History of Medicine Session Information

This session can be taught:  

• as a one-hour online session 

If you would like to come to Palace Green Library for this session instead, please contact us for further details. 

Online Session:   

This session uses material from Durham University’s Archives and Special Collections to help tell the story of how the study and practice of medicine changed from the Middle Ages onwards. 

Before the session: 

You will be sent a source from our archives to look at with your class. 

During the session: 

Using the source you have studied before the session and adding more documents to this selection, we will see how medicine and the study of anatomy developed from a reliance on ancient Greek texts to a scientific discipline based on observation. 

Need to know:   

• An online session for KS4 is one hour in length.  
• Session times are generally fixed to fit in with your timetable as best we can.  
• You will need to book a short test call with us a week or two before your class session to check that you can see and hear us on the whiteboard in your classroom. These are available at 3.30pm, 3.45pm and 4pm.  
• We will ask you to book separate sessions for each of your classes so that we can keep them as interactive as possible.   
• You will be sent an email with resources to print out before your session. 
• These sessions are free for KS4 students.  

Session costs