Module Information
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Module: | International Health |
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Date: | Friday, 27 September 2024, 4:45 AM |
Description
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Module: Health, Illness and Society
Module Information
Module Information
Lead tutor: Dr Sara Shaw
Additional Tutors: Dr Moira Kelly, Prof Trisha Greenhalgh
Phone: 020 7882 7325
Emails: s.shaw@qmul.ac.uk, m.j.kelly@qmul.ac.uk,
p.greenhalgh@qmul.ac.uk
This module counts 15 credits towards your MSc (180 credits) or Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits). It is a core module for the MSc in International Primary Health Care and optional for other courses. You are expected to undertake a total of 150 hours of study, including private study, attending lectures and seminars, and preparing the assignment. Attendance at lectures and seminars is a course requirement.
HEALTH, ILLNESS AND SOCIETY |
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INTRODUCTION TO THE MODULE (TG 27th Sept) Orientation: Aims and objectives, assignment Lecture: Sociology of health and illness: a map of the field Virtual seminar: Key concepts in medical sociology |
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RESEARCHING ILLNESS IN ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT (MK 4th Oct) Lecture: Introduction to social research on health and illness Virtual seminar: Interviews |
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PROFESSIONS AND THE CLINICAL RELATIONSHIP (SS 11th Oct) Lecture: Professions, power and trust Virtual seminar: Discourse analysis |
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THE ILLNESS EXPERIENCE (MK 18th Oct) Lecture: Theoretical perspectives on illness experience Virtual seminar: Narrative health research |
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CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF A QUALITATIVE PAPER (TG 25th Oct) Lecture: Appraising qualitative papers Virtual seminar: Critical appraisal |
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READING WEEK |
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RISK AND SURVEILLANCE (SS 8th Nov) Lecture: The sociology of risk Virtual seminar: Thinking critically about medical screening |
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EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE (TG 15th Nov) Lecture: Evidence-based medicine as a social movement Debate: “We need more guidelines” |
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THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY (SS 22nd Nov) Lecture: Sociology understandings of pharmaceutical industry Virtual seminar: Documentary analysis |
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DISEASE, ILLNESS AND DEATH (MK 29th Nov) Lecture: The social construction of disease, illness and death Virtual seminar: The ‘good death’: sociological perspectives |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE (SS 6th Dec) Lecture: Big science, little science Virtual debate: Should contemporary medicine offer longevity without disability and infirmity? |
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Supplementary reading list |
SS = Dr Shaw TG = Prof Greenhalgh MK = Dr Kelly
Core Reading
Module textbook:
Handbook of Medical Sociology. 6th edn. Edited by Bird CE, Conrad P, Fremont AM, Timmermans S. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press; 2010 (Check Library availability or buy it here)
Virtual Seminars
In this module, instead of attending seminars in a classroom, you will join a virtual group and address a task in the online environment, facilitated by one of the module tutors. You will need to log into the seminar on QMPlus within 24 hours of the lecture and respond to the instructions there. You are required to make at least three postings in this forum and respond to three postings by other people before the next week’s session. The content of your postings is not graded, but you will lose marks if you do not make any postings. One student will be nominated to moderate the seminar and summarise key points.
Prepare 200 words to post in the virtual seminar room on “An example of illness and healthcare in social context”.