AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

To start the training path of the future doctor with full exposure to all the intercultural and interdisciplinary dimension of the profession, through a survey of the evolution of medical thought and of the challenging great ethical issues of today’s world.

To identify medicine as space and perspective for human care, in a comprehensive view embracing the complexity of humans as subjects / objects of care, the interplay of health and disease, the wealth of care practices.

To promote awareness of the relevance of Medical Humanities in the development of the medical training curriculum.

The course includes numerous, supposedly separate topics in order to represent the richness and variety of medicine, with a view to highlight its manifold anthropological, cultural and ethical issues at play.

TEACHING METHODS

The course includes lectures, seminars, video projections and small group classroom activities.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Classroom work will include seminars involving contributions of scholars with a varied cultural background, in the fields of biology and human sciences. In particular, topics will touch on the epistemology of medicine, history of medical thought, anthropology of health, and ethics of care, organized in the following sessions:

THE CONCEPT OF HEALTH, DISEASE AND CARE OVER TIME

MIND AND BODY: A SINGLE ENTITY

CARE OF THE HUMAN PERSON

RETHINKING MEDICINE

LIFE END 

THE EVOLUTION OF MEDICINE

 CARE APPROACHES

In addition, practical information will be provided on the organization of the medical curriculum and on student’s access to the main utilities available online from the UNIGE site.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aulaweb platform

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GIANLUCA DAMONTE (President)

NICOLA GIOVANNI GIRTLER (President)

CARLO PESCE (President)

ANTONIO GUERCI

ROSAGEMMA CILIBERTI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October 18, 2022

EXAMS

Exam schedule