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Medical Sociology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:02
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | HZK_003 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Uldis Vēgners | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not necessary. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Help students connect medical theory with sociologists' empirical data on individual and social factors that influence health behavior and lifestyle choices. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Characteristics of sociological science and sociology of medicine. Methods of sociological research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | An overview of the history of medical sociology and a description of theoretical perspectives. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Interpretations of the concept of health and disease. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The concept of culture in sociology. Socialization and internalization theories, deviance and social control. Stigmatization. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Concept of social stratification and mobility. Social inequality and exclusion. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Social changes and contemporary challenges in medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Sociological science answers to medical questions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Interpretation of mental illness in sociology. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Understanding the Body in Sociology. The experience of illness and pain. Palliative care. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Sociological interpretation of lifestyles, social determinants of health behavior. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Manifestations of social inequality in medicine. Analysis of social factors. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Manifestations of social inequality in medicine. Analysis of social factors. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Social aspects of alternative medicine. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Healthcare systems. Access to health care. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Modern challenges in health care and medicine I. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Modern challenges in healthcare and medicine II. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparing for the seminars by reading the seminar texts before the seminars start. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Knowledge is assesed on a 10-point scale: answers in seminars - 60%, examination - 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of learning the study course, students are able to define the concepts of health and disease, describe biomedical and biopsychosocial health models, describe the social causes of diseases and factors affecting health, medicalization, professionalization, describe health and aging process strategies, sociology of doctor-patient relations, sociology of the body, health promotion strategies. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to identify the most important sociological theories that explain health behavior, evaluate the advantages of various health and medical sociological research methods, describe the problems of illness experience and stigmatization, analyze the sociological aspects of the doctor-patient relationship, explain the quality of life factors influencing a specific health lifestyle, evaluate various health care system models. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Cognitive competence – the ability to distinguish the essential from the non-essential in writing (summaries) and orally, and communicatively verbal – the ability to make presentations and participate in discussions on the topics of the seminars. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Annendale, E. (1998). The Sociology of Health and Medicine: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge: Polity Press. | ||||||||
| 2 | Bowling, A. (2002). Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services. Philadelphia: Open University Press. | ||||||||
| 3 | Cockerham, W. C., (1999). Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe. London: Routledge. | ||||||||
| 4 | Davis, K., (1995). Reshaping the Female Body. The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery. London: Routledge. | ||||||||
| 5 | Lupton, D. (2003). Medicine as Culture. 2nd ed. London: Sage Publications. | ||||||||
| 6 | Nettleton, S. (2006). The Sociology of Health and Illness, 2nd ed. Cambridge: PolityPress. | ||||||||
| 7 | Nettleton, S. and Gustafsson, U. (eds.) (2002). The Sociology of Health and Illness Reader. Cambridge: PolityPress. | ||||||||
| 8 | Sīlis, V. (2006 b). Rūpes par veselību un dzīves kvalitāte. Grām.: Dzīves kvalitāte Latvijā. Rīga: Zinātne, 179.–216. lpp. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Burdjē, P. (2004). Praktiskā jēga. Rīga: Omnia Mea. | ||||||||
| 2 | Vēbers, M. (1905/2004). Reliģijas socioloģija. Rīga: FSI. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU bibliotēkas materiāli. | ||||||||
