Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

51.3205 - History of medicine

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the historical evolution and socio-economic context of medical theories, education, practices, and technologies; and on the history of diseases, therapeutics, patients, and healers. These programs include courses in the concepts and methods of the historiography of medicine; the history of science, medicine, and technology; and of research methods in the history of medicine.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • history of medicine

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • history and philosophy of science and technology(54.0104)
    • medical humanities(51.3204)
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