introduction
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Introduction. Purposes of Class Social viewpoint on health (epistemology) Bioethics (defined) Critical thinking and writing Dialectic techniques. Expectations. Civility Responsibility Attendance Grades. Introduction. Lectures twice weekly Recitation once weekly - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Introduction
Purposes of Class Social viewpoint on health (epistemology) Bioethics (defined) Critical thinking and writing Dialectic techniques
Expectations
Civility Responsibility Attendance Grades
Introduction
Lectures twice weekly Recitation once weekly Separate syllabi/ readings grades 2/3’s for lecture portion and 1/3 for
recitation Recitation requires attendance 25% A’s by departmental mandate
Grades, Papers and Tests
Grades on standard CU scale Rounded up if fraction above the number Two tests including the final One paper Recitation has separate assignments
Attendance
Required if you wish to do well Material contains some sexual information
because of the health content of the class—if you are uncomfortable with the information please contact me. There is no intent to harass.
Instructor Availability
Ketchum 11A 11am Tuesdays or by appointment
Email is best way to communicate TA available to consult as well Instructions for papers and reviews IN CLASS If you skip, you lose
Type of Thinking
Emotive Utilitarian Intellectual Ideological Critical
Critical Thinking
Critical thinking has to do with seeing two sides of EVERY issue, the supportive evidence for each and make a logical choice of action based on intellect and epistemology
Pragmatism vs. Ideology Evidence vs. enunciation/rhetoric
Sources of Thought
Media Research Socialization Ideology All these sources have an underlying
epistemology that you must recognize and adjust for
Sociological relationships
Norms, values and beliefs Patterns of behavior Conflict versus consensus Open versus closed thinking Structure versus action Individual versus society Socialization
Medicine—Theoretical Stances
Health Sociology defined Biological model Socio-biological model Social model Art versus Science?
Health
Not just absence of disease Durkheim and the categorization process Complexity—example—the interaction
between genetics and behavior results in health status
Health
Includes Illness and health Prevention of disease and public health Injury and illness Issues of natural science related to social
action
Reading writing and thinking
Critical thought requires information What information? How do you obtain it? Reliability and validity Filters Experience
Critical writing
Make an outline Argue both sides Clear, concise statements Evidentiary support is key, logical ordering Make your case in strong and straightforward
logical manner Be prepared to defend your viewpoint with
facts, not emotion
Example
Two young people “hook up” after a party The woman becomes pregnant and decides on
an abortion The young man sees the woman before the
abortion occurs and asserts a right to decisional capacity in the decision
Does he have a right in law?; in ethical sense?