MINOR COURSE PROGRAM

1. The Global Medicine Course
a. Introduction of teacher and students.
b. Presentation of the course, and its objectives
c. Round of inquiries about what they expect from the course
2. Health, Disease and Science
a. What’s health? What’s disease? What’s science? (Brainstorm)
b. History of the concepts and discussion panel to relate with Global Medicine.
3. Natural Disasters: Natural phenomena, Politics
a. Meteorology and geology (Class)
b. Case Studies in Earthquakes, Tornados, Tsunamis, etc. (Presentation of examples, images and debate about the role of sanitary personal in emergencies)
4. Pandemics, Vaccinations, the work in the Lab
a. The small world of Virus and Bacteria.
b. Rage and Cholera.
c. Influenza.
5. Human Anatomy and Physiology (Preparation of the Lab)
a. Neurology and the Senses.
b. Circulation System.
c. Excretion system.
6. Anatomy Lab: Meeting the Organs
a. Laboratory.
b. Presentation of results.
7. Medicine & Sport
(GUEST SPEAKER: Yoko TOCHIGI, PhD Student in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, writing her Thesis about The divulgation of Medic and Hygienic Ideas in Sport Press)
8. FAO (Food &Agriculture Organization), the alimentary health and WHO (World Health Organization) and his role in the world’s welfare.
a. Nutrition and agriculture.
b. WHO, United Nations and UNICEF.
9. Medicine in undeveloped countries: Tuberculosis, Malaria, Sexual transmitted diseases
a. Cases in America, Asia, Africa
b. Treatments and politics
c. Red Cross, Médecins sans Frontières and other NGO’s
d. Preparation of Session 11, giving subjects for essays)
10. Medicine and War.
(GUEST SPEAKER: Pablo VIDAL, Director of one Documentary about the conflict in Sahara
11. Bio-Ethic.
a. What is Ethic? Is necessary in Science or Medicine? (Essay exercise on: Euthanasia, organ donation, clonation, DNA manipulation, Science in the Death camps of Nazis, Animal experimentation)
b. Debate.
12. Final Session (Round table)
a. Suggestions.
b. Conclusions.