SIL Forum for Language Fieldwork 2012-001

Development of a Medical Anthropology Curriculum in Mozambique

Author	Carlos, Dorothea
Abstract	In the context of the project “Medicina Verde – Medicina Tradicional”, I was invited to develop and teach a medical anthropology curriculum at the bilingual (Portuguese/English) Beira Medical College and to give input in the communication for health curriculum, as well. In the process, not only did I gain deeper insight into local beliefs, attitudes, and practices concerning health and disease, but also discovered challenges that the students face when they try to integrate different concepts of health care within the Mozambican health care system and act as bridge builders between these worlds. In this paper, I share about the content of the curriculum, the process of cross-cultural teaching, and what I learned along the way.
	Development of a Medical Anthropology Curriculum in Mozambique
Published	2012
Country	Mozambique
Subjects	Anthropology Literacy
Keywords	Portuguese; Mozambique; medical anthropology; curriculum development