HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Knowledge of the main historical steps of medicine, clinical microbiology and virology, and of technology advancements in public health.
Course contents summary
o Main evolutionary steps of the history of medicine
o Features of the medical activity and health services evolution.
o Historical behaviour in the medical and health activity.
o Education and training in the medical-health field; innovation and relationship with the National Health Service.
o Basis of ethical in medical public health activity
o Medicine in the last 20 years:
- epidemiological changes
- technical-scientific changes
- changes in the professional personnel
o Scientific and technical developments in the laboratory diagnostic practice
o Historical evolutionary steps on Medical and Clinical Microbiology
o Historical evolutionary steps on Medical and Clinical Virology
o Ethical evolution and technology advancements in the medicine and health in the last 30 years
Recommended readings
Learning tools by the teacher
Teaching methods
Oral lessons
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination
