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Module code:HMEDG020(Add to my personalised list)
Title:Historiography of Medicine
Credit value:20
Division:Division of Biosciences
Module organiser:Dr Roger Cooter
Organiser's location:Medical Sciences Building
Organiser's email:r.cooter@ucl.ac.uk
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Module prerequisites:Available to Masters Students only  
Module outline:This course surveys and samples some of the major currents affecting the writing of the history of medicine. History writing can be described as a form of thinking about the present conducted at the remove of the past. Historiography (the history of the writing of that history) is about 'the how' and 'the why' of that thinking - the ways in which it has changed its make-up over time. Thus this course treats the history of medicine as an object of study in itself, with histories, philosophies, epistemologies, and politics. Along the way many of the major topics in the history of medicine will be touched upon. The goal is to enable students to understand and evaluate historical scholarship in science and medicine, and to apply those insights and appreciations in their own historical writing. A further goal is to learn how to read critically, understanding how this practice differs from merely 'criticizing'. Through team-work and presentations, the course is also intended to hone practical job-getting skills.  
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Module timetable:https://cmis.adcom.ucl.ac.uk:4443/timetabling/moduleTimet.do?firstReq=Y&moduleId=HMEDG020 
Module assessment:Coursework 50.00%.
Unseen departmental test 50.00%.
 
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Taking this module as an option?: 
Link to virtual learning environment(registered students only)https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/search.php?search=hmedg002 
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