76607 - Technological and Traditional Medicine

Academic Year 2014/2015

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8474)

Learning outcomes

The student, at the end of the course, is capable to understand current trends of modern medicine swinging between technology and tradition.

Course contents

Technology and Innovation. Examples of good practice / advanced medical technologies with potential, meaningful clinical impact. Education, empowerment and incentives to good health practices. Advanced diagnostic technologies. Traditional and Complementary Medicine. Definitions. Products, practices and practitioners. Limitations, opportunities and challenges. Music and medicine.

Readings/Bibliography

WHO Traditional Medical Strategy. 2014-2023. WHO Press. 2013. ISBN 978 92 4 150609 0   
Karger Gazette, N 70. Medicine & Music. Karger Press 2009.

Teaching methods

The course consists of 1 CFU (frontal teaching)

Assessment methods

Interview

Teaching tools

The teaching material presented in class will be made available in electronic format. 

Office hours

See the website of Gianandrea Pasquinelli