HISTORY OF MEDICINE III
cod. 1004687

Academic year 2019/20
4° 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
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: LINGUISTICS SKILLS AND COMPUTER SKILLS III

Learning objectives

Upon completing the course, the student will know and understand the bases of an historical perspective in medicine and will be able to apply an
history-based approach to the study of diseases, treatments, medical organizations or biographies of physicians/scientists.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

- The scientific revolution of medicine: the 19th century
- A protagonist: Rudolf Virchow
- The 20th century: the molecular medicine, the impact of globalization, the rise and downfall of the universalistic systems
- From "health dream" to the "health tiramny"

Full programme

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Bibliography

Angeletti - Gazzaniga
"Storia, filosofia ed etica generale della medicina", 4 ed.
Elsevier, Milano, 2012

Cosmacini
"Storia della medicina e della sanità in Italia"
Laterza, Roma, 2016

Corbellini
"Breve storia delle idee di salute e malattia"
Carocci, Roma, 2012

Teaching methods

Interactive oral lessons with the support of iconographic material and the involvement of experts in the field. The material discussed during the
lessons will be available on the Elly platform.

Assessment methods and criteria

Short presentation (10-15 slides). English preferred.
The subject must be pertinent and is chosen by the student.
Parameters of evaluation (30/30): - Scientific soundness (1-8)
- Terminology (1-6)
- Originality (1-3)
- Bibliography (1-5)
- Language (1-4)
- Graphical efficacy (1-4)

Other information

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