Teaching activities of social scientists in medical and public health schools

New, Peter; May, John

doi:10.1016/0037-7856(68)90059-0

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“…Whilst there are guides to undertaking social science research in healthcare environments, these are not generally targeted towards the undergraduate learner and do not contain information about how to teach these skills (Bell, 2005;Cunningham et al, 2013). There appears to no obviously identifiable repository for practical teaching (New and May, 1968).…”

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“…1 A final, important, albeit rarely made observation is that the contextual, intellectual and practical challenges posed to the teacher of social sciences in medical education may be precisely what attracts some colleagues to work in this environment. The relative freedom represented by the environment coupled with opportunities to have direct influence on doctors and medical practice can be attractive to some social scientists (New and May, 1968).…”

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Teaching social science research methods to undergraduate medical students

Forrest

2017

Teaching Public Administration

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There is an expectation that medical students in the UK will be able to demonstrate conversancy with social science relevant to medicine and health, including the means by which the relevant bodies of knowledge are generated through the use of social science research methods. This paper explores the structural and pedagogical challenges and opportunities posed by this demand. To achieve this a small scale research project seeking to establish the ‘state of the art’ with respect to teaching and learning about these research methods was implemented. It was found that there is little formal reporting of practice in the literature and that this is a field largely unsupported with materials and resources. However, there were some common features in the ways that practitioners approach, organise and deliver the provision; and it was found that almost all the provision takes place in the early part of medical education. It is suggested that continuing problems with the status of social sciences, lack of clarity about whether the purpose is to enrich medicine with knowledge about health and generated by the social sciences, and/or explore the ontological and epistemological tensions between natural and social sciences coupled with the status of social scientists in medical education, may limit capacity to develop the field.

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Teaching social science research methods to undergraduate medical students

Forrest

2017

Teaching Public Administration

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The assessment of self-care capacity in geriatric psychiatric patients by objective and subjective methods

Kuriansky¹,

Gurland²,

Fleiss³

et al. 1976

J. Clin. Psychol.

101

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A simple performance test was developed and used to evaluate a sample of psychiatric geriatric patients on their capacity for self-care. Evaluations were made by asking the patient to demonstrate certain essential activities of daily living. The objective test, compared with patients' subjective reports, was found to be a more valid measuring instrument of functional impairment and more useful as a diagnostic and prognostic tool Test scores correlated with independent clinical assessments of mental status and physical conditions, as well as with short-term outcome of hospitalization. The scale is easy and quick to administer and has many applications for the treatment and management planning of patients.

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Two Cultures: Two Ships: The Rise of a Professionalism Movement Within Modern Medicine and Medical Sociology’s Disappearance from the Professionalism Debate

Hafferty

Castellani²

2010

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

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Teaching activities of social scientists in medical and public health schools

Cited by 18 publications

References 15 publications

Teaching social science research methods to undergraduate medical students

Teaching social science research methods to undergraduate medical students

The assessment of self-care capacity in geriatric psychiatric patients by objective and subjective methods

Two Cultures: Two Ships: The Rise of a Professionalism Movement Within Modern Medicine and Medical Sociology’s Disappearance from the Professionalism Debate

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