Undergraduate Course: History of Medicine 1 (SCSU08003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A general introduction to the history of medicine in Western society from the Ancient Greeks to the twentieth century. It will examine some of the different ways that doctors have thought about health and illness over the past two and a half thousand years and will raise general questions about the historical origins of modern scientific medicine, the role of experts in society, the extent and limits of applicability of scientific thinking, and the relationship between scientific research and public policy. Special attention will be paid to the way that different systems of medical knowledge, and the diagnostic and therapeutic practices associated with them, were adapted to the particular social and historical environments in which they developed. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 250 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
163 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
40 %,
Coursework
60 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessed by two online multiple choice exams, one approx. midway through and one at the end of the course (each worth up to 20% of the overall mark); and a long 2,000 word essay, submitted via ELMA to a deadline date, for the remaining possible 60% of the overall mark. In order to pass the course, the long essay must be passed. |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the main stages in the changing nature and social organisation of Western health care and healing practices, from the Ancient Greeks to the present day; 2. discuss the dominant ideas about health and illness, their causes and treatment, that have prevailed in Western medicine in different historical periods; 3. discuss how ideas about health and illness and the organisation of health care relate to the wider social and cultural context in which they are articulated; 4. critically evaluate the use of historical evidence in historical argument.
- Discuss the dominant ideas about health and illness, their causes and treatment, that have prevailed in Western medicine in different historical periods;
- Discuss how ideas about health and illness and the organisation of health care relate to the wider social and cultural context in which they are articulated;
- Critically evaluate the use of historical evidence in historical argument.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Steve Sturdy
Tel: (0131 6)51 4741
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Course secretary | Miss Amy Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 8253
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