Islamisation in Clinical Medicine & Medical Practice: A Teachers’ Manual (e-book)

Description

The understanding of dichotomy in medicine (i.e. “Western /contemporary” and “Islamic /alternative”) shapes a person’s health seeking behaviour.  Islamisation in Medicine is not a move to stick the label “Islamic” pre-fix of medical practices and sciences; rather, Islamisation is one of the solutions for this dichotomy.

This manual is written especially for medical lecturers who are involved in Islamisation in Medicine; to help them engage the subject; and for curious learners.

“This manual promises an even brighter future for the project (i.e. Islamisation in Medicine) by empowering all teachers to handle conceptual, practical, and pedagogical challenges with confidence. It is also an inspiration for them to expand the basic concepts of the manual into their respective areas of specialization.” – Professor Dr Omar Hasan Kasule Sr., Professor of Bioethics, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Contents:

Foreword 3
Reviewers’ Comment 6
Message from the Dean of Medicine, IIUM 8
Prologue: Islam, Islamisation and the Divine Call 11
Statement of Intent 15
How to use this manual 18
List of Figures 22
Definitions 25
1. Introduction 27
1.1. The dichotomy of medical knowledge, its causes and consequences 27
1.2. The solution to dichotomy in medicine 31
1.3. What is Islamisation? 31
1.4. What is not Islamisation? 32
1.5. When did Islamisation in medicine start in history? 33
1.6. Islamisation versus Islamicisation 35
1.7. Who should be involved in Islamisation of medicine 35
1.8. Medicine, Clinical Medicine and Basic Medical Sciences 36
2. IIUM policies and guidelines on Islamisation 38
3. Key questions 40
4. The Foundations 41
4.1. The Tawheed, Shari’ah and Akhlaq 41
4.2. The five Maqasid as-Shari’ah 45
4.3. The statement “Medicine and health subjects are already Islamic” 47
4.4. The idea of ‘Medicine is Medicine’ 49
4.5. Being Scientific is Islamic 52
5. The Guidelines 56
5.1. Priorities of Islamisation in Clinical Medicine and Medical Sciences 56
5.2. Areas of medicine 58
5.3. The process of identification of issues that need Islamisation 60
5.4. Instructional keywords 64
Contextualizing 64
Inculcating 66
Integrating 67
Connecting 68
Harmonizing 69
Producing 69
Researching 71
5.5. Mode of implementation 72
5.6. Documenting and publishing the work on Islamisation 75
5.7. Database generation and archiving 76
5.8 Key themes of Islamisation in Medicine 78
5.9. Measurement of Outcome 83
6. Dissemination and training on Islamisation 86
7. The Teachers 87
8. Conclusions 88
9. FAQ 89
What is Islamisation? 89
Is Islamisation relevant to Medicine? 89
what areas in medicine require Islamisation? 89
In Islamisation of medicine, are low priority issues less important? 90
Do we have to ask all the 11 Islamisation questions? 90
What do we do to Islamise medical knowledge? 90
Does this manual provide all the answers to Islamisation in medicine? 91
10. Resources 92
Bibliography 93
Appendices 96
Appendix 1a: Islamisation of the body of knowledge in medicine algorithm 97
Appendix 1b: Islamisation of the practices in medicine algorithm 97
Appendix 1c: Islamisation of the concepts in medicine algorithm 99
Appendix 2: Islamisation in Medicine Checklist 102
Appendix 3: Practice Questions 106