Through discovery, development and Also, programs leading to a Doctor of Pharmacy, Master of Public Health, dissemination of scientific knowledge with relevancy to childhood cancer, as well as a Ph.D. in translational science and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the overarching aim of the GCCRI is to impact the problem of cancer at all biomedical engineering, are jointly conducted with other universities within ages. The University of Texas System. The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) (http://www.ctrc.net) In addition, several hundred individuals are pursuing post-doctoral is one of the elite academic cancer centers in the country to be named education, and hundreds more medical interns and residents are training a National Cancer Institute Designated Cancer Center, and is one of at the institution. Annual research awards and sponsored program activity only four in Texas. A leader in developing new drugs to treat cancer, for fiscal year 2014 was $185 million. The interdisciplinary aspects of the CTRC Institute for Drug Development conducts one of the largest research and patient care are regarded as being among the university’s oncology Phase I clinical drug programs in the world, and participates greatest strengths. The university’s locations on the northwest side of in development of cancer drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug San Antonio are accessible to those who study and work in the Medical Administration. Center complex and to patients. Interstate 10 and the city’s major thoroughfare, Loop 410, converge about one mile from the Long and The Medical Arts & Research Center (MARC) (http://www.utmedicine.org) Greehey campuses. is home to the physicians of UT Medicine San Antonio (http:// www.utmedicine.org), the clinical practice of the School of Medicine at The Health Science Center has more than 4 million square feet of the Health Science Center. With more than 700 doctors — all faculty education, research, treatment and administrative facilities. The university members from the School of Medicine — UT Medicine is the largest employs 5,500 faculty and staff, and in fiscal year 2015 had an operating medical practice in Central and South Texas, practicing in more than 100 budget of $787.7 million. different medical specialties and subspecialties. Located in the South Texas Medical Center at 8300 Floyd Curl Drive, the MARC features state- The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI) (http:// of-the-art clinics, diagnostic imaging, an ambulatory center, endoscopic ccri.uthscsa.edu) concentrates on the epidemiology of children’s cancer suites, operating rooms, physician’s offices and a pharmacy. The MARC in the South Texas border region, identifying new targets of therapy complements community physicians who are invited to refer complex in childhood cancer, new drug development and research in cancer cases to UT Medicine specialists and subspecialists. prevention. The GCCRI is located on the Greehey campus at 8403 Floyd Curl Drive, between the CTRC and the Research Administration Building. The South Texas Research Facility (STRF) (http://research.uthscsa.edu/ strf), completed in 2011, houses the university’s growing research Many institutions in San Antonio serve as excellent resources enterprise, including the Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science for programs of the Health Science Center. These include and the Center for Healthy Aging. The close proximity of the 190,000- facilities of Bexar County’s University Health System (http:// square-foot STRF to the MARC fuels the translation of basic research www.universityhealthsystem.com), South Texas Veterans Health discoveries into new treatments and cures to save lives. Care System/Audie Murphy Division (http://www.va.gov/directory/ guide/facility.asp?id=115), San Antonio Military Health System (http:// The Center of Oral Health Care & Research (http://dental.uthscsa.edu/ www.health.mil/About-MHS/Other-MHS-Organizations/San-Antonio- CFOHCR), completed in 2015, is located next door to UT Medicine's Military-Health-System), San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (http:// Medical Arts & Research Center and is the new home for the School www.sanantonio.gov/health), Southwest Research Institute (http:// of Dentistry's clinical practice, UT Dentistry. The 198,000-square-foot 8 Teaching Affiliates - San Antonio www.swri.org) and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute (http:// Antonio’s only magnet hospital and has approved post-graduate training www.txbiomed.org/about). Over the years, the Health Science Center has programs in anesthesiology, surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics/ collaborated extensively with Department of Defense and Department of gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology/head- Veterans Affairs colleagues in education, research and health care. To and-neck surgery, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, pathology, pediatrics, build on that strong foundation, the university established a Military Health rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, radiology, urology, and family Institute (http://uthscsa.edu/military) to enhance and sustain collaborations practice, as well as more than 20 additional subspecialty residencies and at the local, state, national and international levels. fellowships. The Health Science Center’s Regional Academic Health Center (http:// University Health System’s Robert B. Green Campus downtown is an rahc.uthscsa.edu) (RAHC)is located in Harlingen, Texas, in the Lower outpatient health center featuring more than 103 primary, specialty and Rio Grande Valley. Clinical education training sites supporting the RAHC urgent care clinics. More than 300,000 outpatient visits are conducted include Valley Baptist Medical Center, Su Clínica Familiar and other there each year. A six-story advanced clinical pavilion opened on the clinical sites throughout the Valley. The RAHC's educational programs are Robert B. Green campus in 2013. supported by classrooms, a medical library, a clinical simulation center and other resources. The South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) (http:// www2.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?id=115) is comprised of two The Health Science Center's Regional Campus in Laredo (http:// inpatient campuses: the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in laredo.uthscsa.edu) offers educational programs that serve Laredo and San Antonio and the Kerrville VA Hospital in Kerrville, Texas. South the surrounding area. These include educational experiences provided by Texas provides medical, surgical, and psychiatric health services for the South Texas Environmental Education and Research (STEER) (http:// approximately 100,000 veterans. The VA Hospital in San Antonio is linked steer.uthscsa.edu) program. Through lectures, field work and hands-on to University Hospital by a crosswalk. training, students from the Health Science Center and throughout Texas, the U.S. and Mexico learn how environmental factors such as water CHRISTUS Santa Rosa (http://www.christussantarosa.org) is a Catholic, and air quality, sanitation, culture, herbal remedies and animal-borne faith-based, nonprofit health and wellness ministry dedicated to providing diseases can affect public and community health. The program is also the the highest quality medical care and services available. As one of the foundation of the four-year M.D./M.P.H. program offered in collaboration top health care organizations in South Central Texas, CHRISTUS Santa with the UT School of Public Health. The four-week, fourth-year School Rosa has five hospital campuses located in the South Texas Medical of Medicine (http://som.uthscsa.edu) elective and/or M.P.H. practicum is Center, New Braunfels, Westover Hills, and a short-stay surgical hospital run seven to eight times per year. Please refer to the School of Medicine in Alamo Heights. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa has an extensive medical staff, website for updated information. a wide variety of primary care providers, an extensive offering of specialty care, and multiple programs in place to benefit the community. Complete Dental Residents and Student Training: The School of Dentistry health care services offered include but are not limited to: cardiology, (http://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/dental) provides dental education bariatric surgery, gastroenterology, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, opportunities for Health Science Center dental residents in collaboration orthopedics, outpatient rehabilitation, and wound care and hyperbaric with a number of clinical partners in South Texas, including Laredo, Eagle treatment. Pass, Del Rio, Harlingen, Raymondville and Brownsville as well as in San Antonio. Currently, residency training in pediatric dentistry is based at the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) (http:// Laredo Regional Campus (didactic training via video conferencing) and www.bamc.amedd.army.mil) located at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio at the Laredo Health Department (clinical training). Residents from San is the largest inpatient medical facility in the Department of Defense (DoD). Antonio programs in prosthodontics and periodontics rotate to Laredo in It plays a critical role in graduate medical education and research and collaboration with Gateway Community Health Center. Residents in public patient care, including for wounded service members. SAMMC is home health dentistry from San Antonio rotate to Laredo through an agreement to the DoD's only U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research Burn Center with United Independent School District and the Laredo Independent and the only DoD Level 1 Trauma Center in the U.S. The hospital staff School District.These collaborations offer rotations for dental students and provides inpatient care in a 2.1 million-square-foot, 425-bed state-of-the- residents, as well as dental hygiene students. art medical treatment facility. The hospital, formerly known as Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) and renamed SAMMC, is the largest of the Teaching Affiliates - San Antonio six treatment facilities in San Antonio under the BAMC command. Other facilities falling under BAMC include the Center for the Intrepid, Fort Sam Houston Clinic, McWethy Troop Medical Clinic, Taylor Burk Clinic at Camp Some members of the staff of our teaching affiliates hold joint Bullis, and the Schertz Medical Home. SAMMC sustains more than 89 appointments in the School of Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical accredited educational programs. Sciences, School of Health Professions, School of Medicine or School of Nursing and participate in educational research programs. These Baptist Health System (http://baptisthealthsystem.com/home.aspx) institutions constitute an important resource for training students and is a trusted provider of health care in San Antonio and South Texas. provide needed laboratory space for conducting research. The System includes five acute-care hospitals (Baptist Medical Center, Mission Trail Baptist Hospital, North Central Baptist Hospital, Northeast University Hospital, the teaching hospital and Level I trauma Baptist Hospital, and St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital), which offer 1,674 center owned by Bexar County’s University Health System (http:// licensed beds. All five hospitals have earned Accredited Chest Pain www.universityhealthsystem.com), adjoins the Health Science Center Center designation, as well as Primary Stroke Center Certification. The (http://www.uthscsa.edu) and is connected to the School of Medicine system also includes Baptist Regional Children’s Center, Baptist Breast building at several levels. The 498-bed facility significantly expanded Center, HealthLink wellness and fitness center, Baptist M&S Imaging in 2014, with the 10-story tower adjacent to the existing hospital. The Centers, community health and wellness programs, ambulatory services, tower includes an 88-bed Emergency Center, two floors of operating rehabilitation services, medical office buildings, San Antonio AirLIFE air suites and six floors of private patient rooms. University Hospital is San The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 9 medical transport, School of Health Professions, and other health-related engineering and physical sciences research and development services and affiliations. organization, has its headquarters in San Antonio. The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (http://www.sanantonio.gov/ The School of Dentistry (http://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/dental) is HEALTH)/Ricardo Salinas Clinic provides training opportunities for affiliated with a number of federally qualified community health centers, pediatric dentistry residents and dental students under the supervision of local health departments, hospitals, school districts, mental health pediatric dentistry faculty. Pregnant women, young mothers and children facilities, military facilities, homeless facilities, faith-based clinics and are the primary users of medical and WIC facilities of the center. Close nursing homes in San Antonio, Bexar County and South Texas, as interactions between the medical and dental/WIC clinics promote a well as U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices Indian Health significant opportunity to emphasize the relationship between oral health Service (http://www.ihs.gov) facilities located throughout the United States and general health. that serve as clinical training sites in: (a) primary care; (b) preventive dentistry; (c) pediatric dentistry; (d) emergency care and hospital dentistry; The Texas Diabetes Institute (http://www.universityhealthsystem.com/ (e) alternative dental care delivery, using mobile and portable dental research-diabetes/?gclid=CKCo3ZGO4rACFcleTAodVHEb1w), equipment at outreach sites; and (f) practice management training in the another component of the University Health System (http:// offices of private practitioners. Predoctoral dental students receive training www.universityhealthsystem.com), is located in west San Antonio. The (required and elective) at the various sites where they are supervised campus includes the Village of Hope, an ambulatory center for children by full and/or part-time faculty as well as adjunct faculty. Postdoctoral with developmental disabilities, and an outpatient hemodialysis unit. The dental students from the various general and specialty residency programs Texas Diabetes Institute offers all specialty services related to diabetes receive training in affiliated hospitals and private practices in Texas. prevention and treatment, and is home to one the nation’s leading diabetes research centers. University Health System’s ambulatory network The School of Health Professions (http://www.uthscsa.edu/shp) maintains includes 16 other clinic locations throughout the community. clinical affiliation agreements with more than 250 clinical sites throughout San Antonio and Texas, where students receive substantial portions of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) (http://www.utsa.edu) is their professional education. one of eight academic universities and six health institutions in the UT System. As a multicultural institution, UTSA aims to be a national research The School of Nursing (http://nursing.uthscsa.edu) is affiliated with more university providing access to educational excellence and preparing than 300 community facilities that serve as practice sites for graduate and citizen leaders for the global environment. UTSA serves nearly 31,000 undergraduate students. students in more than 130 degree programs. Its students and scholars Other Affiliated Institutions and often collaborate with the Health Science Center community through educational, research and community outreach projects in a variety of Programs disciplines. Clarity Child Guidance Center (CGC) (http://www.claritycgc.org) is a The goal of the South Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) nonprofit mental health treatment center providing programs designed (http://uthscsa.edu/cstp/stahec.aspx) is to increase the number of primary specifically for children ages 3-17 suffering from emotional and behavioral care physicians and other health professionals by developing strong difficulties. The facility includes a 52-bed psychiatric hospital and separate “pipeline” programs in the primarily underserved and highly impoverished outpatient treatment center to provide acute and crisis assistance 24 hours 38-county region of South Texas. AHEC recruits minority students from a day, seven days a week; sub-acute residential and day treatment; child, disadvantaged backgrounds to participate in mentoring and educational adolescent and family therapy; medication management; psychological activities designed to prepare and inspire them to enter into the health assessments; psychiatric evaluations; developmental assessments; care field. Programs aim to strengthen science skills and increase neuropsychological assessments; and substance abuse evaluations. the competitive applicant pool of minority students to pursue health Clarity CGC incorporates a multi-disciplinary team approach, including professions education. The mission is to improve access to culturally board certified child/adolescent psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, social competent and quality primary care through appropriate preparation, workers, therapists, teachers, and aides. Through an affiliation agreement composition and distribution of the health professional workforce in South with the Health Science Center, Clarity CGC is a training site for child Texas. AHEC is committed to improving the health status and quality of life psychiatry residents and clinical psychology residents. Social workers and for residents of South Texas. special education and nursing students from several area universities gain clinical experience at this facility as well. The South Texas Environmental Education and Research Center (STEER) (http://steer.uthscsa.edu) offers an elective course in environmental An affiliation agreement is maintained between the Health Science Center and border health in Laredo for medical students and residents, and and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute (http://txbiomed.org/About). students in other health care fields. STEER also is involved in research This agreement allows the two institutions to share facilities and faculties. and community activities such as a study of asthma among schoolchildren, The Texas Biomedical Research Institute staff works primarily in the and a project to help residents in border colonies chlorinate their drinking fields of genetics, virology and immunology, and animal models of human water. The center began in 1996 with funding from the South Texas/ diseases. The Institute has 527,000 square feet of offices, laboratories and Border Region Health Education Initiative. animal space. A large indoor and outdoor animal facility houses a primate Academic Calendars colony and other animals to support the biomedical research effort. An agreement between the Health Science Center and the Southwest The Health Science Center maintains eight separate academic calendars Research Institute (http://www.swri.org) allows cooperation in research. to accommodate the professional and clinical needs of programs within the The Southwest Research Institute, an independent, nonprofit, applied five schools. These are created as a result of collaboration between the academic programs, deans' offices, and Office of the University Registrar. 10 Programs of Study Current academic calendars are published in this Catalog, and past, Professional current, and future tentative calendars are published on the Office of the University Registrar website (http://students.uthscsa.edu/registrar/2013/04/ • Doctor of Medical Physics (DMP) academic-calendar). School of Health Professions Programs of Study Bachelor of Science • Clinical Laboratory Science The Health Science Center offers degrees in health-related fields across • Emergency Health Sciences five schools: The School of Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical • Respiratory Care Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Health Professions, and School of Nursing. Certificates School of Dentistry • Clinical Laboratory Sciences Bachelor of Science • Clinical Laboratory Sciences: Clinical Chemistry • Clinical Laboratory Sciences: Hematology • Dental Hygiene • Clinical Laboratory Sciences: Immunohematology Certificates • Clinical Laboratory Sciences: Microbiology • Advanced Education in General Dentistry • Emergency Medical Technician-Basic • Dental Diagnostic Science • Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic • Dental Public Health Master's Level • Endodontics • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery • Occupational Therapy (MOT) • Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics • Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) • Pediatric Dentistry • Respiratory Care (MS) • Periodontics Professional • Prosthodontics • Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Master of Science School of Medicine • Dental Hygiene Professional Professional • Doctor of Medicine • Doctor of Dental Surgery • Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy • Doctor of Dental Surgery/Doctor of Philosophy • Doctor of Medicine/Master's of Public Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Master of Science Certificate • Deaf Education and Hearing Science • Cancer Prevention School of Nursing • Translational Science Bachelor of Science Master of Science • Nursing- Accelerated Track • Nursing - Traditional Track • Biomedical Engineering • Cellular and Structural Biology Post Graduate Certificates • Clinical Investigation • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner • Dental Science • Family Nurse Practitioner • Immunology & Infection • Nursing Education • Microbiology and Immunology • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care • Radiological Sciences • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner • Toxicology Master of Science in Nursing Doctor of Philosophy • Administration Management • Biomedical Engineering • Clinical Nurse Leader • Integrated Biomedical Sciences • Family Nurse Practitioner • Radiological Sciences • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner • Translational Science