Estudia

• Reconèixer els elements essencials de la professió mèdica, que incloguin els principis ètics, les responsabilitats legals i l'exercici professional centrat en el pacient
• Desenvolupar la pràctica professional amb respecte pels altres professionals de la salut, adquirint habilitats de treball en equip
• Comunicar-se de manera efectiva i clara, tant oralment com per escrit, amb els pacients, els familiars, els mitjans de comunicació i altres professionals
• Conèixer, valorar críticament i saber utilitzar les fonts d'informació clínica i biomèdica per a obtenir, organitzar, interpretar i comunicar la informació científica i sanitària
• Saber utilitzar les tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació en les activitats clíniques, terapèutiques, preventives i d'investigació
• Tenir, en l'activitat professional, un punt de vista crític, creatiu, amb escepticisme constructiu i orientat a la recerca
• Garantir el coneixement adequat de la llengua anglesa, tant oral com escrita, tenint en compte les especificitats del registre mèdic per a poder comunicar-se eficaçment a la comunitat internacional científica i professional

1. To contrast current explanations for the causes of health disparities in both national and international contexts

2. To differentiate the divergent theories of Lifestyle Medicine vs. Social Medicine

3. To recognize the relationship between social inequality and stress

4. To trace out the pathways and connections between social conditions and physiology

5. To investigate the ideological components that help perpetuate social inequality

6. To evaluate the theory of commodity fetishism

7. To analyze the consequences of commodification of health care

8. To investigate through examples the beneficiaries of social inequalities in public health

9. To analyze the correlation between profiteers and ideologues of social inequality at different organizational levels of the health care system

10. To discuss the need of training physicians in social sciences

11. To identify our own social prejudices regarding inequality and health.

• Alliance for People’s Health. Recuperat , a http://aphvan.wordpress.com/our-strategy-for-change/resources-for-learning/
• Social Medicine (2006). Bronx, New York, 10461: Department of Family and Social Medicine,Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Recuperat, a http://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/index
• World Health Organization. Social determinants of health. Recuperat , a http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/
• Marx, Karl (1967 ). Capital : a critique of political economy . New York: International Publs.. Catàleg
• Dorling, Daniel (cop. 2011 ). Injustice : why social inequality persists . Bristol: Policy. Catàleg
• Krieger, Nancy (cop. 2011 ). Epidemiology and the people's health : theory and context. New York: Oxford University Press. Catàleg
• O'Campo, Patricia (cop. 2012 ). Rethinking social epidemiology : towards a science of change . New York: Springer. Catàleg
• Wilkinson, Richard H (2010 ). The spirit level : why equality is better for everyone . London: Penguin. Catàleg
• Navarro, Vicenç (cop. 2007 ). Neoliberalism, globalization, and inequalities : consequences for health and quality of life . Amityville, N.Y.: Baywookd. Catàleg
• Navarro, Vicenç (cop. 2004 ). Political and economic determinants of population health and well-being : controversies and developments . Amityville, N.Y.: Baywood Pub. Co.. Catàleg
• Marmot, Michael (1999 ). Social determinants of health . New York: Oxford University Press. Catàleg
• Marmot, Michael (cop. 2004 ). The Status syndrome : how your social standing directly affects our health and longevity . New York: Henry Holt. Catàleg
• Berkman, Lisa F. (2000 ). Social epidemiology . Oxford: Oxford University Press. Catàleg
• Harvey, David. Seventeen contradictions and the end of capitalism . . Catàleg
• Yasko, Guy (2012 ). Capital in manga! . Ottawa: Red Quill Books. Catàleg
• Piketty, Thomas (2014 ). Capital in the twenty-first century . Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Catàleg
• Lewontin, Richard (cop. 2007 ). Biology under the influence : dialectical essays on ecology, agriculture, and health . New York: Monthly Review Press. Catàleg
• Lewontin, Richard C (1992 ). Biology as ideology : the doctrine of DNA . New York: HarperPerennial. Catàleg
• Rose, Hilary (2012 ). Genes, cells and brains : the Promethean promises of the new biology . London: Verso. Catàleg
• Oakes, Michael J. (cop. 2006 ). Methods in social epidemiology . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Catàleg
• Eckersley, Richard (2001 ). The Social origins of health and well-being . Cambridge [etc.]: Cambridge University Press. Catàleg

Activitats d'avaluació:

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-
Literature use - the ability to work with varied sources-
Clarity of expression - the ability to organize and present your work clearly -
Conciseness - information given briefly but comprehensively and free of redundancy -
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.