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Jun. 22

Medicine Past and Present

Reading

• Asclepius

  • Asclepius

  • Asklepios

• Hippocrates

  • Homer to Hippocrates

  • The Hippocratic Oath

  • Peter Tyson, "The Hippocratic Oath Today" (2001)

• A. G. Ellis, "The Service to Medicine in Siam Rendered by His Royal Highness Prince Mahidol of Songkla," Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine (1936)

• Prince Mahidol of Songkla

  • "Letter to Swasdi"

  • Quotes

• University of Nottingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

  • Medical Student Contract (pdf file)

  • Professional Behaviour and Fitness to Practise (pdf file)

In-class writing 1

Everyday Practice 1

Reading

• Atul Gawande

  • "Introduction" and "Education of a Knife," Complications (2002)

  • "Introduction," Better (2007)

• Prawase Wasi, Bantuek wechakam (pp. 5–6, 55–61)

• House, M.D. season 1 episode 1 (DVD on reserve at the Office of the Joint M.D. Programme)

• Gifted Hands (video clips; Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

In-class writing 2

Everyday Practice 2

Reading

• Guyton and Hall, Textbook of Medical Physiology, "Chapter 1"

• Vander's Human Physiology, "Chapter 1"

• Lecture (choose to listen to a lecture from the list of lecture links in your course packet)

Short paper (2–3 pp.) due on Turnitin.com and hard copies brought to class for each of your workshop group member 

Writing Workshop

Medicine in the World

Reading

• Bacterial Resistance

  • Todar, "Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics"

  • Carl Zimmer, Evolution excerpt

• E. coli

  • CDC, "Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli O104:H4 Infections in Germany" (2011)

  • HUS-Outbreak Case Definition (pdf file)

  • Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Infection Facts (2011)

  • Carl Zimmer, "Rise of the Superbacteria" (2011)

• Di Rocco, et al., "Atrial fibrillation in healthy adolescents after highly caffeinated beverage consumption: two case reports," Journal of Medical Case Reports (2011)

• Medecins sans frontieres, "Nobel Lecture" (1999)

Discussion of short paper (2–3 pp.) drafts

Revised short paper (2–3 pp.) due in the Office of the Joint M.D. Programme