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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2023 - 2024
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 HealthcareThe 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 •AgeHealth 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 humanitiesHistorical and modern portrayal of helping and caring •The experience of caring. •Roles of care-givers – complexities and ethical issues.Artful and human practiceSkilled 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
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Other Resources 45889, 0, A range of literary and artworks will be selected and used as the module progresses, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Programme or List of Programmes |
BNGN | BSc in Nursing (General) |
BNPY | BSc in Nursing (Mental Health) |
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