Humanities (Science of education, General Psychology, History of Medicine, Sociology, Developmental and educational psyc

Lecture 1
Why study the history of medicine? Paleopathology and the history of disease. From Prehistory to Antiquity. The sources for study.
Lecture 2
Medicine in the ancient Greek world. Greek myths. Early schools. Women's medicine.
Lecture 3
Medicine in the Hellenistic-Roman world. Domestic medicine. The figure of the physician. Medicine in the Arab world.
Lecture 4
The Middle Ages and monastic medicine. Birth of the hospital. Schools of medicine. The Black Death. The Renaissance. Knowing the body. The pandemic of syphilis. Medicine in the 16th century.
Lecture 5
The 17th century. Scientific birth: circulation, microscopy, obstetrics. The 18th century: vaccination and scurvy. The 19th century: advances, microbiology, semeiotics, and anesthesia. Florence Nightingale. X-rays.

Lecture 1
Basic concepts: education, training and instruction; teaching; pedagogy.
Basic concepts: models of learning and teaching
Lesson 2
Basic concepts: formal, nonformal, informal education
Formal education and educational diagnosis
Lesson 3
Educational relationship and its elements: asymmetry and reciprocity; intentionality
Maternal and paternal code
Educational styles
Lecture 4
Adult Education, from the perspective of lifelong learning: the perspectives of Jack Mezirow and Malcolm Knowles.
Lesson 5
Elements of educational design: goal setting, expected outcomes, evaluation of interventions.

Lecture 1
Introduction to general psychology. Visual perception and attention
Lecture 2
Memory, learning, emotion and motivation.
Lecture 3
Health psychology: purposes, contexts, perspectives and illness representations.
Lecture 4
Health psychology: from the biomedical model to the biopsychosocial model. Recent theoretical models.
Lesson 5.
Doctor-patient communication, teamworking.

- Motor development
- Cognitive development
- The development of language and communication
- The development of emotions and socio-emotional skills
- Attachment relationships
- The Theory of Mind
- Moral and social development
- The evolution of the concepts of health and illness
- Educational relationships and therapeutic relationships
- Health education and therapeutic education
- Psycho-pedagogical approach to patients

1: Introduction to Sociology
· Definition and goals of sociology.
· The sociological method: quantitative and qualitative approaches.
· Major sociological theories.
2: Health and Social Inequalities
· Defining health: the biopsychosocial model.
· Social inequalities, health inequalities.
· Inequalities related to gender, ethnicity, and geography.
· The transmission of inequalities within the family.
· Effects of inequalities on access to healthcare services.
3: Sociology of Dental Hygiene
· Oral health, social integration, and quality of life.
· Social and cultural barriers in dental prevention and treatment.
· Public health and dental hygiene: policies to reduce inequalities.
4: Communication, Patients, and Oral Health
· Communication and the patient relationship in healthcare.
· Empathy and active listening in oral health care.
· Oral health education: strategies to promote healthy behaviors.