Surgery Sourcework is a fantastic Unit that complements knowledge gained in the study of the History of Health and Medicine. It is worth 25% of the History GCSE, and is the last component studied before revision for the exams remaining in the Summer of Y11. For more information about the GCSE click here.
Surgery Learning…
Here are links to pages in the Medicine section that are particularly about Surgery and advances in surgery and technology. Remember the three main battles that Surgeons had to overcome were PAIN (anaesthetics), BLOOD LOSS (transfusions) and INFECTION (anti-septics).
An overview video explains the key learning points very well:
“How do I do Sources again?!”
There are five types of source-based question: E C R U C:
- Extraction – “What can we learn from Source A about….”
- Comparisons – “How similar / different are Sources A-E….”
- Reliability – “How trustworthy / reliable is Source A for the study of…”
- Usefulness – “How useful is Source A for…..”
- Conclusions – “Using sources A-E discuss the different view about…”
There are a number of tools and tips to help support you in learning about Sources and how to use them.