- Docente: Annagiulia Gramenzi
- Crediti formativi: 1
- SSD: MED/02
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicine and surgery (cod. 9210)
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
Outline the history of the medical sciences from classic times till today, focusing on the birth of morpho-functional disciplines, the concept of disease throughout the ages, and the progress of surgical and therapeutic sciences.
Contenuti
Lesson 1 – Introduction and course overview. The history of medicine as cultural history: over time changes in definitions of body, health and disease in Western medicine.
Lesson 2 – The history of medicine as the social history of diseases: from the plague of Athen to Ebola. Definitions, history and development of public health.
Lesson 3 – The history of medicine as the history of a profession. The changing role of medicine and healing practices through time.
Lesson 4 – The history of medicine as the history of a science: from an “art” to the “scientific medicine”, advancements of medical technologies and therapeutics, biomedicine and its consequences.
Metodi didattici
Power Point
Class Discussion
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Orario di ricevimento
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