Lékařská terminologie v kontextu: Jak zajímavosti z historie medicíny oživují výuku
| Title in English | Medical terminology in context: how interesting facts from the history of medicine enhance teaching |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The history of medicine, like some other disciplines belonging to the so-called medical humanities, has only a limited space in the curricula of medical faculties. Yet it is generally accepted that medical humanities have a significant influence on the later ability of doctors to reflect on their own work, to understand arguments outside their own field, to understand the attitudes of patients and to make decisions in accordance with medical ethics. The paper presents the experience of using brief historical excursions as a supplementary didactic tool in the Basic Medical Terminology classes at the Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine. The aim is to offer more interesting and varied teaching content, which will both facilitate the students' acquisition of selected medical terms and provide them with the opportunity to learn bits of historical context within the field they have chosen to study. |