Women's Health Awareness

F 2000, RC Core 324, SS360

Instructors: J. Hegman Shier, J. Myers

 

Sept.

in class...

R (Reading)/ A(Assignment) for next class

home

7

Introduction "Women, Health & Illness"

 

R: Intro & Ch. 1, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (WBWW)(Northrup);
A: Write a personal illness story (details in class)

12

 

Theater Workshop

 

R: Ruzek, Chap.1: Models of Women's Health; For Her Own Good, Chap 1-3

14

 

Women's Health Perspectives from Dev. Psychology

 

R: (For Her Own Good Chap.1-3)

A: Short Interviews "on the street"

19

Women's Development (cont.)

R: Read a 1st person account /disease journal (by Sept. 26)

A: Begin research on disease topic (to be assigned in class)

21

Theater Workshop

 

R:WBWW: Chapter 15: Steps for Healing

26

Guest: Jane Deering, MSW, U-M Med. Ctr.

"Psycho-social aspects of chronic illness"

"Principles of interviewing patients"

A: Prepare copies of one-page handout on disease topic

28

Discussion

R: WBWW, Chapter 2: Fem. Intelligence…

A: Contact patient to be interviewed

Oct.

3

Guest: Barbara Sloat (RC Science Program)

"The Immune System"

R: Handouts: The Immune System

A: Work on disease research

5

Theater Workshop: gibberish & Diagnosis improvisations

Guest: Esta Grossmann (WCC Human Sciences)

R: Chapter 19 Ruzek

A: cont. disease research; turn in 1 page summary handout on Nov. 14

10

Discussion: Domestic Violence Readings & Diagnosis Improvisations

A. Continue research

12

Discussion of Improvs (cont.)

Present a character with one line (greatest fears)

A:Write 3 discussion questions based on readings.

Generate at least 10 concrete ideas for ways to promote women's health awareness.

Generate (write down) quotes from the first person account you are reading.

17

Discussion: Readings thus far

Dissemination of names for patient interviews.

A: Make initial contact with patient for interview. Prepare interview questions.

Turn in your journal on Thursday if you haven't done so recently.

19

Theater workshop

R: Ruzek, Chap.5, 118-141 & Chap. 14, pp. 333-376 by the 26th.

A: Bring disease information & ideas for health awareness. Start identifying materials with potential for scenework.

24

Promoting Health Awareness

Improvisations from the "Ideas Box"

A: Generate ideas for the web site

26

Guests: t.b.a.

The patient's experience

A: Journal on your impressions of today's discussion

31

Discussion; group work

R: WBWW, Chap. 16, 642-654; Ruzek, Chap 16, 406-414 & Chap. 8, 183-210.

Prepare questions for caregivers

Nov.

2

Guests: Dr. T. Johnson (Ob/Gyn UMMC); Dr. R. Rogers (HARC)

The caregiver's experience

A: Bring at least 3 idas for Show titles.

Look through materials in BENZ (oncoing); add photocopied pages of any materials you find useful

Email URLs for useful web sites to Janet & Jennifer (ongoing):

Begin Medical Breakthrough Assignment (due Nov. 16)

7

Follow-up dicussion of guest speakers.

Theater workshop

Discussion of performance titles.

On Thursday, turn in three possible scenes to be developed--

ˆ based on smth. you/we have read;
ˆ original or based on improv work;
ˆ based on interview with a patient or an idea from a guest speaker.

9

Theater workshop

From now on all assignments given in class and on email.

14

Workshop: Improvisations

16

Guests: Ann Merriwether & Liese Hull

Body Image and Stigma

(Medical Breakthrough assignment due)

21

Theater workshop

Planning for scene work

28

Scene work

30

Scene work

Dec

5

Run-thru scenes for Mott Hospital Performance

7

Mott Hospital performance during class

12

Scene work for U-M performances

14

Scene work for U-M performances

15

Dress rehearsal

6pm till??? Tech run-thru

16

all called at 6pm for an 8pm performance

17

All called at 12:00 for a 2pm matinee performance