HISTORY OF MEDICINE
cod. 00976

Academic year 2016/17
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
- Ovidio BUSSOLATI
Academic discipline
Storia della medicina (MED/02)
Field
Inglese scientifico e abilità linguistiche, informatiche e relazionali, pedagogia medica, tecnologie avanzate e a distanza di informazione e comunicazione
Type of training activity
Characterising
7 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: LINGUISTICS SKILLS AND COMPUTER SKILLS I

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding of an historical perspective in medicine. Application to examples of diseases or treatments.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

History and medicine. Evolution of diseases and evolution of medicine. The concept of pathocenosis. The case of smallpox. AIDS as an example of "new" disease.
Medicine in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Cosmacini-Storia della medicina e della sanita` in Italia-Laterza.

Corbellini - Breve storia delle idee di salute e malattia - Carocci

Teaching methods

Interactive oral lessons with the support of iconographic material.

Assessment methods and criteria

CFU gained with attendance to frontal lectures. Achievement of the didactic objectives will be ascertained through the preparation of a presentation in PowerPoint at the fourth year.

Other information

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