Undergraduate Course: Health, Illness and Society 3 (MSBM09003)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | **This course is only open to students on the BSc Medical Sciences programme**
This course aims to integrate health psychology and medical sociology with medical ethics and public health to analyse the contributions of ethical, social, psychological and public health factors to health and illness. Content will be based on;
1. The Life-Course. Development of an understanding of the normal processes of human development and change and the risks to health during the life-span. In particular describing and analysing the factors and processes that affect the chances of living to a healthy old age.
2. Introduction to Medical Ethics. Developing knowledge, understanding and critical analysis of basic professional medical ethics (consent, confidentiality and conduct of research), methods of moral argument and basic philosophical principles of medical ethics including distinction of philosophical ethical principles, professional ethical requirements and the application of the law to the practice of medicine
3. Key Concepts 1. Health in the Community. Introduction to key psychological and sociological concepts relevant to the issues of health and illness in the community.
4. Occupational Health
5. Health Promotion and Health Education
6. Population health (global health) and the provision of health services
7. Key Concepts 2. Experience of illness and disability.
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| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students must be enrolled on the BSc Medical Sciences degree programme. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 15,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 3,
Other Study Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
159 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
interview with member of public
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
In course assessments [50%].
Degree examination
Two hour examination in December with a mixture of essay and analytical questions [50%].
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| Feedback |
Support is given to students in tutorials before the submission of in course essays and extensive feedback is given on each essay following submission |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Health, Illness and Society 3 | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the social construction of medical and lay knowledge about health, illness and disease within particular social and cultural contexts
- Definitions of health and how health is measured and understand patterns of inequality in health, and explanations for the relationships between health and class, gender, ethnicity and disability
- Understand the distribution of health and disease across the globe and competing explanations for this
- Understand social influences on how illness is experienced and care provided; sociological concepts which illuminate these influences and how health promotion, including health education, prevention, healthy public policy, and the relationship between these complementary approaches
- Understand the basic principles of medical ethics and methods of moral enquiry
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Reading List
Bartley M. (2012) Life Gets Under Your Skin ICLS Available at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/icls/publications/booklets/lguys.pdf
Scambler G. (ed) (2008) Sociology as Applied to Medicine (8th Edition). Edinburgh: Elsevier
Hope T et al (2008) Medical Ethics and Law: The Core Curriculum (2nd Edition) Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone
Further readings are given week by week on Learn. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | HIS3 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Judith Sim
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Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Patricia Law
Tel: (0131 6)50 3161
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