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SUBJECT OUTLINE Subject Name: Subject Code: History of Healing SOCH111 SECTION 1 – GENERAL INFORMATION Award/s: Total Course Credit Points: Level: Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy) 128 1st Year Bachelor of Health Science (Myotherapy) 96 1st Year Bachelor of Health Science (Nutritional and Dietetic Medicine) 96 1st Year Bachelor of Complementary Medicine 48 1st Year Diploma of Health Science 32 1st Year Duration: 1 Semester Subject is: Core Subject Credit Points: 4 Student Workload: No. timetabled hours per week: No. personal study hours per week: Total hours per week: 6 4 10 Delivery Mode*: ☐ On campus ☒ Online / Digital ☐ Blended ☐ Intensive Weekly Session^ Format/s - 2 sessions per week: ☒ eLearning modules: Lectures: Interactive adaptive online learning modules Tutorials: can include asynchronous tutor moderated discussion forum and activities, learning journal activities or other web-based resources *All modes are supported by the online learning management system which will include subject documents such as handouts, readings and assessment guides. ^A ‘session’ is made up of 3 hours of timetabled / online study time per week unless otherwise specified. Each subject has a set number of sessions as outlined above. Study Pattern: ☒ Full Time ☒ Part Time Pre-requisites: Nil Co-requisites: Nil SECTION 2 – ACADEMIC DETAILS Subject Rationale This subject provides the student with an understanding of the history and philosophy underpinning traditional and other whole medical systems from early human existence to the present day in diverse cultures worldwide. Social, Australian College of Natural Medicine Pty Ltd trading as Endeavour College of Natural Health, FIAFitnation (National CRICOS #00231G, RTO #31489) SOCH111 History of Healing Last modified: 17-Jun-2021 Version: 27.0 Page 1 of 10 cultural and political developments are considered in the evolution of healing and medicine, as well as the parallel developments in anatomy, physiology and other sciences. The study of health philosophy across all disciplines is seen as fundamental to the student’s understanding of the role of the modern complementary health care practitioner within the wider health care system. Learning Outcomes 1. Explain the historical contexts and philosophical understandings of health and disease according to different cultural and medical/healing paradigms. 2. Understand the integrational interplay of modern scientific evidence with traditional medical systems to create contemporary holistic practice frameworks. 3. Develop an awareness of the commonalities and differences amongst various traditional/whole medical systems. 4. Identify how changing ideas and perspectives about health and medicine over time relate to the present landscape of natural medicine in Australia and around the world. Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes Session Content Type Due Weighting Assessed Delivered Discussion Forum (forum posts during Weeks 20% 1-4 1-8 selected weeks, minimum 2, 4, 7 & 8 (4 x 5%) of 50 words per week) Quizzes Weeks 1, 4 1-11 40% (20% per quiz) 6 & 12 Written Reflection 1-2, 4 1-10 Week 10 20% (750 words) Final Quiz (Multiple Choice, Short 1, 4 1-13 Week 14 20% Answer & Extended Response) All written assessments and online quizzes are due at 11:55 p.m. (AEST) Sunday and submitted through the LMS Prescribed Readings: 1. Di Stefano, V. (2006). Holism and complementary medicine: Origins and principles. Allen & Unwin. 2. Kayne, S. B. (2010). Traditional medicine: A global perspective. Pharmaceutical Press. Australian College of Natural Medicine Pty Ltd trading as Endeavour College of Natural Health, FIAFitnation (National CRICOS #00231G, RTO #31489) SOCH111 History of Healing Last modified: 17-Jun-2021 Version: 27.0 Page 2 of 10 3. Summers, J., & Smith, B. (2014) Communication skills handbook (4th ed.). John Wiley. Recommended Readings: 1. Bivins, R. (2007). Alternative medicine? A history. Oxford University Press. 2. Endeavour College of Natural Health. (2020, November 16). APA 7 referencing guideline. https://acnm.s3- ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/pub/DOCID-2102554854-15539.pdf 3. Grossinger, R. (2000). Planet medicine: Origins (7th ed.). North Atlantic Books. 4. Magner, L. N. (2017). A history of medicine (3rd ed.). Taylor and Francis. 5. Porter, R. (2001). The Cambridge illustrated history of medicine. Cambridge University Press. 6. Porter, R. (2004). Blood and guts: A short history of medicine. W.W. Norton. Subject Content Week Lectures Tutorials / Practicals 1. Session 1 Post your introduction in the Practice Discussion The Landscape of Natural and Traditional Forum in Week 1 and any questions to the Loop for Medicines: Complementary, Natural, Holistic, response by your Lecturer or Subject Administrator Traditional, Alternative, Integrative Complete the Session 1 listed readings Exploration of terms Professionalisation of natural medicine in the 21st century Science and honouring the traditions of healing Session 2 Complete the Session 2 listed reading Philosophy of Healing What is philosophy? Problem solving throughout history Holism and understanding the whole Reductionism and understanding the parts Inductive and deductive reasoning Cross-cultural conceptualisation of health, disease and cure over time 2. Session 3 Assessable Forum Discussion 1: The Stone Age Life of Antiquity What are you able to observe in your life or The origins of medicine - Paleomedicine community about the context of contemporary natural medicine practice? Healing Practices Ancient Civilisations History – Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt Culture – social structure Healing Philosophy Australian College of Natural Medicine Pty Ltd trading as Endeavour College of Natural Health, FIAFitnation (National CRICOS #00231G, RTO #31489) SOCH111 History of Healing Last modified: 17-Jun-2021 Version: 27.0 Page 3 of 10 Spirituality – polytheism Healing Practices – priests / priestesses, herbalists, midwives Session 4 Complete the Session 4 listed readings Traditional African Medicine Post any content or assessment questions to the History Loop for response by your Lecturer or Subject Administrator Culture Healing Philosophy Spirituality – polytheism Healing Practices – Traditional Medicine, herbalism, shamanism 3. Session 5 Complete the Session 5 listed readings and view Indigenous Medicine in Australia and the video module Torres Strait History Culture Concept of health Healing Philosophy Spirituality – ancestral relationships Healing Practices – ceremony, singing, dance, plant medicine Session 6 Complete the Session 6 listed readings Traditional Medicine in the Pacific Post any content or assessment questions to the History Loop for response by your Lecturer or Subject Administrator Culture – Hawai’i, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand Concept of health Healing Philosophy Spirituality Healing Practices – Tohunga, Kahuna 4. Session 7 Assessable Forum Discussion 2: Traditional medicine in the Americas: What do the indigenous/tribal contexts of North America healing studied so far have in common? What differentiates them? History Complete the Session 7 listed reading Culture – Native North Americans and the Arctic Healing Philosophy Spirituality Healing Practices – music, dance, verbal traditions, medicine wheel Central and South America History Australian College of Natural Medicine Pty Ltd trading as Endeavour College of Natural Health, FIAFitnation (National CRICOS #00231G, RTO #31489) SOCH111 History of Healing Last modified: 17-Jun-2021 Version: 27.0 Page 4 of 10 Culture – Maya, Inca, Aztec Healing Philosophy Spirituality Healing Practices – herbalism Session 8 Complete the Session 8 listed readings Ayurvedic and Tibetan Medicine Post any content or assessment questions to the History Loop for response by your Lecturer or Subject Administrator Culture Healing Philosophy – concept of constitution Spirituality — Hinduism, Buddhism Healing Principles – doshas / humours, prana, mind and the elements Healing Practices 5. Session 9 Complete the Session 9 listed readings Chinese Medicine History Culture Healing Philosophy – Yin and Yang, Five Phases/Elements, Qi, Vital Substances Spirituality – Taoism Healing Practices – acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine Evolution of modern-day practice in the West Session 10 Complete the Session 10 listed readings Traditional Korean Medicine and Japanese Post any content or assessment questions to the Medicine: Augmentation/migration of Chinese Loop for response by your Lecturer or Subject Medicine in the East Administrator History Culture Healing Philosophy/Principles Healing Practices – meridian therapies, herbal medicine, manual therapies 6. Session 11 There are no readings for this session Celtic/Anglo/Saxon Folk Medicine in Pre- Modern Europe History Culture and Society Spirituality – nature-based Healing Philosophy Healing Practices Australian College of Natural Medicine Pty Ltd trading as Endeavour College of Natural Health, FIAFitnation (National CRICOS #00231G, RTO #31489) SOCH111 History of Healing Last modified: 17-Jun-2021 Version: 27.0 Page 5 of 10 Session 12 Complete the Session 12 listed readings Greco-Roman Medicine Post any content or assessment questions to the Greek Medicine, Alexandrian Medicine and Loop for response by your Lecturer or Subject Science, Roman Medicine Administrator Mythology and Medicine – Asclepius Philosophy and Medicine - Empedocles Hippocrates – Four Humours Empirical herbalism – Theophrastus and Discorides Galen Healing practices – hygiene, diet, exercise, rest, herbs, balancing the humours 7. Session 13 Assessable Forum