The best aspect of the course was the interesting material covered in class, as it gave students insight on how modern medicine developed. The worst aspects of this course included not having a class textbook and the monotonous tone of the class periods. The professor also provided little information on the PowerPoint slides making it very difficult for students to get a significant level of understanding of the material. The course would improve if the professor provided students with more substantial information on the PowerPoint slides, as there were no supplemental textbooks to help students learn the content. Prospective students should know there is a lot of reading involved in this course and regular lecture attendance is critical to good performance.

Students praised this course as being a great introductory history course with multiple students finding the lecture and discussions sections perfectly complimented each other. Perceived issues in the course varied with multiple students feeling that the course, which involved regular writing assignments, could be somewhat time intensive. Suggestions for improvement varied; some students simply wanted a drop in the number of assigned papers while others wanted clearer guidelines on what was expected for assignments. Prospective students should know that no prior knowledge is needed for the course and that students found it was essential to attend class and take notes.