Starting a History of Medicine post grad

[ArabellaStrange]

I am going to be starting an online post graduate course through John Hopkins, but I really have no idea of what it will entail?
Has anyone done anything similar and can enlighten me somewhat?

Oooooh! So jealous! Not entirely similar but I did a post grad dip in mediaeval history (essentially a degree in a year) and now teach history at secondary level, I’ve taught the history of medicine at GCSE for a few years now and I love it - I’m always telling the kids that it’s so much more than ‘just’ the history of disease and treatment- it’s a history of religion and belief, of art history (anatomy and dissection leading to renaissance art), the scientific revolution and the social deprivations of the working classes during the industrial periods alongside philanthropists and great thinkers like Koch and John Snow and that’s all before we get to the liberal gov reforms of the early 20th century and the setting up of the NHS…. Gah I’m so jealous I tell you!
They’ll be loads of awesome people to follow on Twitter I’m sure, and so much to learn! 😊 enjoy every minute

Could you give me a run down of how you shape the syallubus, where you start and where you end up, that kind of thing?
Love that it will cover so many areas, definitely prefer having a wide range of subjects to dive into.

I don’t understand … How can you not know anything about the syllabus after going through the application process? Aren’t you given all the details before you get to the point of accepting a place on the course?

(Forgive my ignorance!)

I have a pre-course online induction next week but no, I can't find any info on what the course will be covering. Maybe my googling skills are letting me down...

How odd

hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/certificate-in-the-history-of-medicine/

This is the info I can find.

My son is studying this for one of his GCSE modules. It's been fascinating

I’m assuming this is masters level, not PHD? Is it research led or a taught syllabus?

For a research led masters, you’ll need to have an idea of what it is that you want to research and write about. Taught syllabus will be much like an undergrad in basis, with specific topics where you then write essays etc (probably 4-5k words in length would be expected i would think).

History of Medicine is fascinating. My favourite undergrad course was history of medicine and I wrote my dissertation on one of the aspects.

So you’ve opened all the links from here:

hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-program-courses/ giving some detail on each topic?

Sorry just seen the link.

Are you doing the certificate or the M.A?

This page gives you the individual courses you’ll study. hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-program-courses/

Either so elite that the course director assumes you’ll delighted to be learning ‘whatever’ or a poorly organised course. Generally the course descriptor will outline the aims, objectives and module details. Crucial if the course has a clear pathway profession for individual graduates.

courseplus.jhu.edu/core/index.cfm/go/syl:syl.public.view/coid/15553/

Syllabus for the Intro topic.

Must say I’m a little concerned about how you’re going to manage research and pass a post-grad if you can’t navigate a web page to find information.

Detailed course schedule for Intro topic here:

courseplus.jhu.edu/core/index.cfm/go/about.schedule/coid/15553

They presumably provide the same for each topic - I don’t have time to search through each right now!

I clicked the link you provided, scrolled down and selected "online program courses" (circled in screenshot).
There seems to be list of the different course, with the titles hyperlinked taking you to further course details.

What’s going on, OP? All the info is on the website.

Or were you asking a different question regarding what the course will entail? Maybe you’ve read everything there but still have queries?

No I was being a complete dimwit and did not realize that the headers were links, doh.
Usually a lot more internet literate than that but super tired right now.
And yes it's the certificate that I will be doing.
Still very interested to hear people's experiences and understanding of this topic and area of study.

Sorry but how can you have signed up without having read every single link first???

Glad you've found it now 🙂
I'd definitely be reading all of that info to ensure it's definitely the course for you before committing to spend $18,000 on a certificate though.

There's been no mention of fees so far and my partner has offered to fund it. But yes that is a bit steep.

Will cross that bridge when I come to it.

Hmm …

You never can tell with a bridge …

@ArabellaStrange

There's been no mention of fees so far and my partner has offered to fund it. But yes that is a bit steep.

The fees are linked on the same webpage.

Are you planning to do this for your career or as a hobby?
If its a hobby, you might be able to access a lot of good free modules through the Open University (they have a selection of free units) or through a MOOC. It might be q good starting point before spending £££.

at the idea of applying for a masters without knowing what it entails, and without knowing how much it costs.