BSHS Selectives 2023-2024
Selectives Type:  Medical Humanities

Selective Title
Freud and Psychoanalysis
Course Number
IMHU 4032
Prerequisites: Successful completion of all Year 3 requirements; Completed C-form with faculty signature required for enrollment.
Responsible Faculty Director:
William J. Winslade, JD, PhD
Other Faculty:
Contact Information
wwinslad@utmb.edu
Periods Offered
4,5,9,10
excluding holiday period 8
Maximum Enrollment
8

Learning Objectives
1. Familiarity with Freud's original writings, especially his clinical case histories.
2. Familiarity with key concepts of psychoanalysis and their application to clinical work.
3. Awareness of historical, cultural, and ethical aspects of Freud's thought.

Describe the qualifications background and career goals or interests of students who would benefit from the course:
All students would likely benefit, especially those interested in Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Pediatrics.

Description of course activities
Students will read Freud's clinical case histories, related theoretical writings, and selected secondary literature, and they will meet regularly for discussion with faculty. At the conclusion of the course students will write an essay on a topic selected in consultation with the faculty.

Proposed time requirement (%) for the student activities per 40-hour week:
Activity Percent of Activity
Faculty contact time

8 hrs

Self-directed study

24 hrs

Data collection/analysis

8 hrs

Other


Method of student evaluation

Check all that apply - complete appropriate section(s) only:
1.  Grading
   
A. Please specify your grading criteria for outstanding performance:
  Students present to faculty, ongoing dialogue at all student/faculty tutorial meetings, case analysis and discussion of psychoanalytic theories relevant to the case

2.  Written Assignment (Homework, projects, notes, papers, abstracts, etc.)
A. Frequency of written assignment(s)
  Assigned as needed to understand the clinical cases. The final written product should be at least 10 pages in length, not including references or figures.
B. Type of written assignment
  Seminars or tutorials culminating in a research paper.
Basic science research plus documented written report.
Humanities, social sciences, biostatistical or epidemiological research culminating in a scholarly paper or written report.
Clinically-based written reports focusing on a basic science or humanities problem.
Journal club written reports
Grant proposals
Literature review
Oral presentation plus written report.
Other modality with a self-directed, scholarly research component culminating in a written report.
C. Format of written assignment
  10 page paper unless otherwise specified by Dr. Winslade
D. Method of content selection (student-selected, assigned, relate to cases, etc.)
  Based on Freud's writing

3.  Oral Presentation
  A. Frequency / duration of presentation(s)?
    weekly as a dialogue with faculty
  B. Type and format of presentation
    written and oral
  D. Assessment - Who assesses the student's presentation performance?
    Self-assessment   Peer assessment   Faculty assessment
  E. Method of content selection
    Student-selected topic   Assigned topic

4.  Professionalism
  What expectations do you have for the student to demonstrate participation in the elective (e.g. small group activities, seminars, thoughtful questions, providing resources, journal club, resident lecture attendance)?

The instructor will discuss principles of appropriate attribution and the referencing of literature with the student. The student is expected to understand and to adhere to the principle that all presented work must be solely the student’s own.

    Professionalism will be emphasized in many ways during this course.

5.  Other Modes of Evaluation
  Please explain below.