Medicine through time, c1250 - present, is a thematic study that looks at the change and continuity of medicine through British history. You will study the main people, events and developments, as well as the significant features of the different ages, from medieval to modern times. In studying the Western Front during the First World War, you will investigate a historic environment that was significant to the development of medicine.

In studying this course you will be able to view the process of change and continuity across time and make comparisons between different ages. You will assess how different themes played a part to instigate or hold back changes. Through the study of the Western Front, you will develop an understanding of the use of sources in a historical enquiry.

Within each of the time periods the course looks at specific topics. These are:

• ❖ Causes of disease.
• ❖ Treatments for diseases.
• ❖ Prevention of diseases.
• ❖ Who treated people.
• ❖ Hospitals and their use.
• ❖ Individuals and their impact.

The medicine through time course is split into time periods. Across which you will need to discuss the changes and continuities that occur. These time periods are:

• ❖ Medicine in Medieval England, c1250 - c1500.
• ❖ Medicine in Renaissance England, c1500 - c1700.
• ❖ Medicine in Industrial Britain, c1700 - c1900.
• ❖ Medicine in Modern Britain, c1900 - present day.
• ❖ The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-1918: injuries, treatments and the trenches.

Throughout the course you can see that some of these themes have an impact on the changes and continuities that occur. They can either hinder or help change to occur. These themes are:

• ❖ Scientific discoveries.
• ❖ Technology and communication.
• ❖ People's attitudes and beliefs, including religion.
• ❖ Government action or inaction.
• ❖ Individuals and their impact.
• ❖ War and the need for change.

Medicine through time, c1250 - present, is assessed by Paper 1, and is worth 30% of your overall grade. The paper is split into two sections.

• ❖ Section A focuses on the historical environment of the Western Front. This consists of a knowledge-based question and a two-part question based on two historical sources.
• ❖ Section B contains three questions that assess your knowledge and understanding of the thematic part of the course.

Section A contains Question 1, a knowledge-based question, and Question 2, a two-part question based on two sources.

• ❖ Question 1 is worth 4 marks. It will ask you describe two features of the Western Front.
• ❖ Question 2(a) is worth 8 marks. It will ask you about the usefulness of two sources in reference to a particular historical enquiry. You will be required to refer to both sources and your own knowledge in your answer.
• ❖ Question 2(b) is worth 4 marks. It will ask you how you would follow up on one of the sources to continue the particular historical enquiry. You will be required to choose a detail from the source to continue your study, to give a question that you could ask to find out more, the type of source that you could use for your investigation and to explain how that would help your enquiry.

Section B contains Question 3, an explanation of similarities between different periods and Question 4, an explanation of change or consequence. You will have a choice of one between Questions 5 and 6, which will give you a historical interpretation to support and challenge.

• ❖ Question 3 is worth 4 marks. It will ask you to compare an issue across two different periods of time, either through their similarities or differences.
• ❖ Question 4 is worth 12 marks. It will ask you 'why' and you need to give three explained reasons linking to the topic they ask about. They will give you two bullet points that you can use but you must have a point of your own to show use of your own knowledge.
• ❖ Question 5 and 6 are both worth 16 marks plus 4 marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar. You pick ONE to answer with three explained reasons, which need to include an agree and disagree point. They will give you two bullet points that you can use but you must have a point of your own to show key own knowledge. You must have a conclusion too.