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A History of Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:06.08.2019 10:50:38
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MVI_006 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Maija Pozemkovska | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Institute of the History of Medicine | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic background in history and science. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To demonstrate to students that medical history is a research discipline, the knowledge of which can significantly broaden the understanding of medical theories, practices and ethical guidelines in our days. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Periodisation of medical history. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Sources of medical history. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | The ancient medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Hippocratic medicine and its traditions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Medical Riga. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | The medieval medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 8 | The modern times in medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | The history of contemporary medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 10 | Medicine in Latvia until 1918. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | The medicine in Latvia. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 12 | The medicine in Latvia in 20th century. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Presentation of individual research. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Argumented report in medical history. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures (10%), attendance of classes and active participation (40%), test with multiple choice questions (30%), final test (20%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of the study course students will name and describe the stages of development of medical history, describe the interrelations of society, different branches of science and medical development, will list the chronology of major medical science discoveries, and will announce facts about medical discoveries and their meaning. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of the study course students will be able to study and evaluate historical sources, gather facts about discoveries, events, processes in medical development, systematise them and make theoretical generalisations. Students will have the ability to critically assess the importance of discoveries in medicine, society development and disease prevention. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Based on the knowledge and facts gained, students will be able to argue the importance of medical discoveries in improving the quality of life. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Arons K.Ē. Medicīnas vēsture:senie laiki. - R., 1993 | ||||||||
| 2 | Derums V. Baltijas sencilvēku slimības un tautas dziedniecība. - R., 1988 | ||||||||
| 3 | Vīksna V. Dodot gaismu sadegu. - R., 1983 | ||||||||
| 4 | Vīksna V. Ārstu zvaigznājs. - R., 2015 | ||||||||
| 5 | Vīksna V. Medicīnas vēstures pieminekļi Vecrīgā un kanālmalā. - R., 2016 | ||||||||
| 6 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. Early Civilizations: Prehistoric Times to 500BC. - Infobase publishing, 2009 | ||||||||
| 7 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. The Middle Ages: 500 - 1450.- Infobase publishing, 2009 | ||||||||
| 8 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. The Scientific Revolution and Medicine: 1450 -1700. - Infobase publishing, 2009 | ||||||||
| 9 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. Old World and New: Early Medical care: 1700 - 1840.- Infobase publishing, 2010 | ||||||||
| 10 | Miles S.H. The Hippocratic Oath and the Ethics of Medicine. Oxford University Press, 2004 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vīksna A. Medicīnas sākumi Latvijas novados. - R., 1993 | ||||||||
| 2 | Vīksna A. Latgales āsrti un ārstniecība. - R., 2004 | ||||||||
| 3 | Vīksna A. Pa ārstu takām. - R., 1990 | ||||||||
| 4 | Cochran J. An Illustrated History of Medicine. - London, 1996 | ||||||||
| 5 | Rooney A. The Story of Medicine: from early healing to the miracles of the moderne medicine. - London, 2009 | ||||||||
| 6 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. The Medicine Today: 2000 - Present. - Infobase publishing, 2010 | ||||||||
| 7 | Kelly K. The History of Medicine. Medicine Becomes the Science. - Infobase publishing, 2010 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Acta medico-historica Rigensia | ||||||||
| 2 | P.Stradiņa medicīnas vēstures muzeja ekspozīcija un krājums | ||||||||
