HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (6 years) in MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2022/2023
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2022/2023
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
1
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
10
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (8 hours), Seminar (2 hours)
Assessment: 
Giudizio Finale

Definition of medicine. Instinctive medicine and regular medicine. Hippocrates/the Oath/Theory of Humours. Galen/the physiological anatomy system. About 10 hours of direct interpersonal teaching are required as a general basic introduction.

The introductory theoretical lessons, given by the teacher, display ethical theories, principles, different historical methods of care, ways of reasoning, logical rules, linguistic ambiguities, different styles of behaviour and controversial cases, with regard to medical history and to the contemporary pluralistic social arena. Students are invited to react, to raise questions and objections, to ask for clarification and deepening, to debate the issues in the class-group, to demand further teaching aids.

Reception Hours: for more information and individual consultation in “Padiglione Antonini”, via Rossi 9, 21100 Varese, the student is invited to preliminarily contact the teacher at the following email address: ilaria.gorini@uninsubria.it.

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