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(in Polish) Medical Sociology II: Social Movements and Medicine

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Course ID: 3500-FAK-MEDSOC2-ENG
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: (unknown)
Name in Polish: Medical Sociology II: Social Movements and Medicine
Organizational unit: Faculty of Sociology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
Type of course:

elective courses

Prerequisites (description):

(in Polish) A communicative command of English. In case of high interest:

a short text (max. 250 words) explaining the student’s interest in the topic of the course and their expectations while signing up for it.



Mode:

Classroom

Short description: (in Polish)

Since the advent of modern medicine, social movements have been an important, even though often disregarded, actor shaping the fields of medical knowledge, research, and practice. From 19th century mobilisations due to public health concerns to the contemporary diverse landscape of movements addressing different aspects of health and/or medical practice (healthy lifestyles, animal experiments, mandatory vaccination etc.) social movements have been relevant to medicine, as much as a challenge as an impulse to innovate. During the course, we shall look at some of the diverse ways in which social movements can be relevant to medicine and vice versa.

Full description: (in Polish)

Since the advent of modern medicine, social movements have been an important, even though often disregarded, actor shaping the fields of medical knowledge, research, and practice. From 19th century mobilisations due to public health concerns to the contemporary diverse landscape of movements addressing different aspects of health and/or medical practice (healthy lifestyles, animal experiments, mandatory vaccination etc.) social movements have been relevant to medicine, as much as a challenge as an impulse to innovate. During the course, we shall look at some of the diverse ways in which social movements can be relevant to medicine and vice versa.

1. Social movements and medical knowledge

2. Medicalisation, demedicalisation, and struggles for recognition

3. Movements for public health: from “hygienists” to “smog alarms”

4. HIV/AIDS activism and patient’s advocacy

5. Anti-vaccination movements

6. Pro-choice and pro-life movements

7. Complementary and alternative medicine as a social movement

8. Animal rights movement and medical research

9. Labour movements and trade unions in healthcare

Bibliography: (in Polish)

D. Armstrong, An Outline of sociology as applied to medicine; A. Ash, Whistleblowing and ethics in health and social care; M. Balint, The Doctor, His Patient and the Illness; H. Bradby, Medical Sociology: An Introduction; H. Bradby, Medicine, health and society; W.C. Cockerham (ed.), The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology; J. Heimans and H. Timms, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World; B.P. Hinote and J.A. Wasserman, Social and Behavioral Science for Health Professionals; Bruno Latour, The Pasteurization of France; P.J. McGann and D.J. Hutson, Sociology of diagnosis; L. Panitch and C. Leys (eds.), Morbid Symptoms; G. Scambler, Health and social change: a critical theory; G. Scambler and P. Higgs (eds.), Modernity, medicine and health.

Learning outcomes: (in Polish)

K_W01 Knows and understands basic concepts of various sub-domains of sociology (e.g. sociology of family, health, work, religion, economy, education, etc)

K_W03 Is aware of ongoing theoretical and methodological disputes conducted in modern sociology; is reflective and critical of various positions

K_W05 Has in-depth knowledge about regional, domestic and international institutions and the problem of European integration

K_W16 Has in-depth knowledge about major international and domestic sociological research pertaining to selected areas of social reality or sub-domains of sociology

K_W27 Has in-depth knowledge of the 19th, 20th and 21st ideas and social processes which have shaped the face of the modern world

K_U04 Can critically select information and materials for academic work, using various sources in Polish and a foreign language as well as modern technologies

K_U16 Knows how to interpret the role of culture in the life of the individual and society

K_U17 Can relate an academic text to the problems of social life and its empirical studies

K_U18 Can identify the kinds of research in which the scientific texts read can be applicable

K_U19 Can prepare a presentation of a selected problem or study in Polish and in a foreign language

K_K01 Can initiate, plan, organize and manage work of a task team

K_K02 Can propose a solution to a problem that requires an interdisciplinary research approach

K_K05 Can gather, find, synthesize and critically assess information about social sciences

K_K07 Can justify the choice of sources

K_K10 Independently sets directions of personal development and further learning

K_K14 Takes responsibility for planned and performed tasks

Assessment methods and assessment criteria: (in Polish)

Assignments for each meeting and active participation in discussions in the classroom. Students are allowed to miss up to three meetings during the course. Weekly tasks are assessed taking into account clarity of the argument, use of knowledge from mandatory readings and keeping deadlines. In case of a belated completion of the course, the same requirements apply.

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