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ME33PM: PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE (2024-2025)

Last modified: 27 Aug 2024 11:16


Course Overview

This course is an introduction to the philosophy of medicine. It focuses on foundational and theoretical issues in medicine. The topics are chosen to provide students with an overview of some of the most central questions in this area. The main topics are the notions of health and disease; the role of sex and race in medicine; the problems raised by genetic determinism and causation; evidence-based medicine and randomized controlled trials; establishing causal claims about diseases; learning from biomedical images; and extrapolating from animal models of human diseases.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Ulrich Stegmann

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4
  • Either Medicine (ME) or Philosophy (PH)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • ME33PS Philosophy for Medical Students (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Yes

One or more of these courses have a limited number of places. Priority access will be given to students for whom this course is compulsory. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on this process.


Course Description

Course aims

  • To introduce students to the central topics in philosophy of medicine
  • To provide insight into the nature of philosophical scholarship
  • To develop essential and transferrable skills: critical reading; identifying, explaining, and evaluating theoretical claims and arguments; presenting claims and arguments both orally and in writing

 Learning outcomes

  • Knowledge of central topics in philosophy of medicine
  • Appreciation of the nature of philosophical scholarship
  • Acquire a range of transferrable skills

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Tutorial Participation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
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Learning Outcomes
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 80
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Feedback Word Count 4000
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Conference Presentation and Participation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
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Formative Assessment

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Course Learning Outcomes

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