Code
CLS6011-B
Credits
20
Graduate Attributes
Syllabus
The course comprises a series of weekly lectures, each followed by group work analysis of the resources and topic of the week. Topics covered include an introduction to medical anthropology and the biocultural approach, history of medicine and medical education, biocultural perspectives of health and disease, understanding illness, reproductive health, diet and nutrition
Lecture
10
Seminar
5
Workshop
7
External visit
4
Private Study
174
Unit Learning Outcomes
- 1 Understand the principles of medical anthropology/ sociology, appreciate the scope of study and critically appraise current research.
- 2 Understand the significance of a biocultural approach in understanding human health and illness.
- 3 Critically reflect on their own position and practice as health care providers and societal role
- 4 Devise and sustain a debating position informed by case studies.
- 5 Approach a wide range of problems from critically diverse and cross-cultural angles
- 6 Develop a systematic understanding of cultural and social diversity across the globe, providing multiple skills in working with people.
Course Learning Outcomes
- 21 Apply and critically evaluate the concepts and principles of management in healthcare to make informed judgements and decisions about contemporary issues and polices.
- 22 Critically analyse and interpret current and future trends and developments in science and healthcare provision in a socioeconomic and global context.
- 23 Understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge informed by recent research/scholarship in medical & clinical sciences.
- 26 Critically analyse and present findings from relevant literature and experimental data using independent learning skills with an appreciation of the uncertainty ambiguity and limits of knowledge.
Assessment Breakdown
Drawing on biocultural perspectives this module aims to provide a critical overview of a number of key topics in medical anthropology and the medical humanities, including narrative, growth and development, diet and nutrition, biomedicine and medical pluralism, mental health and illness, ageing, infectious disease, stress and social inequality.