Dear students,
Welcome to Medical School @USM
The medical program is divided into a number of blocks. The first block is the Bioethics and Social Health Block. One of the lectures in this block is Introduction to the History of Medicine.
INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
This is my first lecture to all first-year USM medical and dental students. This lecture is given on the first day of class in the big hall. The purpose of this lecture is to stir the students to think about what the origin of medicine was like long ago in our human history, time immemorial. How did medicine get to be what it is today? What does the future hold for the field of medicine? With those thought-provoking questions, we move on to what we already know about the history of medicine.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE?
We have some interesting things to share about the history of medicine. I shall list a few things and you can elaborate on each one.
The seat of medical discoveries - Where things began ...
How was medicine discovered? - Approaches and methodologies ...
Era of medical discoveries - When things were discovered ...
Acceptance of medical discoveries - Were things useful and accepted?
How did the medical discoveries expand? - How medicine was transmitted ...
The role of the early medical institutions/universities - What are the ancient institutions ...
World wars that changed the medical landscape - WWI, WWII ...
Modern discoveries in medicine - Nobel Prize ...
Traditional medicine and Homeopathy - The peoples' medicine ...
I think that should do. We can discuss some of the above topics in class.
WHY DO WE STILL NEED TO LEARN MEDICINE?
What is the purpose of learning medicine (maqasid al-tibb)? Why did you choose to study medicine? There are many reasons for us to study medicine. I will just list a few to start you to think about the reasons and you can expand the list.
Materia medica - The core body of medical knowledge needs to be passed on ...
The ill and sick - Patients exist forever ...
Easy to treat - Some conditions can be easily treated ...
Not easy to treat (depression) - Some conditions are not easily to treat ...
Presently untreatable (HIV/AIDS) - The biggest challenge ...
USE, ABUSE AND DANGERS OF MEDICINE
Now that we know something about medicine, what do you think are some of the uses, abuses and dangers of medicine?
Uses - Antibiotics, Antivirals
Abuses - Sleeping pills, Morphine, drug addiction
Dangers - Aspirin, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
There are many that you can think of in due time. Make your own notes.
SENSITIVE ISSUES IN MEDICINE
Sometimes there are things which are alright to discuss in the clinic or within the medical circle but which can be difficult and often not talked about outside the clinic/medical circle. What are some examples of such situations?
Breaking bad news - How to tell the patient what's wrong ...
Coping - One diagnosis but many responses ...
Death, grieve and mourning - How long to cry and be sad ...
CHALLENGES OF MEDICINE TODAY
We have made several discoveries and technological advances in medicine. Now that we are equipped with medical gadgets, what do you think are some of the challenges we face today? I will list a few to start you of thinking and you can add to the list.
Epidemic (SARS, H1N1 etc) - So many sick. How to contain and stop ...
Death from disasters (hurricanes, tsunami, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions) - So many bodies. How to ID ...
Challenges and relief aid (MERCY, Medecin Sans Frontiers, etc) - NGO assistance and activities ...
I think that should do.
ACTIVITY: STUDENT SEMINAR
For this session, we have 200 medical students and 60 dental students. We therefore have a total of 260 students, excluding repeaters.
For students' activity, students will be divided into 6 groups. Each group will have approx. 50 students. Students are free to join any group. Students must organise themselves for discussion, preparation of the group PowerPoint and presentation.
Each group can pick a topic to discuss and present. Each group must prepare a 15-minute PowerPoint for presentation.
Student Seminar is on 13 September 2011 (8.30am-10.30am) followed by Feedback (11.00am-1pm).
Thank you.
Prof Faridah
Interesting pages:
http://gloriousancient.blogspot.com/2007/06/medical-history_3585.html
http://www.crystalinks.com/ancient.html
http://khaidirlastone.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/ten-scientists-moslem-change-the-world/
http://www.islamset.com/ethics/topics/glimpse.html
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