Health Practice & Policy students will travel to Oxford to participate in a weekly lecture series and seminar organized for IES Abroad students by the Institute of Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. Weekly lectures will be led by an Oxford tutor and directly followed by a seminar. Weekly lecture topics are provided below.
Required work and form of assessment:
In this course, you will be required to: 1) participate in seminar discussions based on preparatory reading and lecture; and 2) complete a final exam or research project.
content:
Week 1
Health & Disease – Introduction
Week 2
Studying Health and Disease
Week 3
Understanding Effect of Interventions
Week 4
Epidemiology of C H D
Week 5
Epidemiology of Cancer
Week 6
Climate Change and Health
Week 7
HRT - from panacea to pill
Week 8
Current Health Dilemmas in the UK
Notes:
This course description is from a past Health & Disease Seminar. Lecture topics and readings vary between semesters. Students will receive a final course description onsite.
Oxford University Lecture Series & Seminar - Health & Disease
Health Practice & Policy students will travel to Oxford to participate in a weekly lecture series and seminar organized for IES Abroad students by the Institute of Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. Weekly lectures will be led by an Oxford tutor and directly followed by a seminar. Weekly lecture topics are provided below.
In this course, you will be required to: 1) participate in seminar discussions based on preparatory reading and lecture; and 2) complete a final exam or research project.
Week 1
Health & Disease – Introduction
Week 2
Studying Health and Disease
Week 3
Understanding Effect of Interventions
Week 4
Epidemiology of C H D
Week 5
Epidemiology of Cancer
Week 6
Climate Change and Health
Week 7
HRT - from panacea to pill
Week 8
Current Health Dilemmas in the UK
This course description is from a past Health & Disease Seminar. Lecture topics and readings vary between semesters. Students will receive a final course description onsite.