Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
GENERAL MEDICAL HISTORY 22303027 2 + 0 2.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals To understand and determine the basis of history of medicine and its stages up to these days
Course Content The origin of medicine in prehistory and in primitive peoples; Medicine in the Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations; Medicine in the Ancient Egyptian civilization; Medicine in the Ancient Greek civilization; Medicine in Roman civilization; Medicine in Western medieval time; Developments in Western medicine from the Renaissance to the 18th century; Developments in Western medicine from the 18th century to these days; Science and medicine in Islamic civilization; Scientific medicine in Medieval Islamic civilization; Turkish medicine in Central Asia before Islam; Turkish medicine after Islam-Seljuk period; Turkish medicine after Islam-Anatolian Turkish principalities period; Turkish medicine after Islam-Ottoman Empire-Classical period; Turkish medicine after Islam-Ottoman Empire-Heading towards West and modernization period
Learning Outcomes 1) Student clarifies the features of medicine applied in Mesopotamian civilizations
2) Student clarifies the features of the medicine in prehistory and in primitive peoples
3) Student points out the main lines of medical understanding of the civilization of Ancient Egypt
4) Student describes the medical understanding of the civilizations of Ancient Greek
5) Student clarifies the medical understanding of the civilizations of Roman civilization
6) Student describes the medical applications of Western medieval time
7) Student clarifies the development of Western thought of medicine from Renaissance to the 18th century
8) Student comments the development of Western thought of medicine from the 18th century to these days
9) Student enumerates the period of science and medicine in Islamic civilization in Medieval age
10) Student clarifies features of the scientific medicine in Islamic civilization in Medieval age
11) Student describes the concept of physic, in which magical and materialistic treatment methods were applicated in Turkish medicine in Central Asia before Islam
12) Student explains features of the Seljukian period of Turkish medicine after Islam
13) Student explains features of the period of Anatolian Turkish principalities of Turkish medicine after Islam
14) Student enumerates features of the classical period of medicine in the Ottoman Empire
15) Student evaluates the period of heading towards West and modernization in medicine in the Ottoman Empire

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The origin of medicine in prehistory and in primitive peoples Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week Medicine in the Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Medicine in the Ancient Egyptian civilization Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Medicine in the Ancient Greek civilization Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week Medicine in Roman civilization Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week Medicine in Western medieval time Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Developments in Western medicine from the Renaissance to the 18th century Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week Developments in Western medicine from the 18th century to these days Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Science and medicine in Islamic civilization Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week Scientific medicine in Medieval Islamic civilization Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week Turkish medicine in Central Asia before Islam Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week Turkish medicine after Islam-Seljuk period Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Turkish medicine after Islam-Anatolian Turkish principalities period Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Turkish medicine after Islam-Ottoman Empire-Classical period Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
15. Week Turkish medicine after Islam-Ottoman Empire-Heading towards West and modernization period Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ali Haydar Bayat. Tıp Tarihi. 1. Baskı. İzmir: Sade Matbaa, 2003
Arturo Castiglioni. A History of Medicine. Translated from the Italian and edited by E. B. Krumbhaar. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958
Berna Arda. Batı Ortaçağı’nda Hastalık Kavramı. Ankara: Güneş Kitabevi, 1997.
Cemal Yıldırım. Bilim Tarihi. 6. Basım. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi, 1999.
Erdem Aydın. Dünya ve Türk Tıp Tarihi. Ankara: Güneş Kitabevi, 2006.
Feridun Nafiz Uzluk. Genel Tıp Tarihi I. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Yayınları, 1958.
Fielding H. Garrison. An Introduction to the History of Medicine. Fourth edition, Reprinted. Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders Company, 1929.
Paul Lewis (ed). Tıp Tarihi. Çevirmen: Nilgün Güdücü. İstanbul: Khalkedon, 1998.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 14 1
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 14 2
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 14 1
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 1
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