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Overview
What you will study
By exploring five kinds of medicine – Bedside, Library, Hospital, Community and Laboratory – the History of Medicine course offered by University of Oxford charts the shape and content of the history of western medicine from the Greeks to the present day. It looks at the role of doctors, patients, diseases and society’s reaction to them over time and asks how medicine, disease and health have been motors for change. The course encourages its participants to understand how contemporary medicine differs from but is indelibly marked by its past. By directed use of primary and secondary sources it introduces participants to the methods and tools of research in the history of medicine and encourages the critical analysis of differing historical interpretations, including the participant’s own.
By the end of this course students will understand:
- The overall development of the history of western medicine from the Greeks to the present day and appreciate what has driven the key turning points in this history.
They will have gained the following skills:
- critical use of a range of medically related primary sources, including images
- critical understanding of the role of historical practice in appreciating the history of medicine as a discipline
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Getting to Grips with the History of Medicine and Kinds of Medicine
- Medicine at the Bedside and in the Library
- Medicine in the Hospital
- Medicine in the Community and the Laboratory
- Medicine in the Modern World
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
History Medicine View 38 other Short Courses in Medicine in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- We do not insist that applicants hold an English language certification, but warn that they may be at a disadvantage if their language skills are not of a comparable level to those qualifications listed on our website.
Technological requirements
- This course is delivered online; to participate you must to be familiar with using a computer for purposes such as sending email and searching the Internet. You will also need regular access to the Internet and a computer meeting our recommended minimum computer specification.
Tuition Fee
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International
187 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 187 GBP for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
187 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 187 GBP for the full programme during 2 months.
Funding
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