The History of Medicine and Health MA explores how medicine has shaped who we are. It covers medical ideas, technologies and interventions and takes into account everyday experiences of health, illness and well-being. This programme introduces you to the advanced study of the history of medicine and health in the modern period and equips you with the conceptual and practical skills to carry out independent historical research in this field. You learn from experts working in the field and examine how different societies, cultures and races have conceptualised disease, reacted to changes in environment and created different technological artefacts and scientific knowledge. The programme covers a range of concepts, placing developments within medical theory and practice in a broad social and cultural framework. You are introduced to the major and recent historiographical and methodological approaches, become familiar with the main archives in the UK and approach the history of medicine, science, environment and technology from past as well as contemporary concerns. This programme aims to: place the study of texts, images and documentaries in their historical contexts, at the centre of student learning and analysis; ensure that students of the history of medicine and health acquire a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the historical modes of theory and analysis; enable students to understand and use concepts, approaches and methods of history of medicine and health in different academic contexts. Develop students' capacities to think critically about past events and experiences; encourage students to relate the academic study of the history of medicine and health to questions of public debate and concern; promote a curriculum supported by scholarship, staff development and a research culture that promotes breadth and depth of intellectual enquiry and debate; assist students to develop cognitive and transferable skills relevant to their vocational and personal development.