Course Title

Behaviour medicine

Course Number

7227201

Instructor Name

Adnan Sarhan

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 12
Second Semester 8
Summer Semester 4

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

This course provides an overview of the develoment &  the integration of Knowledge in the biological, behavioral, psychological and social sciences that are relevant to health and illness.

The Focus is on the basic theoretical and major practical aspects and  complexities of health practioners performance with others concerning their healtth issues.The course will highlight ways in which the specialist-patient relationship is at the core of medical care and is significantly impacted by the cultural background,history,and current status of the patient and the self-awareness,atitude, & the professionality of the physician. The course explores number of social psychological dynamics to medical behavioral issues  as it tackles number of  topics such as the holistic model, human development,addictions,quality life management,stress & work,chronic diseases,& eating,sleeping & sex.

At the end of this course students will have to practice and  to;

• Knowledge of, and a positive attitude toward the practice of the biopsychoscial model of patient Care , including understanding the effects of family system and social –cultural influences upon illness and health
• Therapist – Patient relationship and us impact on quality health outcones.
• Knowledge of human psychoscial development throughout the lifespan and the ways in which developmental stages can be used to understand the needs of patient whether in childhood, adolescence , adulthood , elderly.
• Knowledge about the connection between Social-Psychology aspects and chroinc diseaess
• Knowledge about the quality life management.
• Knowledge about the non-medical aspects of addiction( Legal addictions + Car Accidents).
• Knowledge about stress and work.
• Knowledge about Social-Emotional aspects of cardiovascular diseas.
• Knowledge about Social-Emotional aspects of eating, sleeping and sex.

1. Behavioral Medicine in primary care,2^nd Ed. Feldman and Christensen
2. The British Journal of General Practice
3. The Biopsychsocial model of general practice: rhetoric or reality by C Dworick,C May, M Richardson and P Bundred 1996 .University of Liverpool. UK
4. Clinical Behavioral Medicine. Ian E.Wickramasetera (1988)
5. Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine.
6. First, Do less harm: Confronting the inconvenient problem of patient safety. Ross Koppel and Suzanne Gordon (2012) Amazon.com
7. Human Behavior: An introduction for medical students,3^rd Ed. Stoudemire. Lippincott,Williams and Willkins

1. Behavioral Medicine in primary care,2^nd Ed. Feldman and Christensen
2. The British Journal of General Practice
3. The Biopsychsocial model of general practice: rhetoric or reality by C Dworick,C May, M Richardson and P Bundred 1996 .University of Liverpool. UK
4. Clinical Behavioral Medicine. Ian E.Wickramasetera (1988)
5. Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine.
6. First, Do less harm: Confronting the inconvenient problem of patient safety. Ross Koppel and Suzanne Gordon (2012) Amazon.com
7. Human Behavior: An introduction for medical students,3^rd Ed. Stoudemire. Lippincott,Williams and Willkins