Medical Communication: Introduction
| Numbering Code | P-PUB01 8H077 LB90 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ The first half of first semester |
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| Number of Credits | 1 | Course Type | Lecture |
| Target Year | Professional degree students | Target Student | |
| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | Tue.5 |
| Instructor name | IWAKUMA MIHO (Graduate School of Medicine Associate Professor) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
I. Course Description The course provides an introduction to medical communication, both its theoretical frameworks and applications, for those from diverse interests, backgrounds, and/or disciplines. |
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| Course Goals |
II. Course Goals and Objectives Understanding frameworks, theories, and concepts that are relevant to medical communication Understanding health communication from a micro to macro level. Understanding roles and significances of non-verbal communication in the field of health communication. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
1) 4/12 Introduction 2) 4/19 What's "communication" anyway? 3) 4/26 Communication studies in health fields 4) 5/10 "Nuts and bolts” of communication studies: verbal, non-verbal, and channel 5) 5/17 Lecture on Hospital volunteer (Emiko Takaya Kyoto University Hospital "Nicotoma") 6) 5/24 Many “times & spaces”: non-verbal communication, continued 7) 5/31 Course wrap-up |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Course Grade Participation 50% Term paper 50% “one-word declaration” 5% + title of the paper 10% + final version 35% |
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| Course Requirements | None | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | students are recommended to read readings of communicaion studies that are related to his or her interests. | ||
