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Syllabus for History of Dentistry
1. Imprint
Faculty name:
The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Education program:
English Dentistry Division, full time
Academic year:
2016-17
Module/subject name:
History of Dentistry
Subject code (from the Pensum system):
29360
Zakład Bioetyki i Humanistycznych Podstaw Medycyny
Chair of Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Educational units:
Żwirki i Wigury 63
02-091 Warszawa
tel.: (+48 22) 57 20 568
Head of the unit/s:
Prof. dr hab. Tomasz Pasierski
Study year:
1
Study semester:
2
Module/subject type:
optional
Teachers:
Prof. dr hab. Paweł Łuków
ERASMUS YES/NO:
YES
A person responsible for the syllabus
Prof. dr hab. Paweł Łuków; tel. 22 572 05 68
Number of ECTS credits:
2
2. Educational goals and aims
The course is intended to provide students with knowledge of the history of medicine and dentistry, and
the intellectual sources and traditions in medicine. Special attention is paid to the cultural, philosophical
and scientific aspects of medicine and dentistry, and the ways in which changes in culture and intellectual
and political life led to the developments in medicine and dentistry throughout the history. The material is
presented in chronological order.
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3. Initial requirements
None
4. Learning outcomes corresponding to the subject
A list of course learning outcomes
Symbol of course learning
outcomes
Description of course learning outcomes
The reference to
programme learning
outcomes (number)
W1
knows the history of the beginnings of medicine,
medicine of primitive people, ancient civilizations,
and medieval medicine
D.W16
W2
knows the characteristics of modern medicine and
its most important discoveries
D.W17
W3
knows the process of development of new medical
disciplines
D.W17
W4
knows achievements of the main representatives of
Polish and world medicine
D.W18
U1
determines his/her own educational needs and plans
his/her own educational activity in the field of
understanding the cultural ramifications of medical
activity
D.U14
U2
critically analyses interrelations between historical
development of medicine and dentistry and cultural
processes
D.U19
U3
recognizes social context of historical development
of medicine and dentistry
D.U19
5. Forms of classes
Form
Number of hours
Number of groups
Lecture
20
1
Seminar
20
1
Practical classes
0
0
6. Subject topics and educational contents
U1-Unit 1 – The Birth of medicine, W1, U1, U2, U3
U2-Unit 2 – Ancient civilisations, W1, U1, U2, U3
U3-Unit 3 – Ancient Greece, W1, U1, U2, U3
U4-Unit 4 – Ancient Rome, W1, U1, U2, U3
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U5-Unit 5 – The Middle Ages, Islam, W1, U1, U2, U3
U6-Unit 6 – The Middle Ages, Christianity, W1, U1, U2, U3
U7-Unit 7 – The Renaissance, W2, U1, U2, U3
U8-Unit 8 – The Enlightenment, W2, U1, U2, U3
U9-Unit 9 – 19th century, W3, W4, U1, U2, U3
U10-Unit 10 – 20th century and later developments, W3, W4, U1, U2, U3
7. Methods of verification of learning outcomes
Learning
outcome
corresponding to
the subject
(symbol)
Forms of classes
(symbol)
W1
U1-U6
W2
U7-U8
W3
U9-U10
U1, U2, U3
U1-U10
Methods of verification of
a learning outcome
multiple choice quiz after
each unit
multiple choice quiz after
each unit
multiple choice quiz after
each unit
multiple choice quiz after
each unit
Credit receiving criteria
60% correct answers to all quiz
questions in the course
60% correct answers to all quiz
questions in the course
60% correct answers to all quiz
questions in the course
60% correct answers to all quiz
questions in the course
8. Evaluation criteria
Form of receiving credit in a subject: graded credit
grade
2.0 (failed)
criteria
below 60% of correct answers
3.0 (satisfactory)
60% of correct answers
3.5 (rather good)
65% of correct answers
4.0 (good)
70% of correct answers
4.5 (more than good)
80% of correct answers
5.0 (very good)
90% of correct answers
9. Literature
Obligatory literature:
Ackerknecht E.H. A Short History of Medicine, revised edition, The Johns Hopkins University Press 1982
Wynbrandt J. The excruciating history of dentistry. Toothsome tales & oral oddities from Babylon to
braces. 1st ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998
10. ECTS credits calculation
Form of activity
Number of hours
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Number of ECTS credits
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Direct hours with an academic teacher:
Lectures
20
0,8
Seminars
20
0,8
Practical classes
0
0
Student's independent work:
Student's preparation for seminar
5
0,2
Preparation for obtaining credits
5
0,2
Other (please specify)
0
0
Total
50
2
11. Additional Information
This is an-online course. The course is divided into units. Each unit lasts 10 days and ends with a multiple
choice quiz. In order to pass the course a student must earn at least 60% of correct answers for the whole
course.
Signature of the Head of the Unit
Signature of the person responsible for the syllabus
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