MEDH 4301 Critical Thinking and Medical Humanities
This course will expand on many of the courses and topics in the minor and will explicitly address critical thinking and problem solving in health professions on a case-study level. Topics addressed may include, but are not limited to: systematic approaches to solving ethical dilemmas that arise within health contexts; historical and cultural constructions of health and the body; varied conceptions of the individual; lenses for viewing medicine and healthcare, such as gender, ethnicity, and class; interprofessional communication in healthcare; death & dying; and distinct models for healthcare such as the public health approach and holistic approaches. (Should be taken in the junior or senior year.)nd systematically representing arguments, recognizing formal and informal fallacies, and rationally evaluating what is heard and read. Enrollment cap: 35 students.
Offered
As scheduled