1. To discuss the concepts of use value and exchange value
2. To analyze the social division of labor
3. To evaluate the theory of alienation in capitalism
4. To analyze social class divisions in society
5. To understand how health varies systematically
according to social, economic and political factors
6. To differentiate the divergent theories of Lifestyle Medicine vs. Social Medicine
7. To contrast theories for recurring economic crisis
8. To trace out the pathways and connections between social conditions and physiology
9. To recognize the relationship between social inequality and stress
10. To investigate the ideological components that help perpetuate social inequality
11. To discuss how health is affected by dominant
political discourses and social and economic policies
12. To analyze the consequences of commodification of health care
13. To review the ecosocial perspective in health inequities
14. To investigate through examples the beneficiaries of social inequalities in public health
15. To analyze the correlation between profiteers and ideologues of social inequality at different organizational levels of the health care system
16. To discuss the need of training physicians in social sciences
17. To identify our own social prejudices regarding inequality and health
PBL Tutorial Evaluation (50/100):
Learning Abilities (25%)
Communication (25%)
Responsibility (25%)
Interpersonal Relationships (25%)
Collaborative essay (50/100)
An integral grading Pass/Fail system will be used considering the following aspects:
Analysis of social and structural determinants of health -the ability to identify and discuss health and disease issues in a political, economic and social context-
Team work - the ability to unify a collaborative piece of work -
Flow - the ability to connect concepts without disruptive transitions -
Clarity of expression - the ability to organize and present your work clearly -
Conciseness - information given briefly but comprehensively and free of redundancy -
Literature use - the ability to work with varied sources-
Oral presentation -ability to orally communicate the results and address questions-
Numerical conversion will be presented in class
The PBL tutorials can not be re-taken.
The collaborative essay can be re-taken.
Due to School´s current policies, in the case of re-taking the collaborative essay, the qualification for this cannot be higher than 50% of the maximum qualification. In case that the re-taken essay is passed, this qualification will be averaged with the qualifications obtained in the PBL tutorial evaluation.
Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:
Not attending the PBL Tutorials
Considering that modern biomedicine is usually reluctant to ponder social issues and concerned mostly with hard biology; this elective is intended to introduce the students to the concept of social medicine, social inequality and well-being, and the eco-social causes of disease. The goal will be to overcome the limitations of the positivistic and reductionist approaches common to both traditional clinical medicine and public health.