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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KSA
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MANT
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Medical Anthropology
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Written
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Type of completion
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Written
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
Tutorial
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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20 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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10
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Substituted course
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KSA/BANT
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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Medical anthropology integrates cross-disciplinary approaches from wide spectrum of natural (life) and behavioral sciences. In particular, it represents the interface between biomedicine, life sciences, and social sciences which work with health status and care within and between recent and past populations. The course is divided into three parts. First part deals with the introduction into the context of biomedical anthropology, applied biomedical anthropology and how to design specific research. Second part is concerned with theoretical and applied issues in cross-cultural health research (growth and development, diet and nutrition, epidemics, health care, and ecological predictors). In the third part we will focus on ethnobiomedicine and its retrospective alternative known as ethnobioarchaeology.
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Requirements on student
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Presentation.
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Content
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1. Introduction to the study.
a) Focus of interest. Health and disease as critical concepts in anthropology.
b) Significance of biomedical anthropology for social sciences.
c) Studying health, disease, and healing from biocultural perspective. Evolutionary, historical,
political, and economic approaches and problems faced when defining 'health' and 'disease'.
Human health and disease, health care systems, age, sex, inequality and biocultural
adaptation.
2. Contexts and conditions.
a) Growth and development. Unbalanced growth in biocultural perspective. Stunted growth,
reduced growth rate, risk of illness and premature death, delayed mental function and
decreased productivity in economic system.
b) Humans in the world of microbes: The Anthropology of infectious disease. Emerging and re-
emerging infectious diseases threaten all countries. Globalization of infectious diseases,
Impact of migration.
c) Diet and nutrition, access to resources and availability of nutrition. Famines as an economic
and cultural phenomenon in the past. The biocultural, environmental and health impact of
industrialisation. Recent growing diabetes epidemic and its economic impact in low- and
middle-income communities.
d) Health care. The history of care, care in traditional societies. Medical treatment and cure. The
role of pharmacy in recent medical system. Theory and practice of the 'bioarchaeology of
care'.
3. Ethnobiomedicine and ethnobioarchaeology.
a) Introduction to the study (field's definition), methods and application. Relationship and
connection between theory, experiment and retrospective disciplines.
b) The ecology of disease and health, political violence, war, culture and the stress in
ethnobioarchaeology and ethnobiomedicine.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Guarantors:
Mgr. Anna Pankowská, Ph.D. (100%),
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Lecturer:
Mgr. Tomáš Hirt, Ph.D. (100%),
Mgr. Anna Pankowská, Ph.D. (100%),
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Tutorial lecturer:
Mgr. Tomáš Hirt, Ph.D. (100%),
Mgr. Anna Pankowská, Ph.D. (100%),
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Literature
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Basic:
Ptáček, Radek; Bartůněk, Petr. Etika a komunikace v medicíně. Praha : Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3976-2.
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Basic:
Lebl, Jan. Růst dětí a jeho poruchy. 1. vyd. Praha : Galén, 1996. ISBN 80-85824-30-2.
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Basic:
Marmot, M. G.,; Wilkinson, Richard G. Social determinants of health. 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-856589-5.
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Basic:
Bártlová, Sylva. Sociologie medicíny a zdravotnictví. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1197-4.
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Extending:
Lock M, Nguyen VK. An Anthropology of Biomedicine. Oxford Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Extending:
Ember, C. R. Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures Topics. Springer, 2003.
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Extending:
PTÁČEK, Radek a Petr BARTŮNĚK. Etické problémy medicíny na prahu 21. století.
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Extending:
Diamond J. Svět, který skončil včera: Co se můžeme naučit od tradičních společností? Jan Melvil. 2012.
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Recommended:
Harrod RP. Ethnobioarchaeology. New Directions in Bioarchaeology, Special Forum. The SAA Archaeological Record 12(2):32-4. 2012.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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39
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Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
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39
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Contact hours
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52
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Total
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130
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to master the general knowledge of the study of anthropology and knowledge of the history of anthropology |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to understand and critically assess a professional text in the Czech language |
to understand and critically assess a professional text in the English language |
to present research formally |
to lead professional debates |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
to characterize and explain methods and approaches of biomedical anthropology |
to characterize and describe the historical development of biomedical anthropology and the main thought trends and applicability of the field |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
to reflects critically the sources and literature he works with |
to analyze in detail a specific topic from biomedical anthropology |
to present and critically evaluate theoretical assumptions and an example of application |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Written exam |
Test |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Test |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Group presentation at a seminar |
Written exam |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Written exam |
Test |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Group presentation at a seminar |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture |
Textual studies |
Self-study of literature |
One-to-One tutorial |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Practicum |
One-to-One tutorial |
Skills demonstration |
Students' portfolio |
Self-study of literature |
Textual studies |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Lecture |
Practicum |
Skills demonstration |
Individual study |
One-to-One tutorial |
Students' portfolio |
Textual studies |
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