Code |
15101
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Year |
2
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Semester |
A1
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ECTS Credits |
6
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Workload |
OT(50H)/TP(10H)
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Scientific area |
Human Sciences
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Entry requirements |
None
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Mode of delivery |
Face to face
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Work placements |
Not applicable
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Learning outcomes |
At the end of this course unit the student should be able to describe the study objects of anthropology and sociology, and their major research methods and techniques. He or she will have the capacity to apply the relevant concepts and theories of anthropology and sociology in clinical situations and in a framework of preventive medicine. He or she will show an awareness of, and respect for, the existence of different convictions and practices, depending on the various cultural settings. The student should be able to understand the interaction between social and biological factors and to point out the possible influence of level of education, type of work, gender, age and habitat on the health condition of a person or group. The student shall be able to caractherize sociologically medical profession and the hospital with a focus on power relations in them.
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Syllabus |
1. Social sciences and health sciences. 2. Culture and the body. 3. Sociology and health. 4.The social institutions and health.
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Main Bibliography |
Main bibliography: Carapinheiro, Graça e Correia, Tiago (orgs) (2015). Novos temas de saúde, novas questões sociais. Lisboa: Mundos Sociais Cabral, Manuel Vilaverde & Silva, Pedro Alcantara (2009). O estado da Saúde em Portugal. ICS- Imprensa de Ciências Sociais. Moon, Graham e R. Gillespie (orgs.) (2002). Society and health. London: Routledge Womack, Mari (2010) The anthropology of health and healing. Plymouth: AltaMira Press.
Secundary bibliography: Carapinheiro, Graça (1986). “A saúde no contexto da sociologia”, in Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 1: 9-22. Carapinheiro, Graça (1993). Saberes e poderes no Hospital. Uma sociologia dos Serviços Hospitalares. Porto: Afrontamento. Carmo, Renato; Tavares, Inês; Cândido, Ana Filipa (Orgs) (2020.) Um Olhar Sociológico sobre a Crise Covid-19, CIES-ISCTE Crespo, Jorge(1990) A história do corpo. Lisboa: Difel.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The teaching methodologies are based on the combination of the expository component - weekly seminars with presentation of the subject by the teacher, with the group work of the students and discussion during the tutorials. These contents are then evaluated by PEMs. The students also do a thematic work that they present orally in a workshop and deliver written version. Evaluation is done according to the learning objectives and the competences developed by the student in the Curricular Unit, using the appropriate evaluation instruments and according to the specific criteria stated in the document Criteria of Evaluation of the Integrated Masters in Medicine.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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