Good Medicine
GOOD MEDICINE/HNRC 4013H 012 (12323)
T 2:30-5:00 p.m., FALL 2023
GEAR 129
Listen to Professors Baum and Hickey discussing the course on KUAF's Ozarks at Large (16 minutes).
Application Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 31, 2023
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“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.” - Hippocrates
In Ancient Greek the word diet (δίαιτα – diaita) meant mode of life and it encompassed the various aspects of lifestyle: food and drink, physical exercises, baths and massage, sun-therapy, sleep and sexual practice, passions of the soul, habits and generally the whole way of leading one’s life. Today, diet (nutrition) and physical activity are two separate fields of study.
In this course, we will return to the Ancient Greek definition and explore the relationship between nutrition and physical activity and their role in whole health and well-being. To do this, we will focus on Hippocrates’ dedication to research and communication and the university’s land grant mission - research, education, and extension.
Throughout the course we will discuss the role of nutrition and physical activity in whole health and wellbeing, how to design research focused on changing nutrition and physical activity behaviors, and the importance of community engagement in achieving positive health outcomes. We will also address the challenges communities face and the barriers they need to overcome to implement dietary and physical activity changes in their daily lives.
The class will include guest speakers from across colleges on campus, community representatives, and interactions with leaders across the nation and globally.
Students will play an active role in integrating diet and physical activity within communities by:
- Understanding the scientific basics related to nutrition and physical activity
- Engaging with experts in research and community outreach
- Participating in an experiment/outreach project of their own design throughout the semester
Course Credit
- All students: 3 hours of honors credit
- Fulbright natural or social science colloquium
- Upper-level honors credit for the medical humanities minor
- Upper-level food, nutrition, and health credit
- Upper-level honors credit in food science
- Upper-level human nutrition and diatetics
- Upper-level health, human performance and recreation
- Upper-level public health
- Walton College: honors colloquium
About Jamie Baum and Erin Hickey
Jamie I. Baum, PhD is the Director for the Center for Human Nutrition within University System
Division of Agriculture and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science.
Dr. Baum has worked at the University of Arkansas since 2011. Dr. Baum received her
BS in Dietetics (2000) and her PhD in Nutritional Sciences (2004) from the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Baum was a postdoctoral scholar in Cellular and
Molecular Physiological at the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine in Hershey,
PA (2006). Following her postdoctoral experience, Dr. Baum worked as in the food industry
in The Netherlands before returning to academia.
Dr. Erin K. Howie Hickey is an associate professor in the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas. She is an adjunct research fellow in the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science at Curtin University in Western Australia. She earned her Ph.D. in Exercise Science from the University of South Carolina (2013) and her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiological Science from the University of Maryland (2008).
Her research focuses on children’s physical activity, particularly the effects of
physical activity on educational outcomes. In addition to implementing diverse interventions
to increase physical activity, she measures complex patterns of activity including
sleep and sedentary behaviors. The ultimate goal of her research is to promote positive
physical activity behaviors to enhance physical and mental health across the lifespan.
Dr. Howie Hickey is the faculty advisor for the Exercise is Medicine initiative at the University of Arkansas since fall 2018. Her favorite physical activity is running or anything outdoors.