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GEOG3631: GEOGRAPHIES OF HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

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Type Open
Level 3
Credits 20
Availability Not available in 2023/24
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Geography

Prerequisites

  • Any Level 1 or Level 2 GEOG module.

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None

Aims

  • To introduce different ways of understanding geographies of health and care through exploration of key concepts and theoretical approaches
  • To explore a range of applications and case studies to demonstrate health geography in practice
  • To promote critical reflection on research findings and their interpretation

Content

  • Introductory concepts: Health and the geographies of health, Geographical perspectives on health and health care
  • Geographies of risk and health: Mapping disease and ill-health, Risk perceptions, Infectious diseases, Psychosocial and mental health
  • Geographies of care and health: Health systems, Health promotion and policy, Healing places and therapeutic landscapes, Care for marginalised groups
  • Health, space and place; Health and environment, Health inequalities: poverty, deprivation and wealth

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
  • demonstrate understanding of, and critically appraise, key approaches and debates in health geography
  • demonstrate understanding of, and critically appraise, complex relationships between health, space and place

Subject-specific Skills:

  • On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
  • relate wider conceptual debates to a range of specific empirical examples in the geography of health and care

Key Skills:

  • Critically assess material presented in lectures and wider reading
  • Effectively critique literature
  • Present logical written arguments
  • Articulate an argument through a visual presentation

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Lectures will provide the necessary breadth of coverage, overview and study guide required by the aims and objectives
  • Tutorials will allow students in smaller groups to discuss and appraise a range of key debates and examples in the geography of health and health care
  • Coursework will enable students to demonstrate detailed knowledge of specific theoretical and/or empirical aspects of the module
  • The unseen examination provides an effective and efficient assessment of candidates' ability to critically discuss the range of material delivered through lectures and wider reading

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Lectures14Weekly228 
Tutorials 3Term 1 & 213Yes
Walking Tutorial1Term 111Yes
Student Preparation & Reading168 
Total200 

Summative Assessment

Component: Coursework Visual EssayComponent Weighting: 15%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Coursework Visual EssayMax 20 Powerpoint (or equivalent) slides100None
Component: Coursework EssayComponent Weighting: 35%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Coursework Essay5 pages100None
Component: ExaminationComponent Weighting: 50%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
End of Module Examination1.5 hours100None

Formative Assessment

Literature review with written feedback

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