Postgraduate Course: Sociology of Health and Illness (GMED11016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | General Courses (Medicine) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.internationalhealthncd.mvm.ed.ac.uk/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces sociological perspectives on health, illness, particularly non communicable diseases and their trajectories, and the practice of public health. Key themes include the social patterning health and illness, risk, surveillance and health, lay and expert knowledge, constructions of health and illness, the media and health, and new technologies and health. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be responsible for their computer equipment and internet access. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course, the candidate should be able to:
Understand illness from sociological perspectives and be able to evaluate the strengths and weakness of different theories.
Have an understanding of the key concepts and approaches in public health from a critical sociological perspective, developing their awareness of issues regarding the production and distribution of power and knowledge.
Gain a greater understanding of the links between individual experiences of health and illness with cultural social forces, group dynamics, and the social construction of normality.
Apply these theories to a range of different cultural contexts, and become cognisant of the impact of faith and belief systems on understandings of well-being, health seeking behaviour and management and care of illness.
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Assessment Information
| Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities and will constitute 40% of the overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme |
Special Arrangements
| This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment WebCT as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by secure username and password access that will be made available to registered users. |
Additional Information
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Liz Grant
Tel:
Email: Liz.Grant@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Dr Liz Grant
Tel:
Email: Liz.Grant@ed.ac.uk |
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