Dear all, it is finally here - we are now live with a new MRes Anthropology of Health (with apologies on the photo!). Do promote to students, friends, colleagues, possible mature students. Best and thanks, Jonathan
http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/Anthropology-of-Health/
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Why study at Roehampton
* Ideal preparation for a PhD or to work in a diverse and multicultural healthcare setting.
* The opportunity to carry out a substantial research project on your choice of topic including diet and nutrition, psychiatric and psychological anthropology, and ageing and the body.
* Many MRes students publish their work in international journals and contribute to contemporary policy debates.
* Best new university in London for research (Times Higher Education 2014 REF Results).
* Flexible study for part-time students.
This programme is ideal for academics and practitioners to prepare you for either progression to PhD-level study or career advancement in the complex field of healthcare.
Tailor-made to the needs of health care practitioners, this research intensive course is driven by contemporary policy debates. It will give you the opportunity to develop, undertake and publish your own original research.
More details
Find out more about the modules you will study - see below.
Semester 1
Health and Wellbeing
This module is a comprehensive introduction to the anthropology of health. It covers the following topics: sociocultural/biological/evolutionary concepts of health, mental and environmental health, food/nutrition, leisure and wellbeing, evolutionary perspectives in human variation, arts health, and disability.
Lifecycles
This module uses the lifecycle to explore health issues such as: birth to death, reproduction, ageing and the body, in/fertility, new reproductive technologies, life history and life narrative, childhood, puberty, rites of passage.
Research Methods in Anthropology
This module is a comprehensive overview of qualitative and quantitative research methods in anthropology, their rationale and application with particular reference to the anthropology of health.
Semester 2
Dissertation
This is an extended piece of original research showing a sustained engagement with an issue in the anthropology of health. It is supported by supervision and is the culmination of the MRes Anthropology of Health programme. This dissertation is supported by the preparation of a policy document or paper for publication.
Students will liaise with their supervisor with respect to an appropriate and feasible research project. Based on the wide variety of staff expertise, some of the topics you can research include:
* HIV/AIDS care and intervention
* Diet and nutrition
* Psychiatric and psychological anthropology
* Pharmaceuticals
* Wellbeing and arts health
* Ageing and the body
* Religion and traditional health care systems
* Human variation and adaptation
Example modules
* Health and Wellbeing
* Lifecycles
Career options
This programme will facilitate the following career options:
* PhD study in Anthropology (health and related areas)
* Senior Healthcare policy and advisory work
* Advanced Healthcare delivery in diverse and multicultural settings
* Overseas development work
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