Level 1
- KL 10HM / KL 15HM - INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
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- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Dr L Clayton
Pre-requisites
None
Overview
The course will explore key topics in their intellectual, social and cultural contexts. The topics will include medicine and the ancient world, medicine and the Renaissance and medicine and the Enlightenment, the history of medical institutions, medical ethics and interactions between 'regular' and 'irregular' practice, and the care of the disabled. Alternative approaches to topics will be explored and evaluated.
Structure
One 1½ hour sessions per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (100%) made up of: Written work; one 2,000 word essay on a set topic and one 3,000 word essay on a topic of the student's choosing (40% plus 50%) Tutorial assessment; attendance and participation (5%) and presentation (5%).
Resit: Resubmission of one or both essays.
- KL 10SH / KL 15SH - SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
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- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Dr L Clayton
Pre-requisites
None
Overview
The course will explore key topics concerning the experience of illness, whether chronic, acute or terminal; attitudes of lay people and health-professionals to healthy living and health risks; and the practice of medicine, nursing, midwifery, and complementary or alternative therapies. A variety of approaches to topics will be explored and evaluated.
Structure
One 1½ hour session per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (100%) made up of: Written work; one 2,000 word essay on a set topic and one 3,000 word essay on a topic of the student's choosing (40% plus 50%) Tutorial assessment; attendance and participation (5%) and presentation (5%).
Resit: Resubmission of one or both essays.
- KL 15PS - PHILOSOPHY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
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- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Dr L Clayton
Pre-requisites
None
Overview
The course consists of seminars, guided reading and supervised, self-directed learning. The key themes of the course will include an examination of ethical theories from western philosophy such as natural law, utilitariansim, virtue ethics and rights and how these are applied to the key principles of medical ethics such as respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice together with the virtues of everyday 'good practice'. A historical dimension will trace the development of medical ethics and will include an examination of contemporary debates about euthanasia, abortion, animal rights, experimentationm, and bioethics; what constitutes the body, the mind, birth and death, the changing perceptions of gender, how to deal with the mentally ill and the chronically incapacitated and how different religions and cultures relate to medical ethics.
Structure
One 1½ hour session per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (100%) made up of: Written work; one 2,000 word essay on a set topic and one 3,000 word essay on a topic of the student's choosing (40% + 50%). Tutorial assessment; attendance and participation (5%) and presentation (5%).
Resit: Resubmission of one or both essays (100%).
Level 2
- KL 25SH - SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
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- Credit Points
- 30
- Course Coordinator
- Dr L Clayton
Pre-requisites
None
Overview
The course will explore the role of spirituality within contemporary health care. The concept of 'spirituality' will be explored and discussed along with its relevance to modern medicine. As the course is multi-disciplinary (aimed at doctors, nurses, carers, chaplains, divinity students, etc) it will aim to consider a multi-disciplinary approach to health focusing on the role spirituality plays in healing those with: physical ailments, and mental health issues, as well as caring for the elderly, the disabled (of whatever age, and caring for the dying and their loved ones. A variety of approaches to topics will be explored and evaluated.
Structure
One 1½ hour session per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (100%) made up of: written work - two 2,000 word essay on a set topic (50%) and one 3,000 word essay on a topic of the student's choosing (40%). Tuturial assessment: attendance and participation (5%), and presentation (5%).
Resit: Resubmission of one or both essays.