Reviews and Links covering a range of different aspects of health
(and, indeed, social care).
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Health |
Reviews and Links covering a range of different aspects of health (and, indeed, social care). |
| Interactive Medical Sociology | This online course ("designed to replace 10 hours of lectures") combines printed notes (downloadable) with extensive Shockwave Flash material to produce a fabulous student resource - albeit one aimed at undergraduates. However, there's sufficient scope here for the material to be adapted to A-level teaching and learning, although wading through hours of audio-visual material may initially be time-consuming (but undoubtedly worth it). This material is linked to the SHIELD material from the University of Cambridge. |
| Medical Sociology online | If you want to keep up-to-date with the very latest developments in the wild'n'wacky world of medical sociology (and, let's face it, who doesn't in this day and age?) then this is probably the site for you, since it's packed to the metaphorical rafters with all kinds of recent research papers (in Html and pdf format). This all comes courtesy of the British Sociological Association, so it's three rousing cheers for the BSA - Hip-hip... |
| National Health Service History |
This labour of love offers, in
the words of its creator, Geoffrey Rivett |
| Patient UK | Although some might say an appropriate name for anything associated with the venerable NHS ("Wait-In-This-Long-Queue4Hours.co.uk" was also, it's rumoured, another possible choice) the former Health Development Agency (clinical, functional and descriptive names no-longer find much favour in the shiny pomo world of "CanDo" Britain) site contains a range of materials / information relating to all aspects of public health in the UK. It's aimed at "Health Professionals" but don't let this detract you from exploring the the wealth of information / video / links contained within its electronic pages... |
| SHIELD |
 SHIELD
stands for the Sociologies of Health and Illness ELearning
Databank and, once you get past the contrived acronym this is an
interesting site in that it contains a number of "learning modules" that combine
printed text with audio-visual material (delivered through
Shockwave Flash). The basic notes can also be downloaded in Word / Pdf
format. Currently covered are areas like the Sick Role, social class, doctor /
patient relations and health inequalities. Further notes (presumably from the
incomplete project) on areas like gender and health exist on the site as part of
a project proposal. |
| Sociology of Health | This is a set of Lectures (from the University of Plymouth) focusing on various aspects of health care, that consist of short text-based introductions and more-extensive PowerPoint presentations. As you might expect, the Notes / PowerPoints are aimed at an undergraduate audience - but they're worth exploring by A-level teachers since some of the information at least is transferrable to an A-level context. |
| Sociology Lectures | A series of lecture notes (with the emphasis on "notes") prepared by Anthony Pryce of the City University, London. Although prepared for an undergraduate audience there's material here (on areas like illness as a social process and health and gender) that can be adapted to an A-level audience. The Home Page is a little weird (as in "Hmmm, that's a bit odd, but in a strangely attractive way".) |
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The
Universities' Collaboration in eLearning
(to give the site its full title) involves the creation of Reusable Learning
Objects (RLOs) - a fancy appellation (did you see what I did there?) for what is
basically a bit of text with some Flash graphics and animations. Most of the
RLOs are aimed at Health students, but there are some - such as those on
Research Methods - that should prove interesting and useful for Sociology
students and teachers.