In this section of the portal, we will develop a series of modules that consider the hospital itself, as a space, a place, a culture, and an institution.
- The hospital as the interface between the public and the private
- The new idea that suffering should be a matter of public and not merely family concern.
- Hospitals from religious charity to duty of the state.
- The interaction of health practitioners, patients, and other social actors in and through the hospital space.
- Nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, social workers, midwives, laboratory technicians, and other health practitioners were often more important to care.
- The economics and politics of health care.
We also develop modules that consider the medical school and medical education.
- Curriculum, the arts and sciences considered necessary to educate physicians
- Histories of some of the famous institutions for medicine and medical learning around the world.
The McMaster University School of Medicine, as the birthplace of problem-based health education and evidence-based practice, has influenced medical education and practice around the world.
“Half of what you’ll learn in medical school will be shown to be either dead wrong or out of date within five years of your graduation; the trouble is that nobody can tell you which half—so the most important thing to learn is how to learn on your own.”
–Dave Sackett, (1934-2015)
A founder of McMaster School of Medicine, founder of first department of Clinical Epidemiology, founder of journal, Evidence-Based Medicine, first chair of the Cochrane Collaboration.