| Module Title |
Arts & Health: Connections & Synergies |
| Module Code |
HEA1011 (ITS: NS273) |
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Faculty |
Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health |
School |
Science & Health |
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
5 |
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Description
This module explores the synergies between the domains of arts and health. Students reflect upon human
experiences of health/social adversity and recovery through studying the expression of these experiences in
the arts and humanities. Students examine the contribution that creativity and art makes to health and
healthcare and are supported to develop their own creativity. The module employs a bended learning
approach and learning is assessed through continuous assessment methods including an online portfolio
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Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss the connections and synergies between the domains of Arts and Health
2. Demonstrate advanced understanding of the lived experiences of health/social adversity and recovery as conveyed through arts and humanities
3. Discuss the complexities and expectations of giving and receiving care as portrayed in arts and humanities
4. Identify and evaluate specific arts-based approaches, art forms and arts processes, in terms of their contributions to health and well-being
5. Demonstrate knowledge concerning the roles, contribution and practices of arts practitioners in health/social care contexts and identify possibilities for collaborative working practices
6. Recognise and advance personal/professional creativity through engagement with a small scale arts and health intervention or development of a personal creative piece related to module themes
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| Seminars | 16 | Online and face to face. Weekly discussion groups of arts and health material and practitioner/service user expereinces | | Workshop | 8 | Face to face/group/online arts based workshops | | Independent Study | 80 | Project and portfolio preparation and development, reflective exercises, reading/viewing. Availing of module co-ordinator support | | Online activity | 16 | Engaging with podcasts and online arts and humanities resources, reading/viewing, participating in online forums, posting reflections and perceptions | | Assignment Completion | 5 | Presentation of work |
| Total Workload: 125 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 20520 | Part of Term | Semester 2 | | Coursework | 0% | Examination Weight | 0% | | Grade Scale | 40PASS | Pass Both Elements | Y | | Resit Category | RC1 | Best Mark | N | | Module Co-ordinator | Briege Casey | Module Teacher | |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Project | Over the course of the module and with support, students will either engage with a small scale arts and health intervention or will develop a personal creative piece related to module themes. The choice of project will depend on student preferences and practice contexts/opportunities. The projects will be presented in class or in online/virtual format | 50% | Every Week | | Portfolio | Students will develop an online portfolio containing their reflections on module themes as well as arts and humanities resources which are relevant to their own social/healthcare practice. The eportfolio will also document the progression of their ideas and processes for their arts and health project | 50% | Every Week |
| Reassessment Requirement Type |
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Introduction to Humanities in Healthcare
The use and usefulness of humanities in healthcare contexts.•Interpretative approaches and their relationship to healthcare.
Health and illness in the humanities – contexts and cultures.
Concepts and meanings of health and illness as conveyed in arts and literature in relation to: •Gender •Culture •Age
Health and illness in the humanities – lived experiences.
Exploration of the following themes/ experiences as represented in the
humanities:
Disintegration, Being a patient,
Being in pain, Being excluded,
Living with disability, Experiencing beauty,
Experiencing hope/ hopelessness, Living on the margins,
Experiencing meaning/ meaninglessness, Being afraid,
Feeling in control/ powerlessness, Recovery,
Living with long-term illness, Feeling violated,
Grieving, loss and dying, Experiencing caring,
Experiencing the body,
Helping and caring in the humanities
Historical and modern portrayal of helping and caring
•The experience of caring.
•Roles of care-givers – complexities and ethical issues.
Artful and human practice
Skilled healthcare intervention as an art.
• Creative/ artistic expression in healthcare workers.
• Using the humanities in caring/helping practice.
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
- Frankl V: 1987, Man’s search for meaning: an introduction to logotherapy, Hodder and Stoughton, London,
- Stephen Clift and Paul Camic: 2015, Oxford Textbook of Creative Arts, Health, and Wellbeing. International perspectives on practice, policy and research., Oxford University Press Oxford,
- Daykin, N: 2019, Arts, Health and Well-Being: A Critical Perspective on Research, Policy and Practice, Routledge,
- Shaun Mc Niff: 2004, Art Heals: How Creativity Cures the Soul,, Shambhala Publications Boston,
- Theo Stickley, Stephen Clift: 2017, Arts, Health and Wellbeing: A Theoretical Inquiry for Practice, Cambridge Scholars Publishing Newcastle,
- Daisy Fancourt: 2017, Arts in Health: Designing and researching interventions, Oxford University Press Oxford,
- Therese Jones: 2014, Health Humanities Reader, Rutgers University Press New Jersey,
- Paul Crawford, Brian Brown, Charley Baker, Victoria Tischler, Brian Abrams: 2015, Health Humanities, Palgrave Mc Millan London,
- Gunaratnam Y and Oliviere D (eds): 2009, Narrative and Stories in Health Care: Illness, Dying and Bereavement, Open University Press, Oxford,
Articles:
- A range of literary and artworks will be selected and used as the module progresses: 0, TBA,
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Other Resources
- 0: A range of literary and artworks will be selected and used as the module progresses,
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