Numbering Code	P-PUB01 8H103 LB90	Year/Term	2022 ・ Intensive, First semester
Number of Credits	1	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	Professional degree students	Target Student
Language	Japanese and English	Day/Period	Intensive
Instructor name	IWAKUMA MIHO (Graduate School of Medicine Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	Course Description Medical sociology is a “scholarly discipline which investigates global issues concerning sickness, health, and medicine using sociological theories and methods.” (“Sociology of health and medicine” by Yamazaki et al, 2001) This course covers, in addition to sociology, such areas as anthropology, communication studies, history, philosophy, and/or ethics.
Course Goals	Course Goals and Objectives 　Understanding general ideas about medical sociology 　Understanding frameworks, theories, and concepts that are relevant to medical sociology 　Finding own research domain in medical sociology 　Providing perspectives and vocabularies for medicine from humanities and social sciences
Schedule and Contents	1) 6/7 Introduction 2) 6/14 Basics of medical sociology 3) 6/21 Sick role, stigma & other concepts of medical sociology 4) 6/28 Guest lecture on IPE/IPW 5)6) 7/5 Community Based Inclusive Development(CBID) Workshop【3 hours】 7) 7/12 Course wrap-up
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Course Grade Participation 50% Term paper 50% (title 15% + final version 35%)
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Lectures, group-work, and/or discussion