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Aging and Medical Science: A Mini Medical School

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The Mini Medical School offers lectures (2 each day) given by distinguished UC Davis physicians and faculty on a variety of health and aging topics for six Saturday mornings in the spring. The topics for the 2008 Mini Medical School will include the following:

  • The Anatomy of Aging - by Dr. Michael McCloud
  • The Pharmacology of Aging - by Dr. John Peters
  • Men’s Health After 50 - by Dr. William Hoch
  • Women’s Health After 50 - by Dr. Richard Sweet
  • Nutrition and Healthy Aging - by Dietician Jill West
  • Update on New Technologies in Joint Replacement - by Dr. John Meehan
  • The Aging Eye - by Dr. Mark Mannis
  • The Aging Ear - by Dr. Hilary Brodie
  • Latest Medical Research Shows - by Vice Chancellor Barry Klein
  • Romance, Sex and Love after 50 - by Ed Callahan, Ph.D.
  • The Healthy Heart and Beyond - by Dr. Amparo Villablanca,
  • Memory and Aging - by Dr. McCloud.

The goal of the Mini Medical School series is to increase community outreach and patient consumer education within the 50+ adult community of the greater Yolo County and Sacramento Area while promoting education of aging issues, disease prevention and health.

The 2008 UC Davis Mini Medical School is in its sixth year. Nationally, mini medical schools are public education programs provided by more than seventy medical schools, universities, research institutions, and hospitals across the nation.   It is a unique educational experience which creates the classroom environment of a medical school, allowing the community the opportunity to learn modern medical science from actual medical school faculty.

Our final class features a graduation ceremony with a brief valedictory address by Mariko Yamada, Yolo County Supervisor. Students are presented with an official Mini Medical School graduation diploma to recognize their completion of the program.

Note: Registration is required.   This entire program is offered free of charge to students. Early registration is recommended to reserve your space.