SY3010 - Sociology of Health and Medicine
[Offered in odd-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts & Social Sciences |
Subject content as for SY2010.
Learning Outcomes
- apply a critical sociological approach to assessment of current issues in the health area;
- demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which health, illness and inequalities in health status are socially constructed;
- describe and analyse the relationships between health professionals, patients/consumers, governments, business and other interest groups;
- distinguish between various social theories as they are applied to the analysis of health and health care systems.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
- The ability to evaluate that information;
- The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area.
| Assumed Knowledge: | To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | SY2010 |
Availabilities | |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr James Coughlan. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | essays (40%); assignments (60%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.