VSDM051 History of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Irena Wernerová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Jan Holčík, DrSc.
Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Administration – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Helena Malenová
Supplier department: Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Administration – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 12. 11. to Fri 30. 11. Tue 15:00–16:40 B22/116 aula
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives are to inform student on the main periods and tendencies of the history of medicine and to contribute to understanding of basic values of health care and health services system. Student will be able to evaluate importance of the history of medicine.
Syllabus
  • 1. Origin of medicine and health care. 2. Diseases and healing in a prehistoric society. 3. Christian tradition, Arabic, Chinese and Indian medicine, 4. European medicine in the Middle Ages. 5. Medicine in the Renaissance. 6. Medicine during the Enlightenment. 7. Development of the scientific medicine in the nineteenths century. 8. Medical care in the nineteenths century. 9. The advancement and limits of medicine in the twentieths century. 10. The past, the present, and the future of medicine and health care. 11. Personalities and basic data of the development of the Czech medicine and health care system. 12. The concise history of the Masaryk University, Medical faculty, and the teaching hospital.
Literature
  • GORDON, Richard. Podivuhodné dějiny lékařství. Translated by Růžena Loulová. 1. vyd. Praha: Melantrich, 1995. ISBN 8070232080. info
  • Největší dobrodiní lidstva :historie medicíny od starověku po současnost. Edited by Roy Porter - Jaroslav Hořejší. 1. vyd. Praha: PROSTOR, 2001, 807 s., ob. ISBN 80-7260-052-4. info
  • SCHOTT, Heinz. Kronika medicíny. Translated by Zdeněk Bureš. 1. vyd. Praha: Fortuna Print, 1994, 648 s., fo. ISBN 80-85873-16-8. info
Teaching methods
seminars
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 3x2 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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