Technology and society
| Title | Τεχνολογία και κοινωνία / Technology and society |
| Code | OS05 |
| Faculty | Health Sciences |
| School | Medicine |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Panagiotis Bamidis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024789 |
Programme of Study: Joint PPS "Managing Digital Transformation in the Health Sector" (2024-today)
Registered students: 14
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Elective Courses | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600256598
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600256598
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.digihealthedu.eu/course/view.php?id=9
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Understand the principles of health and wellbeing, equal access to health, digital literacy and capabilities that digital healthcare could bring, global digital divides, institutional challenges of global, European, national and local levels in health service provision, health rights and power relations - with, for and by the people;
Acquire general knowledge of philosophical, historical and recent transformations in the world of health, particularly in relation with the development of the digital society;
Build a multidimensional understanding of the concepts of health (mental health, cultural lifestyles), society (health society, common people, care) and technology (common good);
Apply critical and ethical thinking related to the development of health technologies;
Identify and analyze complex and heterogenous data linking health differences, quality of life and social wellbeing, ownership and control of health data;
Reconstruct the content of a resource and discuss it with the class
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Respect natural environment
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction to Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Presentation of the course and the assignment
Introduction to key concepts of STS (symmetry, sociotechnical controversies, informational infrastructures, social construction of technology, infrastructures, materiality etc.)
A new knowledge production in medicine
Understanding the transformation of knowledge production in medicine from the 1970s-80s.
Molecularization of life and biotech turn; rise and generalization of clinical trials; genomics.
Medical expertise
Exploring the medical expertise ecosystem and its recent transformation (rise of agencies; medical activism; co-production of knowledge).
The worlds of e-health
Understanding the genesis, politics, development and effects on medical labour; focus on the development in the Global South.
Big Data and Medicine
Understanding what is a medical data and the issues associated;
Politics of data; innovation; transformation of medical labour.
Gender and Medecine
Understanding gender inequalities in medicine; analyzing the role of science in gender assignment.
Technoabilities: technology and disability
Understanding the worlds of disability and related technological development.
Restitution
Presentation of student projects and group discussion.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Podcast
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 21 | 0.8 | ✓ | ||
| Project | 20 | 0.8 | |||
| Written assigments | 70 | 2.8 | |||
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Al Dahdah M and Mishra RK (2023) Digital health for all: The turn to digitized healthcare in India. Social Science & Medicine 319. Health for all? Pasts, Presents and Futures of Universal Health Care and Universal Health Coverage: 114968. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114968.
Blume S, Galis V and Pineda AV (2014) Introduction: STS and Disability. Science, Technology, & Human Values 39(1). SAGE Publications Inc: 98–104. DOI: 10.1177/0162243913513643.
Bowker GC and Star SL (2000) Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences. MIT Press.
Epstein S (1996) Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge. University of California Press.
Griffiths DA (2018) Shifting syndromes: Sex chromosome variations and intersex classifications. Social Studies of Science 48(1): 125–148. DOI: 10.1177/0306312718757081.
Jasanoff S (2011) Reframing Rights: Bioconstitutionalism in the Genetic Age. MIT Press.
Latour B (1987) Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society. Harvard University Press.
Mathieu-Fritz A (2021) L’intelligence artificielle en médecine : des promesses aux usages… en passant par la conception. Sciences sociales et sante 39(2): 71–78.
Mol A (2008) The Logic of Care: Health and the Problem of Patient Choice. Routledge.
Murphy M (2006) Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty: Environmental Politics, Technoscience, and Women Workers. Duke University Press.
Rabinow P (2011) Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology. University of Chicago Press.
Sismondo S (2008) How pharmaceutical industry funding affects trial outcomes: Causal structures and responses. Social Science & Medicine 66(9): 1909–1914. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.010.
Wajcman J (2006) New connections: social studies of science and technology and studies of work. Work, Employment and Society 20(4): 773–786. DOI: 10.1177/0950017006069814.
Last Update
12-07-2024
