{"id":8865,"date":"2020-09-03T16:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/magtud\/?page_id=8865"},"modified":"2020-09-03T16:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:07:22","slug":"medical-humanities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/magtud\/en\/education\/elective-courses\/medical-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"

REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Semmelweis University,<\/strong> Faculty of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name of the managing institute (and any contributing institutes):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Institute of Behavioural Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Name of the subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n

in English: MEDICAL HUMANITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

in German:<\/strong> MEDIZINISCHE GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Credit value:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of lessons per week:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lecture:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0practical course: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0seminar<\/u>: 2 (x14)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Subject type:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0compulsory course\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>elective course\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 optional course<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Academic year: <\/strong>2020\/2021-II. (Spring semester)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subject code:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(In case of a new subject, it is filled by the Dean’s Office, after approval)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Name of the course leader:<\/strong> Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 NEMES<\/p>\n

His\/her workplace, phone number:<\/strong> Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Dept. of Bioethics, nemes.laszlo@med.semmelweis-univ.hu, +36705220615<\/p>\n

Position: <\/strong>senior lecturer<\/p>\n

Date and registration number of their habilitation: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Objectives of the subject, its place in the medical curriculum:<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Providing tools to acquire practical knowledge, and skills in the medical humanities for a reflective practice, i. e. to improve the cultural skills and sensitivity necessary for a more effective clinical practice and more humane doctor-patient relationship by using the methods and approaches of the humanities as applied to medicine.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Place where the subject is taught (address of the auditorium, seminar room,<\/strong> etc.):<\/strong><\/p>\n

seminar room<\/p>\n

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Successful completion of the subject results in the acquisition of the following competencies:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basic knowledge on the meaning, areas, topics, approaches, methods and theories of the medical humanities; improvement of narrative and cultural competences; openness to a reflective practice<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Course prerequisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

none<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Number of students required for the course (minimum, maximum) and method of selecting students:<\/strong><\/p>\n

minimum 12, maximum 24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

How to apply for the course:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neptun<\/p>\n

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Detailed curriculum:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Medical humanities: concept, history and role (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

2. Medical education, socialization, professionalism, doctor-patient relationship (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

3. The historical\/cultural embeddedness of medicine: representations and metaphors (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

4. Religion, spirituality, philosophy, cross-cultural experience, and medicine (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

5. Illness narrative, pathography, narrative medicine (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

6. Illness as phenomenological, existential experience (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

7. Physician-writers, reflective practice (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

8. Representations of mental and neurological diseases (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

9. Cultural representations of aging, death and sexuality (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

10. Gender roles in medicine (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

11. Sickness and healing in visual arts (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

12. Sickness and healing in digital humanities (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

13. Bioethics and the medical humanities (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

14. Summary of the course (L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes)<\/p>\n

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Other subjects concerning the border issues of the given subject (both compulsory and optional courses!). Possible overlaps of themes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

(partly) bioethics, medical anthropology, medical communication<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Special study work required to successfully complete the course:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(E.g. field exercises, medical case analysis, test preparation, etc.)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

selecting a topic and making a presentation on it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Requirements for participation in classes and the possibility to make up for absences:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

replacement: reading the analyzed texts<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Methods to assess knowledge acquisition during term time:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(E.g. homework, reports, mid-term test, end-term test, etc., the possibility of replacement and improvement of test results)<\/p>\n

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student presentations of chosen topics<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Requirements for signature:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

at least 10 weekly classes actively attended<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Type of examination:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

based on practice during the semester<\/p>\n

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Requirements of the examination:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(In case of a theoretical examination, please provide the topic list; in case of a practical exam, specify the topics and the method of the exam)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Written short essay sent via email<\/p>\n

Short summary of a topic chosen from the core readings in the form of an essay (5-6 pages)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Method and type of evaluation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Method of calculating the final mark based on the theoretical and practical examination. How the mid-term test results are taken into account in the final mark.)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

By a 5-point grading scale:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Excellent: few absence, excellent practice, active participation, good presentation and essay<\/em><\/p>\n

Good: few absence, good practice, active participation, good presentation and essay<\/em><\/p>\n

Satisfactory: some absences, active participation, acceptable presentation and essay<\/em><\/p>\n

Unsatisfactory: many absenses, some activity, low quality presentation and essay<\/em><\/p>\n

Insufficient: too many absenses, not enough activity, low quality presentation and essay<\/em><\/p>\n

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50% presence and activity at the classes, short presentation; 50% essay<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

How to register for the examination?:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neptun<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Possibilities for exam retake:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

by consultation with the course leader<\/p>\n

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Printed, electronic and online notes, textbooks, guides and literature (URL address for online material) to aid the acquisition of the material:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basic source, core reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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T. R. Cole, N. S. Carlin, R. A. Carson: Medical Humanities: An Introduction<\/em>. Cambridge UP,<\/p>\n

2014<\/p>\n

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Recommended readings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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M. Evans, I. G. Finlay (eds.): Medical Humanities<\/em>. BMJ Books, 2001<\/p>\n

V. Bates, A. Bleakley, S. Goodman (eds.): Medicine, Health and the Arts: Approaches to the<\/em><\/p>\n

Medical Humanities<\/em>. Routledge, 2015<\/p>\n

H. Carel: Illness<\/em>. Routledge, 2018<\/p>\n

S. Sontag: Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors<\/em>. Penguin Classics, 2009<\/p>\n

R. Charon: Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness<\/em>. Oxford UP, 2006<\/p>\n

R. Charon, M. M. Montello (eds.): Stories Matter: The Role of Narrative in Medical Ethics<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Routledge, 2002<\/p>\n

D. Sulmasy: The Rebirth of the Clinic: An Introduction to Spirituality in Health Care<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Georgetown UP, 2006<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Signature of the habilitated instructor (course leader) who announced the subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Signature of the Director of the Managing Institute:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hand-in date:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Opinion of the competent committee(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Comments of the Dean’s Office:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dean’s signature:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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