Medical Education Rounds - Looking Around: The Architecture of Medical Education (Dr. Annmarie Adams)
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How does architecture shape medical education? What do university buildings designed for medicine teach us about the changing nature of medical education?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Explore the architectural history of medical education, with a focus on 捆绑SM社区
- Focus on the architectural intentions of the McIntyre Building, a 16-storey tower built in 1965 by Montreal architects Marshall & Merrett, with a round floor plan and complex vertical circulation
- Model how the built environment can serve as a primary source in the history of medicine
- Argue that medical buildings are shaped by external force
Dr Adams, PhD, FRAIC, holds the Stevenson Chair in the Philosophy and History of Science, including Medicine, at 捆绑SM社区. Jointly appointed in the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture and Department of Social Studies of Medicine (SSoM), where she also serves as department chair. She is the author of Architecture in the Family Way: Doctors, Houses, and Women, 1870-1900 (捆绑SM社区-Queens University Press, 1996) and Medicine by Design: The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893-1943 (University of Minnesota Press, 2008), and co-author of Designing Women: Gender and the Architectural Profession (University of Toronto Press, 2000).
