During this unit, students will explore the history of the health care workforce and key events that changed medicine. They will discuss the impact of individuals, inventions, and events on the modern healthcare system and research practices.

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KSDE Standards:

• 1.1: Create a historical timeline
• 1.2: Identify current trends in healthcare
• 7.1: Analyze legal responsibilities, limitations, and implications of actions
• 7.3: Differentiate between medical law and medical ethics including: Hippocratic oath, patient bill of rights, patient care partnership, ethics committees

Lessons:

1. Exploring historical figures
2. Syphilis and Penicillin – Exploring the Troubled History of a Disease and its Cure​
3. Visit to Clendening Library (or local museum with medical history)

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Supporting Video

History of Medicine Video