Overview
Employing the concepts and theories of contemporary social theorists, this unit analyses the medical model of health - both historically and comparatively. Topics covered include the reasons for the expansion of western medicine or medicalisation of society, the body and mind distinction in medical science - its consequences for health, the professionalisation of medicine, and the political economy of medicine.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Student to have completed 36 credit points
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Course Evaluation
Additional sociological readings with the course textbook to help students better understand the sociological perspective.
Additional sociological resources will be provided to help students, especially those who are new to sociology.
Introductory sociology materials were provided to students on the Moodle page and students were also encouraged to use a Sociology Dictionary (online or hard copy) to assist with famiiarising themselves with key concepts. Continued efforts will be made to add to these resources and to help students engage with a sociological perspective through group activities in Zoom online tutorials.
Feedback from Course Evaluation
The course study guide covering the 12 weeks of the course is a valuable resource.
The study guide will be retained and updated to assist students with their learning and sourcing of additional resources.
The study guide will be used and updated to reflect changes in the sequence of the topic offerings and the content. Additional sections will be added to this document to support the online tutorials and facilitated better interaction between the students online.
Feedback from Course Evaluation
Shorter lectures.
The lectures will be revised to reduce the length.
New lectures were recorded, but further work needs to be undertaken to present lectures in 2-3 short videos of 10 minutes. Other methods to disseminate the unit content to students will be explored.
Feedback from Email
Collaborate session helpful when preparing for the assessments.
Blackboard Collaborate and online chat sessions will continue to be offered to students.
Zoom online tutorial sessions will be offered to the students along with the option to discuss assignments with the unit coordinator in a number of drop-in half hour online Zoom sessions offered in the weeks leading up to the due dates of the assessment. Offering a number of short sessions at different times during the week may better suit and support students managing work, family and other study commitments.
- understand and articulate explanations of the medicalisation of society
- describe the consequences for health of medical dominance
- explain the sociological meanings of body, health and illness
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||
2 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||
3 - Online Quiz(zes) - 30% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |
1 - Communication | |||
2 - Problem Solving | |||
3 - Critical Thinking | |||
4 - Information Literacy | |||
5 - Team Work | |||
6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
8 - Ethical practice | |||
9 - Social Innovation | |||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
3 - Online Quiz(zes) - 30% |
Textbooks
Second opinion: An introduction to health sociology
Edition: 5th edn (2013)
Authors: Germov, J (ed)
Oxford University Press
South Melbourne South Melbourne , Vic , Australia
ISBN: 9780195520149
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.rockloff@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
A sociological perspective AND The models of health, illness & wellness
Chapter
Germov Ch.1 & 3, & pp. 164-167
Willis (2011) - CRO
Details of all prescribed readings are also on Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History of medicine AND Economic interests & power in health care
Chapter
Willis (1989) - CRO
Germov pp. 288-292 & pp. 370-380
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Theorising health - social, economic & political
Chapter
Germov Ch.2 & pp. 171-172
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Medical dominance in health care & the challenges
Chapter
Germov Ch.20 & 22
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Professionalisation & the division of labour
Chapter
Germov Ch.23`
Willis (1994) - CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Doctor - patient interaction AND the 'Sick Role' (Parsons' theory)
Chapter
Freund, McGuire & Podhurst (2003) Ch.10 - CRO
Germov pp. 26-27 & 226-227
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Medicalisation in society & of deviance
Chapter
Germov Ch. 12
Busfield (2017) e-journal
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lupton (1994) - CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Germov pp. 256-257, 271-272 & 285-285
Williams (1987) - CRO
Alonzo & Reynolds (1995) e-journal
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The post-modern theory of power/knowledge & the body
Chapter
White (2009) - CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chronic illness & the ageing body in society
Chapter
Germov Ch.14 & 16
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Sociological insights on death & dying
Chapter
Walter (2012) e-journal
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
To be eligible to pass this unit all assessment items must be submitted for marking.
1 Written Assessment
Week 5 Friday (7 Apr 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 6 Friday (21 Apr 2017)
The Assessment Criteria are the same for Assessment 1 & 2. Please see the criteria given with Assessment 2 below.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- understand and articulate explanations of the medicalisation of society
- describe the consequences for health of medical dominance
- explain the sociological meanings of body, health and illness
2 Written Assessment
Week 11 Monday (22 May 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Monday, 6 June 2015
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- understand and articulate explanations of the medicalisation of society
- describe the consequences for health of medical dominance
- explain the sociological meanings of body, health and illness
3 Online Quiz(zes)
1
Other
Week 12 Friday (2 June 2017) 10:00 pm AEST
Monday (5 June 2017)
No Assessment Criteria
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- understand and articulate explanations of the medicalisation of society
- describe the consequences for health of medical dominance
- explain the sociological meanings of body, health and illness
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