To familiarize students with the history of health and disease as well as with the history of medical and public health research.
Contents
History of health and disease concepts, disease explanations, public health, selected diseases and population growth.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
16 h
0 h
Participation in lectures, lecture diary, recommended literature.
Teaching language
English
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Pass/fail.
Lecture diary is graded pass/fail.
Recommended year of study
1. year spring
Study materials
Porter R, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind. A Medical History of Humanity from antiquity to the Present. Harper Collins Publishers, London 1997. OR;
Bynum WF, Porter R (ed.), Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine. Routledge 1993.
Further information
Organization responsible: Tampere School of Public Health