Working with the curriculum
Exam boards
There are three exam boards that cover the GCSE History: Medicine Through Time module. Click on the appropriate one below to be directed to its website and the most up-to-date curriculum.
Nominated topics
Some exam boards have a nominated topic that is taken from the core of the course and selected by the board in advance. This topic is examined using source-based questions. Below are the nominated topics with a link to the relevant place where it is covered on this website.
AQA
Edexcel
Factors
While covering much of the content required by the GCSE Medicine Through Time curriculum, we have also been careful to ensure that we have included factors - such as war, governments, chance and individual action - that have worked together in the past to bring about or prevent developments in medicine. We have divided each theme and topic with simple subheadings that will highlight the relevant factors.
Factors have also been included in our interactive timeline so that you can see them in relation to people, objects and events within the history of medicine. You can also search for specific factors to see how they relate to each other and turn them on or off.
Continuity and change
The narratives on this website are presented in chronological order, highlighting continuity and change over a vast historical period.
Several of our multimedia games, such as microscopes or circulation, clearly demonstrate development over time.
You can also use the timeline and object search facility to enable you to place medical development and innovation in context with other things that are happening throughout the history of medicine.