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Tywanna Purkett, MA, CHES Unit 1: History & Sociology of Medicine

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Housekeeping Word Association Discussion Questions Q and A

 Syllabus  Announcements  Texts  Discussion  Seminars  Assignments  Plagiarism  Grading  Office Hours   Questions

Our text is Holtz, C., (2008). Global health care: Issues and Policies. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers No textbook has been sent to you as we are now eBook. You will find the required chapter readings in the docshare..

 It’s important to post to the discussion question as early in the week as possible.  Required to have at least 3 posts: ◦ Your response to the question must be done by Saturday ◦ At least two posts in response to two classmates by Tuesday ◦ Be sure to include references

 Refer to grading rubric for seminar—can be found in syllabus  PREPARATION IS KEY!!  Try to reference reading material  Goes by fast, so come ready to talk!  Miss seminar?...option 2

 4 papers (units 1, 3, 5 and 8), 3 projects (units 4, 6 and 7) and final paper (unit 9)  You must have Microsoft Word—you will submit your work to the dropbox

 Plagiarism  Grading  Office Hours   Questions

To get us started, let’s spend a few minutes on word association or how to define some of the terms used in our course. Please think about the following:  What comes to mind when you see or hear the word, ‘health’ or ‘wellness’?

 What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘sick’

 What is the anatomical concept of disease? ◦ Timeframe? ◦ Attribution? ◦ Benefit of using in medical practice?

What is the humoral theory of disease?

What is the historical significance of the germ theory?

 Write your slogan  Reading  Key Concepts  Discussion  Seminar  Unit 1 Paper

Kaplan University. (2007). HW215 course materials. Retrieved November 30, 2008 from Microsoft Corporation. (2007). Clipart. Retrieved December 05, 2007 from Holtz, C., (2008). Global health care: Issues and Policies. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers