Selected Chapters from the History of Pharmacy - GAF220

• Title: Selected Chapters from the History of Pharmacy
• Guaranteed by: Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy (16-16220)
• Faculty: Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 1
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:14/3, C [HS]
• Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Explanation: (F 1.r.)
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: PhDr. Sixtus Bolom Kotari, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

This course develops knowledge from the previous course History and Organization of Pharmacy and discusses in more details: selected topics from the history of pharmacy, healthcare and related fields, including sources & literature for research on the history of pharmacy.

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.02.2025)

Czech

Tento předmět rozvíjí znalosti z předchozího předmětu Historie a organizace farmacie a podrobněji rozebírá vybraná témata z dějin farmacie, zdravotnictví a příbuzných oborů včetně návodu ke studiu historických pramenů & literatury.

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.02.2025)

Course completion requirements

English

Requirements for granting a credit: a test, at least 60 % of correct answers. 

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.02.2025)

Czech

Podmínky udělení zápočtu: alespoň 60% úspěšnost u zápočtového testu.

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.02.2025)

Literature

English

Obligatory:

• Study materials

Recommended:

• Cowen, David L., Helfand, William H.. Pharmacy : an illustrated history. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990, 272 s. ISBN 0-8109-1498-0.

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.02.2025)

Czech

Povinná:

• Studijní materiály [online]. Dostupné z: https://intranet.faf.cuni.cz/Study-materials

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.02.2025)

Teaching methods

English

Lectures.

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.02.2025)

Czech

Přednášky

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.02.2025)

Syllabus

English

DATE LECTURE TOPIC LECTURER
17 February Historiography of pharmacy and pharmacy museums
Dr. Kolda
3 March
History of plague Dr. Kolda
17 March The christian health care Dr. Kolda
31 March Sources & literature for research on the history of pharmacy Dr. Bolom-Kotari
14 April
Enlightenment visions of healthcare and their impact Dr. Bolom-Kotari
28 April
Medical care and health under state socialism: case of Czechoslovakia Dr. Bolom-Kotari
12 May
Credit test

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (16.01.2025)

Learning outcomes

  

The subject Selected Chapters from the History of Pharmacy builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in the subject History and Organization of Pharmacy.

After completing the subject, students are able to characterize basic issues of the current concepts of history and the history of pharmacy, are able to work in a basic way with historical sources and professional literature from history and related fields, are familiar with the structure of memory institutions (especially archives, libraries, museums) and are able to apply the acquired theoretical knowledge, e.g. in the form of a qualification thesis in the field of history of pharmacy.

Learning outcomes

Based on the acquired knowledge and skills, students will:

- define key questions and problems of the current concept of history and the history of pharmacy 

- be able to navigate the structure of memory institutions and use it for their own professional work

- be able to work with sources and professional historical texts

Last update: Bolom Kotari Sixtus, PhDr., Ph.D. (31.03.2025)