History of Medicine Seminar
The History of Medicine series originated with the Houston History of Medicine Society. The series has been a collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine, the TMC Library’s McGovern Historical Center, and the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics on behalf of McGovern Medical School.
The series is offered to students of both institutions and aims to present important topics in the history of medicine, focusing on relevance to current concepts and practices. Topics vary from the doctor-patient relationship to disease concepts to local medical history to research ethics; lecture subjects change each year.
The objectives for this elective are to:
- Acquaint students with history throughout medicine.
- Promote student learning about selected historical events and/or figures in medicine.
- Promote understanding of the many roots and challenges of modern medicine and practice.