- 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.
Testi/Bibliografia
Pdfs with the powerpoint presentations of the lectures will be the material to be reviewed for the written exam at the end of the course.
Metodi didattici
Lectures with slides
Class Discussion
Attendance to learning activities is mandatory; the minimum attendance requirement to be admitted to the final exam is 66% of lessons.
The 66% attendance requirement refers to the total amount of I.C. lessons. Students who fail to meet the minimum attendance requirement will not be admitted to the final exam of the course, and will have to attend relevant classes again during the next academic year.
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Instructions for the written test
The test consists of 4-choice questions. Only one answer is correct. There are no penalties for wrong or blank answers.
The test must be completed in 45 minutes.
Grade acceptance/refusal
Grades are published within 3 days on AlmaEsami.
The student can refuse the grade within 5 days from publication by sending an e-mail to Prof. Gramenzi (annagiulia.gramenzi@unibo.it) and the Program coordinator (medicine.surgery@unibo.it).
All refusals must be sent from the institutional e-mail address @studio.unibo.it
After 6 days from publication, the acceptance will be taken for granted and the exam will be recorded.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
Slides
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Annagiulia Gramenzi