CENTRE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING – MEDICAL HUMANITIES

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr L Clayton

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

Notes

This course will not run in 2010/2011.

Overview

The course will explore the manner in which medicine and illness has been represented in literature and other popular media. It will look at the way that doctors, nurses, carers etc are represented in literature, along with an analysis of the representation of physical ailments and mental health issues and advancements in medicine. It is anticipated that the course will attract anyone with an interest in medicine and literature, whether as a patient, health profession or carer. Students are therefore likely to have a range of personal experiences to introduce to the work of the class. A variety of approaches to texts and topics will be explored and evaluated.

Structure

One 1.5 hr session per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (100%) made up of: Written work; one 1500 word essay on a set topic and one 2250 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.

Formative Assessment

Students will produce essay proposals, including questions and bibliographies, which staff will comment upon.

Feedback

By assessment feed-back sheets, by email, and in person.

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr L Clayton

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

Notes

This course will not run in 2010/2011.

Overview

The course will begin with a discussion of students' background and experience with a view to identifying needs and providing the necessary support in terms of study, library, and computing skills to individuals who require it, and ascertaining the students' starting points in terms of knowledge and experience of health and medical issues. The class will then explore the question 'What are Medical Humanities'. These introductory discussions will last for two sessions, which will be followed by sessions which introduce each of the courses that make up the Certificate and Diploma. These are currently: An Introduction to Medical Ethics and the Philosophy of Medicine; Introduction to the History of Medicine; Literature and Medicine; Social Aspects of Health and Illness; Spirituality and Health; Disability History. The content of some sessions will be a matter for negotiation with the class, depending on their specific interests.

Structure

One 1.5 hr session per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Continuous assessment, participation (10%). One 1500-word essay on the general theme of medical humanities (40%). One 2250-word essay on a specific area of medical humanities (40%).

Resit: Repeat of one or both essays.

Formative Assessment

Students will produce essay proposals, including questions and bibliographies, which staff will comment upon.

Feedback

By assessment feed-back sheets, by email and in person.

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr L Clayton

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course will not run in 2010/2011.

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 1.5 hr session per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Continuous assessment (100%) made up of: Written work; one 1500 word essay on a set topic and one 2250 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.

Formative Assessment

Students will produce essay proposals, inlcuding questions and bibliograhies, which staff will comment upon.

Feedback

By assessment feedback sheets, by email, and in person.

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr L Clayton

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course will not run in 2010/2011.

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 1500 word essay on a set topic and one 2250 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.

Formative Assessment

Students will produce essay proposals, inlcuding questions and bibliographies, which staff will comment upon.

Feedback

By assessement feed-back sheets, by email and in person.

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr L Clayton

Pre-requisites

Available at level 2. Students must successfully complete at least one other Medical Humanities course before taking this course.

Notes

This course will not run in 2010/2011.

Overview

The precise content of the course depends upon the student's research proposal, which will normally be in one or two of the following areas, which are covered by the consituent courses of the Medical Humanities programmes: Social Aspects of Health and Illness,History of Medicine, Medicine and Literature,Medical Ethics and the Philosophy of Medicine, Disability History, Spirituality and Health. The emphasis will be on literature rsearch using secondary, rather than primary sources.

Structure

Before the course begins students will discuss their areas of interest with the course coordinator and a tutor will then be assigned to act as supervisor. Students will discuss possible essay project questisons and research staregies with the tutor, and will produce an essay project proposal, inlcuding a bibliography, on whch feeback will be given. Two written progress reports, and an essay plan with be the basis for further discussion and advice during the course.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 7,000 word essay.

Resit: Resubmission of essay.

Formative Assessment

Feedback will be given on initial essay proejct ideas, the essay project proposal, two progress reports, essay plan.

Feedback

By assessment feedback sheets, by email, and in person.