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Syllabus Medicine and Society - 96340
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Last update 15-02-2023
HU Credits: 1

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Medicine

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Ein Karem

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr.Mici Phillips

Coordinator Email: Mici.Phillips@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Coordinate in advance

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Mici Phillips,
Dr. Assaf Gefen

Course/Module description:
The course "Medicine and Society" was created from an educational perspective that holds that every doctor has a social mission and that one of the important functions of the medical school is to teach future doctors to deal with social situations with medical and moral implications.
Thus, this course continues the basic idea of ​​"human and medical" studies in the third year: expanding the definition of the medical profession beyond providing service to the specific patient, and emphasizing the diverse contexts between medicine and human society as a whole

Course/Module aims:
1. To expose the students to populations with disabilities of various kinds:
Physical disability
Mental disability
Cognitive disability
- Social exclusion and lack of access to medical resources
2. To provide basic professional tools for understanding and addressing the special needs of populations with disabilities
3. To discuss the role of the medical establishment in solving the existing dilemmas between professional commitment and social commitment
4. To encourage practical, professional and personal involvement in the treatment of populations with disabilities, while emphasizing the moral responsibility of the medical staff towards all those in need of assistance even outside the direct professional field

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Identify and understand the special needs of populations with disabilities and address these needs

Attendance requirements(%):
Obligation to attend all meetings

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: The course consists of 4 sessions that take place once a week in the second semester of the third year of medical studies:
1. Opening session, which includes the presentation of the course's objectives and related to the "Introduction to Public Health" course, the opening lecture on social and cultural aspects of life with disabilities, and screening of the film "My Brother is a Hero".
2. Two visits to institutions that provide care
3. A lecture day on the ethical dilemmas of the medical establishment and the right to health of refugees and prisoners
4. A two-hour meeting in small groups for a final discussion with group facilitators

Course/Module Content:
For people with disabilities:
- Eitanim Hospital, Children's Department
Adler Institute
Blind Education House
- Ala Center for Children and Young People with Developmental Mental Disabilities
- Center for Children with Chronic Diseases, Hadassah Hospital, Mount Scopus
Shelter for women at risk
- a coffee stall project that provides employment to people with disabilities in the community

Required Reading:
ביבליוגרפיה:

אלרועי, א', גרוס, ר', איציק, ד', ולביא-סהר, ז' (2008). קולן של נשים נפגעות אלימות: תפיסותיהן את הטיפול בהן בבית החולים. ירושלים: מאיירס-ג'וינט-מכון ברוקדייל – מרכז סמוקלר לחקר מדיניות הבריאות ומשרד הבריאות.
בן ישראל, ח' (2011). מהגרות עבודה בישראל 2011. קו לעובד.
ברלב, ל', אדמון-ריק, ג', קרן-אברהם, י', הבר, י' (2017). אנשים עם מוגבלות בישראל. 2017. ירושלים: משרד המשפטים ומאיירס-ג'וינט-ברוקדייל.
גבריאל, י' (2018). הזמן עצר מלכת. ירושלים: עושים היסטוריה.
גרבר, ר', ופינקלשטיין, ע' (2013). "חזרה הביתה": התמודדות ראשונית של אנשים עם מוגבלות המתרחשת ב¬¬¬מהלך חייהם הבוגרים (נכים חדשים). מחקר מוכוון פעולה: דו"ח סיכום. ירושלים: ג'וינט ישראל, מסד נכויות.
זיו, א' (2002). פוליטיקה של אלימות נגד נשים, חברה ורווחה, כב(4), 417 – 432.
חזן, א' (2018). איתן כסלע. ירושלים: עושים היסטוריה.
מנדלר,ד', נאון, ד' (2002). אנשים עם מוגבלות משולבים בקהילה. למידה מהצלחות. ירושלים: מאיירס-ג'וינט-מכון ברוקדייל.
פלדמן, ד', דניאלי להב, י'. חיימוביץ, ש' (2007). נגישות החברה הישראלית לאנשים עם מוגבלות בפתח המאה ה 21. http://www.kshalem.org.il/pages/item/296 (כל אחד מפרקי הספר שנראה לכם רלוונטי)
קליין, מ', ולדמן-לוי, ע' (2013). קבוצת הורות לנשים שנחשפו לאלמיות במשפחה ושוהות במקלט. חברה ורווחה, לג(2), 331 – 345.
שטרוך, נ', שרשבסקי, י', בידני אורבך, א', לכמן, מ', שגיב, נ', זהבי, ט' (2007). סטיגמה: עמדות, התנסויות ודרכי התמודדות של אנשים המטופלים במרפאות לבריאות הנפש. מאיירס-ג'וינט-מכון ברוקדייל – המרכז לחקר מוגבלויות ואוכלוסיות מיוחדות ומשרד הבריאות – שירותי בריאות הנפש.
שייקספיר, ת', איאזוני, ל', גרוס, מ' (2016). אמנות הרפואה: מוגבלות והכשרתם של אנשי מקצועות הבריאות. (2016). בתוך ש', מור, נ', זיו, א', קנטר, א', איכנגרין., נ', מזרחי. (עורכים), לימודי מוגבלות: מקראה (487 –514 ). תל אביב: הוצאת מכון ואן ליר והוצאת הקיבוץ המאוחד. (כולל התגובה למאמר)
שמיר, א', גוטצייט, ז' (2017). מחיר ההדרה עלות הפקרת בריאותם של מבקשי המקלט החיים בישראל והצעה לגיבוש מדיניות בריאות שיוויונית. הוצאת רופאים לזכויות אדם.

DeVault, M., Garden, R., & Schwartz, M. A. (2011). Mediated communication in context: narrative approaches to understanding encounters between health care providers and deaf people. Disability Studies Quarterly, 31(4).‏


Finkelstein, A. (2018). To Share or Not to Share? Pedagogical Dilemmas of a Chronically-Ill Lecturer in Teaching with Invisible Disability. In M.S. Jeffress (Ed.), International Perspectives on Teaching with Disability Overcoming Obstacles and Enriching Lives (143-157). Routledge Press.

Lezzoni, L., Ramanan, R. A., & Drews, R. E. (2005). Teaching medical students about communicating with patients who have sensory or physical disabilities. Disability Studies Quarterly, 25(1).‏

Mastebroek, M., Naaldenberg, J., Tobi, H., van Schrojenstein Lantman-de, H. M., Lagro-Janssen, A. L., & Leusink, G. L. (2017). Priority-setting and feasibility of health information exchange for primary care patients with intellectual disabilities: A modified Delphi study. Patient education and counseling, 100(10), 1842-1851.‏

Werner, S., Yalon-Chamovitz, S., Rinde, M. T., & Heymann, A. D. (2017). Principles of effective communication with patients who have intellectual disability among primary care physicians. Patient education and counseling, 100(7), 1314-1321.‏

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :

Additional information:
At the end of the course, the students must carry out a practical activity of several hours with patients in one of the institutions they visited or in another framework according to the list attached to the syllabus.
The type of practical activity will be determined by the hosting institution, such as games, singing or dancing with the patients, giving medical lectures, helping the medical staff in refugee clinics or other activities within the framework of various volunteer programs in the community.
After the practical activity, each pair of students must write a summary paper that describes the activity performed, with an emphasis on the personal experience and its connection to the course's objectives.
    The summary work will be two pages printed and will include two parts:
A. In the first part, explain why the specific activity was chosen, describe it briefly, and discuss the context of the activity for the course's objectives and the bibliographic material attached to it.
B. The second part explains how the course and practical activities contributed to you as future doctors. Please refer specifically to issues of physician-patient communication, ethics, professionalism and multiculturalism (depending on the type of activity performed). In this section, you must emphasize the personal experience (what you felt, what thoughts, challenges, and deliberations of the course and practical activity aroused in you)

 A grade for work will be calculated as follows:
    Part A: 60%
    Part B: 40%
 Please be careful about the writing style and originality
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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