Sciences, Health and Society

Year
1
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
03010738
Subject Area
Sciences, Health and Society
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
15.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
3rd Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodology:

The Seminar will work under continuous evaluation: presentation of content, clarification of doubts and orientation tasks by teachers; presentation and discussion of comments and tasks by the students. It is planned the holding conferences by researchers/external teachers

Learning Outcomes

1. Improving skills in science history research, in particular in the history of health science

2. Developing cultural skills and of interdisciplinary nature, open to audiences from both social and human science fields and other areas and professions of health and life sciences

3. Enhancing the understanding of Portuguese society in the international context, using as study objects health and life sciences, scientific practice resulting there from, institutions and stakeholders

4. Developing skills in the history of health sciences, namely in relation to the Portuguese reality, articulating science with scientific practices, while linking these with the relevant national and international context.

5. Enhancing skills in understanding the current reconfigurations of sciences and scientific practices in the field of health and life sciences.    

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Improving skills in science history research, in particular in the history of health science

2. Developing cultural skills and of interdisciplinary nature, open to audiences from both social and human science fields and other areas and professions of health and life sciences

3. Enhancing the understanding of Portuguese society in the international context, using as study objects health and life sciences, scientific practice resulting there from, institutions and stakeholders

4. Developing skills in the history of health sciences, namely regarding the Portuguese reality, articulating science with scientific practices, while linking these with the relevant national and international context.

5. Enhancing skills in understanding the current reconfigurations of sciences and scientific practices in the field of health and life sciences.

Head Lecturer(s)

João Rui Couto da Rocha Pita

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Assessment method: On top of the mandatory assessment methods— bibliographic and documentary research project (15 p. of text and notes) and a critical review (6 p. of text) —, PhD students are urged to attend and participate informally in the classes, to prepare and deliver talks, to organise conferences-discussions and field trips, etc. : 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

BANDEIRA, Romero - Medicina de Catástrofe. Da exemplificação histórica à iatroética, Porto, UPorto Editorial, 2008.

BERRIOS, German - History of mental symptoms, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996.

BOURDELAIS, Patrice; FAURE, Olivier - Les nouvelles pratiques de santé: acteurs, objets, logiques sociales (XVIIIe-XXe siècles), Paris, Belin, 2005.

LOPEZ PIÑERO, J. M. - La medicina en la historia, Madrid, La Esfera de los Livros, 2002.

PEREIRA, Ana Leonor - Darwin em Portugal. Filosofia, História. Engenharia Social (1865-1914), Coimbra, Almedina, 2001.

PITA, João Rui - História da farmácia, 3ª ed., Coimbra, MinervaCoimbra, 2007.

PITA, João Rui; PEREIRA, Ana Leonor - Rotas da Natureza. Cientistas, viagens, expedições e instituições, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2006 (colecção “Ciências e Culturas”)

ROSEN, George - A history of public health, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.