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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Humanities & Health
Module Code	NS273
School	School of Nursing and Human Sciences
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Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Briege Casey Semester 2: Briege Casey Autumn: Briege Casey
Module Teacher	Briege Casey
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

This module will enable students to reflect on the complexity of the human experiences of health, illness, recovery, disability and death through studying the expression of these experiences in the arts and humanities. Students will engage with relevant literature and artwork and their own artistic creativity will be encouraged. The module will incorporate discussion seminars and workshops and work will be assessed by continuous assessment methods

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate enhanced sensitivity to the lived experiences of people in relation to health and illness.
2. Use a range of interpretative approaches to explore peoples health and illness related experiences.
3. Through study of arts and media, discuss how contextual and cultural factors influence peoples perceptions and articulation of health, illness, recovery and death.
4. Critique the portrayal of carers and helpers in the arts and media, focusing on the constructions and expectations of professional roles.
5. Explore the nature, experience and complexities of caring and being helped from recipient and care-giver accounts.
6. Use arts and humanities for personal creativity/ fulfilment and considered approaches to care.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Seminars	16	No Description
Group work	16	Workshops
Assignment	5	Presentation of work
Independent learning time	88	Includes reading and project work
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Introduction to Humanities in Healthcare.
The use and usefulness of humanities in healthcare contexts.â€¢Interpretative approaches and their relationship to healthcare..

Health and illness in the humanities – contexts and cultures..
Concepts and meanings of health and illness as conveyed in arts and literature in relation to: â€¢Gender â€¢Culture â€¢Age.

Health and illness in the humanities – lived experiences..
Exploration of the following themes/ experiences as represented in the humanities: Disintegration, Being a patient,Being in pain, Being excluded,Living with disability, Experiencing beauty,Experiencing hope/ hopelessness, Living on the margins,Experiencing meaning/ meaninglessness, Being afraid,Feeling in control/ powerlessness, Recovery,Living with long-term illness, Feeling violated,Grieving, loss and dying, Experiencing caring,Experiencing the body,.

Helping and caring in the humanities.
Historical and modern portrayal of helping and caringâ€¢The experience of caring.â€¢Roles of care-givers – complexities and ethical issues..

Artful and human practice.
Skilled healthcare intervention as an art.â€¢ Creative/ artistic expression in healthcare workers.â€¢ Using the humanities in caring/helping practice..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assignment	Students will undertake, individually or in groups a humanities	100%	Sem 2 End

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Gunaratnam Y and Oliviere D (eds): 2009, Narrative and Stories in Health Care: Illness, Dying and Bereavement, Open University Press, Oxford,
Frankl V: 1987, Man’s search for meaning: an introduction to logotherapy, Hodder and Stoughton, London,

Other Resources

926, 0, A range of literary and artworks will be selected and used as the module progresses,

Array

Programme or List of Programmes

BNGN

BSc in Nursing (General)

BNID

BSc in Nursing (Intellectual Disability)

BNPY

BSc in Nursing (Psychiatric)

Timetable this semester: Timetable for NS273

Date of Last Revision