The course focuses on understanding tobacco product use and nicotine dependence as primary risk factors for cancer and chronic disease morbidity and mortality in the population. The course will expose the student to commonly used tobacco products (e.g., Cigarettes, Cigars, Nargila, E-cigarettes, and others) and to health, behavioral and cultural aspects related to tobacco use. Furthermore, the course will discuss approaches to prevention and treatment of nicotine dependence, including interventions at the individual and the population level to reduce tobacco use in Israel and worldwide. Dates: 4.7, 7.7, 11.7, 18.7, 21.7, 25.7 Hours: 09:00 - 13:00 Dr. Amira Osman Registration for Summer 2021 is now open!! For more information contact the department advisor. email: Diklak@Zefat.ac.il Tel: +(972) 4 6927702
This interdisciplinary course presents popular topics in life sciences such as genetic engineering, prenatal diagnosis, microbiome, personalized medicine and more while emphasizing the social aspects of these subjects including ethics, effects on society and related social conflicts. Why are people really against GMOs? What happens when religion meets prenatal testing? What does the general population know about the long-term effects of antibiotics? How has COVID-19 effected society up to now? Dates: 5.7, 12.7, 19.7, 26.7, 2.8, 9.8, 16.8, 23.8, 30.8 Hours: 09:00 - 12:00
The current Corona epidemic demands analytical tools for understanding and analyzing the phenomenon, - especially its social aspects, - which can provide students with a deeper understanding of the epidemic’s implications for Israeli and world society in the future. The course is designed to provide the student analytical tools that will enable him/her to make informed decisions about an increasingly uncertain future. Without going deeply into statistics, the student will learn how to understand and analyze statistics of morbidity and mortality. The course begins with a brief discussion of social anthropology, its subject matter, research methodology and its ethical foundations. Studying the evolution of modern man explains some of the sociological bases of human behaviour, the development of human groups such as those based on kinship like the lineage and the clan), common interests, religious beliefs, peer and ethnic groups, and intra-neighbourhood relationships. The interaction of human physiology with these social variables can provide insights into how the spread of disease is influenced by sociological factors, which are sometimes forgotten by medical and strategic planners. A comparison of “traditional” or “non-Western” medicine and its health implications indicates that the traditional practices usually forgotten by western doctors and planners have potential benefits. Finally, the “doctor-patient” game will reveal some unexpected insights.
