Origins of Healthcare: Examining Primary Sources and Lesson Planning

This assignment delves into the origins of healthcare, providing a comprehensive exploration of its historical development. It begins by examining the origins of medicine in ancient civilizations like China, India, Babylon, and Egypt, highlighting key milestones such as the introduction of medical diagnosis and ethics in ancient Greece and the Hippocratic Oath. The assignment then explores the evolution of nursing, tracing its development from the pre-20th century era to its emergence as a recognized profession, emphasizing the influence of figures like Florence Nightingale and the impact of epidemics and wars. Furthermore, the assignment covers the advancements in healthcare technology, from the invention of the microscope to the development of modern medicine, antibiotics, and surgical interventions, emphasizing the role of genetics, chemistry, and laboratory equipment. A lesson plan using Google Maps is also included, focusing on identifying colleges and hospitals related to healthcare in the United States. The assignment utilizes primary source documents, journal articles, and online resources to support its content.

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Running Head: ORIGINS OF HEALTHCARE
Origins of health care
Use of primary sources documents and Google maps
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Contents
Primary source documents...........................................................................................................................2
Lesson plan:.............................................................................................................................................2
Topic:.......................................................................................................................................................2
Content area:...........................................................................................................................................2
Learning standard addressed-.................................................................................................................3
Materials.................................................................................................................................................3
Overview of learning activities....................................................................................................................3
Origin of health care................................................................................................................................3
Origin and development of nursing.........................................................................................................4
Developments of health care technology................................................................................................5
Using Google maps or earth........................................................................................................................5
Lesson plan:.............................................................................................................................................5
Topic:.......................................................................................................................................................5
Subject area:............................................................................................................................................5
Objectives:...............................................................................................................................................6
Standards addressed...............................................................................................................................6
Materials:................................................................................................................................................6
Learning activities:...................................................................................................................................6
Bibliography................................................................................................................................................7

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Primary source documents
Lesson plan:
Health care
Topic:
Origin of health care
Content area:
Social studies

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Learning standard addressed-
The student should be able to explain the origin of health care and major breakthroughs in
the health care industry.
Materials
Primary sources:
Google books
Journal articles
Online libraries
Wikipedia
Overview of learning activities
Origin of health care
The student will explain the origin of medicine which is the base for health care. The
student should isolate the important events in history that have shaped modern health care.
Primary resource materials should be utilized to show the origin of medicine in china, India,
Babylon (present-day Iraq) and Egypt. Greek was the first to introduce medical diagnosis,
prognosis and medical ethics (Yi, 2016). In the 5th century in Greek the Hippocratic Oath was
written.In the middle ages surgical practices were passed from one generation to the next through
apprenticeship, because there were no formal medical schools (Bynum, 2013). Apprenticeship
went on until the year 1220 in Italy when universities started offering formal medical education.
The invention of the germ theory of disease in the 19th century led to the treatment of many

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infectious diseases and development of public health measures (Porter, 2005). In 1853-1931
Robert Koch made great discoveries regarding bacteriology and in 1891 he started the institute
for infectious of infectious diseases where study of bacteriology was the main Aim. In the late
1700s asylum were started for the mentally ill, this was a breakthrough for psychiatric conditions
because they would be treated with the urgency they deserve; also this asylums led to the
innovation of so many treatment modalities for psychiatric conditions.
Origin and development of nursing
The student should also explain the origin of nursing which is the backbone of health
care. Nursing was not a profession up until the 20th century when it was fully acceptable and
schools began training nurses, both males and females (Dingwall, 2002). In the past physicians
were males only, because they were regarded as superior to women and such technical roles like
performing surgery was a noble male profession. Even when nursing was developed by Florence
Nightingale, who laid the foundations for nursing as a profession during the Crimean war, and
started the first school of nursing in 1860 still, it took a lot of time before nursing was treated
with the nobility it deserves. Nursing took another course of action in the 16th century due to the
increased incidences of epidemics, diseases communicable and non-communicable and wars. All
of these occurrences warranted for the attention of full time nurses and doctors in taking care of
the ailing patients (Collen, 2015).

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Developments of health care technology
The final activity is the student will explain the development of health care technology.
Over the years medical and health care practices have improved tremendously as a result of
technology. The microscope was invented in 1590. This medical breakthrough enabled medical
professionals to view tiny organisms especially the pathogens that are not visible to the human
eye. This great breakthrough is attributed to Hans Lippershey as an improvement of the telescope
and Zacharias Jansen who was a spectacle dealer; however the person who truly invented it is not
clearly known. Understanding of the human anatomy and physiology continued at a very fast
rate because of the passion and interest the human body stirred in scientists.
Health care has greatly improved with the invention of modern medicine, antibiotics,
and more humane surgical interventions with the invention of anesthesia and pain control
medications, all thanks to the developments in genetics, chemistry and laboratory equipment,
which have led to the detailed analysis of disease causing agents (Young, 2017).
Using Google maps or earth
Lesson plan:
Identification of colleges that offer health care courses
Topic:
Origin of health care
Subject area:

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United States
Objectives:
Students should be able to use the internet and Google maps correctly.
Standards addressed
By using their laptops and the internet students should be able to come up with a list of schools
that offer health care courses in the US and pinpoint their locations.
Materials:
Google maps
Laptops
Learning activities:
Identify colleges that started offering medicine and nursing in the United States by
visiting them and getting their locations and getting directions to the school through Google
maps
Identify the oldest hospitals in the United States also through the aid of Google maps and
the internet.
Bibliography

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Bynum, W. (2013). Comoanion encyclopedia of the history of medicine. Routledge.
Collen, M. (2015). The history of medical informatics in the United states. Springer.
Dingwall, R. (2002). An introduction to the social history of nursing. Routledge.
Porter, D. (2005). Health civilization and the State:a history of public health from ancient to mordern
times. Routledge.
Yi, K. (2016). Origin of medicine from Eastern medicine [for] prolonging and preserving people by Yi
Chema (1837-1900). Asian medicine, 1-2(11), 207-235.
Young, K. (2017). Sultz and Young's Health care USA. Jones and Bartlett learning.