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 ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ nature of medical education?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Explore the architectural history of medical education, with a focus on ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
- 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 ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University. 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 (ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-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).