1000-present

The AQA Exam Spec

No. This course covers over 1000 years so you can't! Read the spec carefully below:

You can be asked a question about the individual or development. Make sure you know something about each and roughly when they were. There are some fairly obscure individuals in the spec e.g. Booth and Rowntree (who?) so you could be asked to explain their significance (Question 2). Or, for Question 3, you might be asked to compare surgery at the time of Simpson with surgery at the time of Paré (without reminding you when each person was). So remembering roughly when each person or development was is more important than remembering precise dates.

You can't be asked a question specifically about them, and there are some major figures/events not mentioned by name, e.g. John Snow, Edwin Chadwick, Florence Nightingale, DNA science. However you can still write about any of these if it's relevant to the question. Many questions (especially Question 4) will be more general and for these you can use any valid information. For example, if you are asked about public health reformers in the 1800s, Chadwick is an obvious person to discuss. Try to have at least one example for each development that is mentioned.

Medieval medicine: approaches including natural, supernatural, ideas of Hippocratic and Galenic methods and treatments; the medieval doctor; training, beliefs about cause of illness.
Medical progress: the contribution of Christianity to medical progress and treatment; hospitals; the nature and importance of Islamic medicine and surgery; surgery in medieval times, ideas and techniques.
Public health in the Middle Ages: towns and monasteries; the Black Death in Britain, beliefs about its causes, treatment and prevention.

The impact of the Renaissance on Britain: challenge to medical authority in anatomy, physiology and surgery; the work of Vesalius, Paré, William Harvey; opposition to change.
Dealing with disease: traditional and new methods of treatments; quackery; methods of treating disease; plague; the growth of hospitals; changes to the training and status of surgeons and physicians; the work of John Hunter.
Prevention of disease: inoculation; Edward Jenner, vaccination and opposition to change.

The development of Germ Theory and its impact on the treatment of disease in Britain: the importance of Pasteur, Robert Koch and microbe hunting; Pasteur and vaccination; Paul Ehrlich and magic bullets; everyday medical treatments and remedies.
A revolution in surgery: anaesthetics, including Simpson and chloroform; antiseptics, including Lister and carbolic acid; surgical procedures; aseptic surgery.
Improvements in public health: public health problems in industrial Britain; cholera epidemics, the role of public health reformers; local and national government involvement in public health improvement, including the 1848 and 1875 Public Health Acts.

Modern treatment of disease: the development of the pharmaceutical industry; penicillin, its discovery by Fleming, its development; new diseases and treatments, antibiotic resistance; alternative treatments.
The impact of war and technology on surgery: plastic surgery; blood transfusions; X-rays; transplant surgery; modern surgical methods, including lasers, radiation therapy and keyhole surgery.
Modern public health: the importance of Booth, Rowntree, and the Boer War; the Liberal social reforms; the impact of two world wars on public health, poverty and housing; the Beveridge Report and the Welfare State; creation and development of the National Health Service; costs, choices and the issues of healthcare in the 21st century.