UCSC - The History of Medicine: Philosophy, Science, and Psychology
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Duration | 14 hours |
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Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Credential | Certificate |
The History of Medicine: Philosophy, Science, and Psychology at Coursera Highlights
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The History of Medicine: Philosophy, Science, and Psychology at Coursera Course details
- History of Medicine provides an accessible historical and interdisciplinary perspective on medicine, focused primarily upon therapy and practice, to achieve better understanding of the scope, practice, and limits of medicine
- Human attempts to understand and treat disease will be seen as evolving from the spiritual and mystical practices of the distant past, to the rational approach of the Classical World, and finally to the scientific thinking of the Renaissance and beyond
The History of Medicine: Philosophy, Science, and Psychology at Coursera Curriculum
Week 1
Lecture: What is Disease?
Lecture: How Did Disease Begin?
Lecture: Historical Patterns of Infectious Disease
Lecture: What Causes Disease?
Lecture: The Origins of Therapy
Lecture: "I Shall Please": The Placebo Response
Lecture: The Art of Medicine
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Key Concepts 1
Optional Readings & Videos 1
Key Concepts 2
Optional Readings 2
Quiz 1
Quiz 2
Week 2
Lecture: Early Schools of Medicine: Egypt
Lecture: Early Schools of Medicine: India
Lecture: Early Schools of Medicine: Greece
Lecture: Early Schools of Medicine: China
Lecture: Early Schools of Medicine: A Comparison
Lecture: The Collapse of the Roman Empire
Lecture: Medicine in the Islamic World
Lecture: Malthusian Forces in the Middle Ages
Lecture: Anatomy in the Renaissance
Lecture: Surgery in the Renaissance
Key Concepts 3
Optional Readings
Key Concepts 4
Optional Readings 4
Quiz 3
Quiz 4
Week 3
Lecture: Medical Advances from 1700 to 1900
Lecture: The Beginnings of Microbiology
Lecture: Germ Theory of Disease
Lecture: The Rise of Science and Pseudoscience
Lecture: The Superficiality of Pseudoscience
Lecture: Medicine in 1900
Lecture: Turn-of-the-Century Advances
Key Concepts 5
Optional Readings & Videos
Key Concepts 6
Optional Reading & Podcast
Quiz 5
Quiz 6
Week 4
Lecture: The Beginnings of Modern Pharmacology
Lecture: The European Pharmaceutical Story
Lecture: How Do Drugs Work?
Lecture: Alternative Medicine
Lecture: Nutrition
Lecture: The Art of Diagnosis
Reconsidering the ways we think about body weight and health
Key Concepts 7
Optional Readings
Key Concepts 8
Optional Readings
Quiz 7
Quiz 8
Week 5
Lecture: Holism and Preventive Medicine
Lecture: Probiotics
Lecture: Breakthroughs in Chemistry
Lecture: Antibiotics & Vaccines
Lecture: Superbugs and Ethical Dilemmas
Lecture: Current State of the Art: Physical Therapies
Lecture : Medical Ethics
Lecture: Medical Systems
Lecture: The Future of Medicine
Lecture: Precision Medicine
Lecture: Studies in Medicine: A Coda
Key Concepts 9
Recommended Readings
Key Concepts 10
Recommended Readings
Quiz 9
Quiz 10
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