Electives - Humanities in Medicine

Medicine and Culture

Elective Number: (Oasis E18g) 3507

Course Supervisor: Dr. Gertrude Fraser

Designated Signer: Dr. Marcia Childress, 5361 Barringer

Available: Rotation Not available - Class of 2008; 9 - Class of 2009

Time to Report: TBA

Place to Report: Center for Biomedical Ethis and Humanities Office, Barringer 5

Typical day: TBA - schedule is flexible to accomodate students' residency interviews.

Attendance: Attendance at elective activities is mandatory.

• Anyone who is ill or has a personal or family emergency must contact Student Affairs and the Attending on Service.
• Students are allowed to take off up to 1 day per week to interview between November 1 and February 1.
  • Specific days missed must be approved by the Attending on Service.

Number of students per rotation: Minimum of 4, Maximum of 8

Course Description: This course explores medical anthropology, focusing the anthropologist's lens particularly on biomedicine as a cultural system; on the learning and practice of medicine; and on the health implications of gender, race, and class in our society. Seminars are organized around readings from a cross-section of academic and popular literature, including some foundational readings in medical anthropology. Students are actively engaged in discussion and expected to integrate their own personal and professional experience into their course work. Students conduct and present individual projects that use anthropological methods and theories to interpret and analyze a particular medical setting, situation, or subject. Students also attend Medical Center Hour.

This description is a general overview. The instructor will establish the schedule and particular requirements at the time of the course.