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 - 2019
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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- Review of Grade Procedure
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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 Student unit evaluation moodle site
Prefer smaller quizzes scheduled throughout the teaching term.
Review the timing and type of the unit assessment items to support students' learning and engagement with the unit resources.
Feedback from Student emails sent to the unit coordinator at the end of the unit. Student unit evaluation moodle site.
Unit enjoyable and challenges students. The unit content was found to be relevant to students' degree and supported a variety of learning styles.
The unit coordinator will continue to support students in their studies and create spaces for discussion and debate on the topics and issues covered during the term
Feedback from Student unit evaluation moodle site
Portfolio assessment, supporting readings and videos helped with learning the content. A lot of resources offered and teacher supportive.
The unit coordinator will continue to offer key resources to support student learning, and to regularly update readings and other learning materials.Additional introductory sociology resources will be made available to students who are taking a sociology unit for the first time.
Feedback from Student unit evaluation moodle site
Prefer interactive lectures not pre-recorded.
More interactive online tutorial sessions that will build on the lectures through the use of a study guide and tutorial activities (individual and group tasks).
Feedback from Student unit evaluation moodle site
Devise an assessment to cover student participation to increase student engagement in the discussion forums and online tutorials.
Action to improve student engagement with the unit material and other students in the unit will be undertaken through online tutorial sessions and weekly discussion forums with material linked to the assessments. Strategies to promote learning communities within the unit and interaction between students for online peer learning will be focused on.
- 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
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1 - Written Assessment - 50% | |||
2 - Written Assessment - 50% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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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
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 50% |
Textbooks
Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology
Edition: Sixth (2018)
Authors: John Germov
Oxford University Press
Melbourne Melbourne , VIC , Australia
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Both the paperback and eBook copies can be purchased at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.hopkinson@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
A sociological perspective and The models of health, illness & wellness
Chapter
Germov (2019) Ch.1 & 3, & Pp.182-84
Willis (2011) Ch. 1, 4 & 6 - CRO
Details & Links to all prescribed readings are on the Moodle.site
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History of medicine and Economic interests & power in health care
Chapter
Germov (2019) Pp. 354-59, 459-70
Willis (1989) -The rise of scientific medicine - CRO
Germov (2019) Ch 5 & 6 Conclusions
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Theorising health - social, economic & political
Chapter
Germov (2019) Ch.2 & Pp. 189-90
Germov (2019) Ch 8 & 9 Conclusions
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Medical dominance in health care & the challenges
Chapter
Germov (2019) Ch.21 & 23
Coulter & Willis (2004) The rise and rise of CAMS - CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Professionalisation & the division of labour
Chapter
Germov (2019) Ch.24
Willis (1994) Medical dominance and the politics of nursing skills - CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Doctor - patient interaction and the 'Sick Role'
Chapter
Germov (2019) Pp. 28, 282-85
Freund, McGuire & Podhurst (2003) Ch.10 Modern bio-medicine - CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Medicalisation in society & of deviance
Chapter
Germov (2019) Ch.13 Medicalisation of deviance
Busfield (2017) Concept of medicalisation re-assessed URL
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lupton (1994) Theoretical perspectives on medicine and society- CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Germov (2019) Pp. 317-18, 334-35, 350-52
Williams (1987) Goffman, interaction and management of stigma- CRO
Alonzo & Reynolds (1995) Stigma, HIV & AIDS
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The post-modern theory of power/knowledge & the body
Chapter
White (2009) Foucault and sociology of medical knowledge - CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chronic illness & the ageing body in society
Chapter
Germov (2019) Ch.15 & 17
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Sociological insights on death & dying
Chapter
Germov (2019) p. 387
Walter (2012) Why different countries manage death differently (URL)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Current text book is 6th edition but 5th edition will also be suitable.
1 Written Assessment
Instructions to students
During the term any questions about assessment should be directed to the Q&A forum on the Moodle site.
Week 6 Monday (22 Apr 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 8 Monday (6 May 2019)
- 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
Submit your assignment by the due date and allow several minutes for submission to be completed. Contact your unit coordinator via email if you are in doubt about your submission upload and include a copy of your assignment in the email as proof of completion.
During the term any questions about assessment should be directed to the Q&A forum on the Moodle site.
Week 12 Friday (7 June 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (21 June 2019)
No submission method provided.
- 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.
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