Tywanna Purkett, Tywanna Purkett, MA, CHESMA, CHES

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Tywanna Purkett, MA, CHES

Unit 1: History & Sociology Unit 1: History & Sociology of Medicine of Medicine

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Housekeeping Word Association

Discussion QuestionsQ and A

Syllabus Announcements Texts Discussion Seminars Assignments Plagiarism Grading Office Hours Email Questions

• Our text is Holtz, C., (2008). Global health care: Issues and Policies. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers

• No textbook has been sent to you as we are now eBook. You will find the required chapter readings in the docshare..

It’s important to post to the discussion question as early in the week as possible.

Required to have at least 3 posts:◦ Your response to the question must be done by

Saturday◦ At least two posts in response to two classmates

by Tuesday◦ Be sure to include references

Refer to grading rubric for seminar—can be found in syllabus

PREPARATION IS KEY!! Try to reference reading material Goes by fast, so come ready to talk! Miss seminar?...option 2

4 papers (units 1, 3, 5 and 8), 3 projects (units 4, 6 and 7) and final paper (unit 9)

You must have Microsoft Word—you will submit your work to the dropbox

PlagiarismGradingOffice Hours

EmailQuestions

To get us started, let’s spend a few minutes on word association or how to define some of the terms used in our course.

Please think about the following:

What comes to mind when you see or hear the word, ‘health’ or ‘wellness’?

What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘sick’

What is the anatomical concept of disease?◦ Timeframe?◦ Attribution?◦ Benefit of using in medical

practice?

What is the humoral theory of disease?

What is the historical significance of the germ theory?

Write your slogan Reading Key Concepts Discussion Seminar Unit 1 Paper

Kaplan University. (2007). HW215 course materials. Retrieved November 30, 2008 from www.kaplan.edu

Microsoft Corporation. (2007). Clipart. Retrieved December 05, 2007 from www.microsoft.com

Holtz, C., (2008). Global health care: Issues and Policies. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers