Medicine Through Time: Edexcel GCSE


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Tom D

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Modern History

14 Hours

14 LESSONS

MEDICINE THROUGH TIME: EDEXCEL GCSE

Academic Development

Course Overview

Course Content


14 LESSONS

14 Hours Total Length

Ancient Medical Ideas and Understanding of Cause in Medieval Society

Treatment, Prevention and Health Care in the Middle Ages

The Black Death and Hospital Care in the 14th Century

Major Advancements in Renaissance Knowledge: Vesalius, Harvey, Sydenham and the Royal Society

The Great Plague and Charles II: Had Medicine Moved Forward?

The Industrial Revolution and the Work of Jenner

Pasteur and Koch: The Fathers of Microbiology

Nightingale and the Development of Hospitals, c.1250 - 1900

The Fight Against Cholera: Snow and the Government

Changes to Surgery in the 19th Century

Modern Changes to Cause

The NHS and Antibiotics: Which was the Greater Advancement?

Treatment and Prevention in the Modern Day

Trench Warfare and the Evacuation Route

KEY SKILLS

Change and Continuity

Analysing Significance

Explanation and Evaluation

Source Skills

Educator


Tom D
Humanities Specialist