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History of Medicine and Life Sciences
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:20.02.2024 10:29:28
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MVI_007 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; History of Medicine | Target Audience: | Life Science; Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Juris Salaks | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Institute of the History of Medicine | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Kronvalda boulevard 1, Rīga, LV-1050; mvi rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 26129464 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic preliminary knowledge of history and natural sciences. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To show students that the history of medicine and life sciences is a research discipline, the knowledge of which can significantly expand understanding of medical theories, practices and ethical guidelines for today. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the study course. Identifying the sources. Source analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Medicine at the bedside [1]: Hippocratic medicine and its traditions. Health and disease in a historical context. Changing patterns of doctor-patient relationship in a historical context. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Medicine at the bedside [2]: The legacy of the Hippocratic oath and its practical application today. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Current research in the history of medicine. International perspectives. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Medicine in the library: Preservation and transmission of medical knowledge. A concept of “library medicine” and its continued role in western medicine. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Medicine in the hospital: The birth of “hospital medicine” and its role in making physical diagnosis, clinicopathological correlation and medical statistics. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Medicine in society and in the laboratory: Public health, disease prevention. Origins and influence of germ theory on medicine. Medicine as science. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Tangible heritage of history of medicine in the context of museums. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the study course, students do the required reading, carry out independent research work and draw up a written report. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Practical class attendance (40%), tests (40%), independent research work (20%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the study course students are expected to be able to list and describe the stages of development in the history of medicine and life sciences; describe interrelationship between the society, various branches of science and development of medicine; give a chronological account of the most important discoveries in medicine and life sciences, as well as give facts about discoveries in medicine and life sciences and explain their significance. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon successful completion of the study course, students will be able to research and evaluate historical sources, collect facts about discoveries, events and processes in the development of the history of medicine and life sciences, systematize them and draw theoretical generalizations. Students will have the ability to evaluate critically the role of discoveries in medicine, in the development of the society and in disease prevention. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Based on the acquired knowledge and facts, students will be able to justify the significance of breakthroughs in medicine and life sciences in relation to improvement of the life quality. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bynum W. The history of medicine. A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp 169. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Vīksna A. Dodot gaismu sadegu. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds, 2018, 335 lpp. (only for Latvian groups) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Derums V. Baltijas sencilvēku slimības un tautas dziedniecība. Rīga: Zinātne, 1978, 223 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Vīksna A. Ārstu zvaigznājs. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds, 2015, 144 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Vīksna A. Medicīnas vēstures pieminekļi Vecrīgā un kanālmalā. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2016, 142 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Arons K.Ē. Medicīnas vēsture: senie laiki. Rīga: Paula Stradiņa Medicīnas vēstures muzejs, 1993, 80 lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Gaile A., Van Hofa A. Hipokratiskie raksti. Rīga: Liepnieks&Rītups, 2003, 449 lpp | ||||||||
| 6 | Šidlovska V., B.Mauriņa, I.Smiltena, V.Pirsko. Senās Rīgas aptiekas. Rīga: Nordik, 2005, 192 lpp. | ||||||||
| 7 | Vīksna A. Vecās aptiekas. Rīga: Zinātne, 1993, 160 lpp. | ||||||||
| 8 | Vīksna A. Medicīnas sākumi Latvijas novados. Rīga: Rīgas Starptautiskais Medicīnas Zinātnes un Farmācijas Centrs, 1993, 120 lpp. | ||||||||
| 9 | 100 nozīmīgas personas Latvijas medicīnas vēsturē | ||||||||
| 10 | Acta medico-historica Rigensia | ||||||||
| 11 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. Early Civilizations: Prehistoric Times to 500 C.E., Infobase publishing: 2009, pp 174 | ||||||||
| 12 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. The Middle Ages: 500-1450, Infobase publishing: 2009, pp 158 | ||||||||
| 13 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. The Scientific Revolution and Medicine: 1450-1700, Infobase publishing: 2009, pp 158 | ||||||||
| 14 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. Old World and New: Early Medical Care, 1700-1840, Infobase publishing: 2010, pp 150 | ||||||||
| 15 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. Medicine Becomes a Science: 1840-1999, Infobase publishing: 2010. - 168 p. | ||||||||
| 16 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. Medicine Today: 2000 to the Present, Infobase publishing: 2010. - 160 p. | ||||||||
| 17 | Duffin J. History of Medicine. A Scandalously Short Introduction. University of Toronto Press Incorporated. 2010, pp 495 | ||||||||
| 18 | Miles S. H. The Hippocratic Oath and the Ethics of Medicine. Oxford University Press: 2004. - 208 p. | ||||||||
| 19 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 20 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. Early Civilizations: Prehistoric Times to 500 C.E., Infobase publishing: 2009, pp 174 | ||||||||
| 21 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. The Middle Ages: 500-1450, Infobase publishing: 2009, pp 158 | ||||||||
| 22 | Duffin J. History of Medicine. A Scandalously Short Introduction. University of Toronto Press Incorporated. 2010, pp 495 | ||||||||
| 23 | Miles S. H. The Hippocratic Oath and the Ethics of Medicine. Oxford University Press: 2004. - 208 p. | ||||||||
