UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN

UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN
of Medical Sciences
Course/module syllabus - part A
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
12148-3-A
ECTS: 2
YEAR: 2015Z
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Course/module:
COURSE CONTENT
CLASSES
History of Medicine
Fields of education:
Obszar nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu
oraz nauk o kulturze fizycznej
LECTURES
1. Medicine and doctors of antiquity 2. Medicine in the Copernican era 3. The plagues and its consequences 4.
Health and disease in the 18th age 5. Side stream of medicine in the modern era
Course status:
mandatory
Course group:
A - basic course
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE:
ECTS code:
12148-3-A
to achieve knowledge about the history of early medicine, familiarize with the features of modern medicine, its
most important discoveries and achievements of leading representatives of the Polish and world medicine
Field of study:
Medicine
Specialty area:
Medicine
Educational profile:
DESCRIPTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THE COURSE IN RELATION TO FIELD AND MAJOR
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Codes of learning outcomes in a major field
of study:
Codes of learning outcomes in a major area
of study:
D.U15. +, D.U16. +, D.U17. +, D.W17. +, D.W18. +, D.W19. +, K.
4. +,
Form of study:
full-time
Level of study:
uniform master's
studies
Year/semester:
1/1
Type of course:
Classes, Seminar, Lecture
Number of hours per
semester/week:
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Knowledge
W1 - Students should be familiar with the history of the beginnings of medicine, indigenous peoples and ancient
civilizations, as well as the characteristic features of medieval medicine. Students should also know the
characteristics of modern medicine and its main findings and the formation of the new medical disciplines
together with the achievements of the leading representatives of the Polish
Skills
U1 - Student should be responsible for improving own qualifications and transfer knowledge to others.
Furthermore, should recognize own limitations, define lack of knowledge and learning needs, and plan individual
educational activity. Students should also critically analyze the medical literature, including English, and draw
conclusions based on the available literature.
Social competence
K1 - The student understands and is able to use the knowledge in the Polish and world history of medicine
Classes: 15,
Seminar: 15, Lecture:
15
Teaching forms and methods
Classes(null) : -, Seminar(K1, U1, W1) :
Seminar - discussion, Lecture(K1, W1) :
Lecture - multimedia presentation
Form and terms of the verification results:
LECTURE: Written exam - null(K1, U1, W1)
Number of ECTS
points:
2
Language of
instruction:
English
Introductory courses:
Preliminary requirements:
BASIC LITERATURE
-
1) Roy Porter, 1997r., "The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity", 2) Conrad L, 1995r.,
"The Lestern Medical Tradition: 800 BC to AD 1800", wyd. Cambridge University Press, 3) Walton J, Barondess
J, Lock, S, 1994r., "The Oxford Medical Companion", wyd. Oxford University press.
Name of the organizational unit offering the
course:
SUPPLEMENTARY LITERATURE
Person in charge of the course:
1) Lloyd GER, 2004r., "In the Grip of Disease: Studies in the Greek Imagination", wyd. Oxford University press,
2) Pormann,PE and Savage-Smith, E, 2007r., "Medieval Islamic Medicine", wyd. Georgetown University Press,
3) Siraisi, Nancy, 1990r.,"Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine: An Introduction to Knowledge and
Practice", wyd. University of Chicago Press,4) Lindemann, Mary, 1999r., ". Medicine and Society in Early
Modern Europe", wyd. Cambridge University Press, 5) Kemp M, Wallace R., 2000r., "The Art and Science of the
Human Body from Leonardo to Now", wyd. University of California Press, 6) Shapin S., 1996r., "The Scientific
Revolution", wyd. The University of Chicago Press, 7) Kuhn T., 1996r., "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions",
wyd. University of Chicago Press, 8) Porter D, Porter R., 1989r., "Patient's Progress", wyd. Stanford University
Press, 9) Porter R. , 2003r., "Flesh in the Age of Reason", wyd. Norton, 10) Hacking I. , 1990r., "The Taming of
Chance Cambridge
Kod ECTS: AAABB-CD-E_F
Katedra Neurologii i Neurochirurgii,
prof. dr hab. n. med. Wojciech Maksymowicz,
prof.zw.
Course coordinators:
prof. dr hab. n. med. Wojciech Maksymowicz,
prof.zw.
Notes:
COURSE CONTENT SEMINAR: 1. The
discovery of anesthesia, 2. History of surgery,
3. A further history of microscope, 4.
Contagion, Infection, Antisepsis, Asepsis, 5.
Hygiene: Sanitation, Hookworm, Dental, 6.
Islamic medicine, 7. History of drug abuse, 8.
Medicine of black people, 9. Women in
medicine through the ages.
AAA – Subject area code in the ECTS system, BB – major number, C – 1 1 first-cycle (engineer’s degree or bachelor’s degree) studies, 2 – second-cycle studies, 3 – uniform
master’s degree studies, 4 – third-cycle studies, 5 – postgraduate studies D – specialty number, E – course group, F – serial number of the course in the subset.
Detailed description of the awarded ECTS points - part B
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
12148-3-A
ECTS: 2
YEAR: 2015Z
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
The awarded number of ECTS points is composed of:
1. Contact hours with the academic teacher:
- participation in: classes
15 h.
- participation in: seminar
15 h.
- participation in: lecture
15 h.
- consultation
5 h.
50 h.
2. Student’s independent work:
0 h.
1 ECTS point = 25-30 h of the average student’s work, number of ECTS points = 50 h : 25 h/ECTS = 2,00 ECTS
on average: 2 ECTS
- including the number of ECTS points for contact hours with direct participation of the academic teacher:
- including the number of ECTS points for hours completed in the form of the student’s independent work:
Kod ECTS: AAABB-CD-E_F
2,00 ECTS points,
0,00 ECTS points,
AAA – Subject area code in the ECTS system, BB – major number, C – 1 1 first-cycle (engineer’s degree or bachelor’s degree) studies, 2 – second-cycle studies, 3 – uniform
master’s degree studies, 4 – third-cycle studies, 5 – postgraduate studies D – specialty number, E – course group, F – serial number of the course in the subset.